Sunday, 25 May 2014

Historical footage remastered


    During the weekend a friend of mine invite me to the cinema. Some historical film was mentioned. I take him up on his offer, but i wasn't sure if that film will be worth seeing. 'Battle of Warsaw 1920 ', film which i watched few years ago was still in my memory. That was the worst movie i've ever watched, even if it was directed by Jerzy Hoffman ( one of the most famous polish director).  Nevertheless i had fancied going out at the weekend. And that was the only reason i I found myself in cinema hall. The first impression was really good, i read on the screen that the movie had been created in cooperation with The Warsaw Rising Museum. Then I realized that it's a feature film showing authentic events of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

It's no point in revealing the plot of movie, because I think it’s better to see it for yourself. I'm certain you won't be disappointed.
As I found out later It's the world's first feature film assembled completely of documentary materials.  Many specialists worked on the production. It is interesting that besides hard work with a treatment of destroyed film tapes, there were employed specialists who read with the movements of the lips. They worked on the silent material from chronicles and were responsible for dialogues of insurgents.



BBC news about the film:


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