Warsaw: A City Divided (2019)
Overview
The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | pl |
| Popularity | 0.841 |
Directed By
Eric Bednarski
Crew
Eric Bednarski
Jacek Petrycki
Magda Kowalczyk
Dariusz Wancerz
Mariusz Bielecki
Stefan Ronowicz
Eric Bednarski
Daniel Bloom
Dariusz Wancerz
Dorota Przyłubska
Miłosz Hermanowicz
Jerzy Rudziński
Dariusz Kopcinski
Wojciech Frączek
Eric Bednarski
TOP CAST
Krystyna Budnicka
Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Zygmunt Walkowski
Self - Photographer
Józef Hen
Self - Writer
Irena Agata Bołdok
Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Niels Gutschow
Self - Architecture Historian
Aleksandra Polisiewicz
Self - Artist
Michael Schudrich
Self - Chief Rabbi of Poland
Eleonora Bergman
Self - Architecture Historian
Jakub Szczęsny
Self - Architect
Beata Chomątowska
Self - Writer
Adam Bauman
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Justyna Gardzińska
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Jarosław Łukomski
Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Israel Gutman
Self - Historian (archive footage)
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