Movie filmed directly after the liberation of the concentration camp at Majdanek.
Nov 1944
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.
Sep 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.
Dec 1945
A film impression, in which the images of ruined Warsaw (1945) are accompanied by Fryderyk Chopin’s ballade.
Jul 1945
Report from the trial of Nazi criminals before the international tribunal in Nuremberg.
Jul 1946
Polish documentary showing the damages of Warsaw after World War II.
