Chronicle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising According to Marek Edelman

Overview

In this documentary Marek Edelman, a member of the Jewish Labor Bund and leading participant in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, gives a daily account of events from April 19 through May 10, 1942. Edelman’s amazingly thorough, vivid and distinct memories are augmented by Dylewska’s mesmerizing, poetic use of slow motion and freeze-frame techniques applied to documentary material including Nazi footage of Jews about to be deported to Treblinka.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1993

Original language

Polish

Director

Jolanta Dylewska

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1045858