KOWALSKIS’ STORY
by Arkadiusz Golebiewski, Maciej Pawlicki
synopsis
Autumn 1942. Adam and Bronisława Kowalscy from Ciepielowo hid their Jewish neighbours, even though in Poland during the World War II hiding Jews was punished with death. In 6th of December 1942 at dawn a division of gendarmerie surrounded the house of Kowalscy as well as Obuchiewicz, Kosior and Skoczylas... An attempt to reconstruct the life of typical Polish town and Polish-Jewish relations during the years of German occupation, supplemented by eyewitnesses accounts.
international title: | Kowalskis’ Story |
original title: | Historia Kowalskich |
country: | Poland |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Arkadiusz Golebiewski, Maciej Pawlicki |
screenplay: | Arkadiusz Golebiewski, Maciej Pawlicki |
cast: | Maja Barełkowska, Artur Lis, Jolanta Grusznic-Nowicka, Wenanty Nosul, Ewelina Gnysińska, Maciej Rayzacher |
cinematography by: | Tomasz Madejski, Adam Palenta |
film editing: | Iza Pajak, Maciej Kozlowski, Rafal Salata |
art director: | Michał Sulkiewicz |
costumes designer: | Malgorzata Gwiazdecka |
music: | Marcin Pospieszalski |
producer: | Maciej Pawlicki |
production: | Picaresque, Telewizja Polska (TVP) - Agencja Filmowa, Narodowe Centrum Kultury |
backing: | Polish Film Institute/Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej |