Dancing Before the Enemy: How a Teenage Boy Fooled the Nazis and Lived

Overview

Film producer Gene Gutowski (Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac, The Pianist) was fourteen years old when first the Soviets then the Nazis invaded his hometown of Lwow, Poland. With a combination of chutzpah, street smarts and an unflinching will to live, he spent the war flirting with danger as a teenage Jew hiding in plain site. Witnessing first-hand the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi occupation, frequently cheating death himself and losing his entire family in the process, Gutowski's story is ultimately one of hope. As recounted with humor and pathos to his son, filmmaker Adam Bardach, his remarkable survival tale represents a thumb of the nose at darkness and totalitarianism.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 29, 2015

Original language

English

Production

Bardach Productions

Cast

Robert Kuwalek,Adam Bardach,Gene Gutowski,Wojciech Rewerski

Director

Adam Bardach

Producer

Adam Bardach

Cinematography

George Reasner

Music

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3800696