Wytwórnia Filmowa Wojska Polskiego

A documentary tracing the revival of Polish theatre during the Second World War, from clandestine performances in occupied Warsaw to the front-line stages of the Polish Army formed in the Soviet Union. Featuring excerpts from productions of Aleksander Fredro's *Maiden Vows* and *The Life Annuity*, Stanisław Wyspiański's *The Wedding*, and Juliusz Osterwa's *Fantazy*, the film documents the rebirth of Polish theatrical life and the establishment of the Polish Army Theatre in Łódź in January 1945. Produced by the Polish Army Film Studio, the documentary combines the work of filmmaker Jerzy Zarzycki and graphic artist Jan Marcin Szancer to create a distinctive poetic portrait of theatre emerging from the ruins of war.

Polish documentary showing the damages of Warsaw after World War II.

Stefan Jaracz, expecting his death, wrote a letter to his fellow artists. Quotations from this ideological testament and excerpts from a pre-war film titled “Jego wielka miłość” accompany the shots of the famous actor's funeral in 1945.

A piece of reportage realized by the Polish Army Film Studios at the end of the war. It tells a story of Warsaw children who started a camp in the summer of 1944 in Stoczek Lyczkowski. The authors show the children’s life, it’s full of small amounts of happiness and many problems. Near the camp the war is still on, the children’s relatives are still in danger.

Filmed immediately after the Red Army liberated the Majdanek concentration camp, this documentary is regarded as the first cinematic record of Nazi genocide. Shot on July 24–25, 1944, it presents stark evidence of atrocities alongside testimony from surviving prisoners representing many European nations, making it one of the earliest films to confront the scale of the Holocaust.

A film impression, in which the images of ruined Warsaw (1945) are accompanied by Fryderyk Chopin’s ballade.

Report from the trial of Nazi criminals before the international tribunal in Nuremberg.