Wanda Jakubowska

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Biography

Wanda Jakubowska (10 November 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Polish film director. She is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film "The Last Stage" was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps. It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned. She was an ardent Communist whose films were often heavily politicized.

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Polish School

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The documentary talks about the origins, development and achievements of the Polish film school. People from the environment of the "Filmówka" in Łódź, among others. Wanda Jakubowska, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Antoni Bohdziewicz, Janusz Morgenstern or Kazimierz Kutz. The film is richly illustrated with archival materials and the first films of the school. The beginnings of the Łódź Film Festival begin in Krakow with the Young Film Workshop; On May 6, 1945, at Józefitów 16 production facility of the Polish Film Production Company, an inaugural meeting is held. After numerous transformations, in July 1946 the Young Film Workshop and the Film Training Course began activities, which can be considered as the beginning of state film education in post-war Poland. The later fate of the school is already connected with Łódź; July 16, 1948, the act of establishing the Film School was signed.

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Farewell to the Devil

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A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.

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Farewell to the Devil

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The Hot Line

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Przybora, an engineer, undertakes the construction of a modern mine. His fiancée supports him in the hardships of his work.

150km Per Hour

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Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.

The Last Stage

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Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.

It Started Yesterday

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Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town.

Tajemnica dzikiego szybu

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Two friends think that they've discovered a dangerous spy hiding in a mine shaft.

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Tajemnica dzikiego szybu

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The End of Our World

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Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it

The End of Our World

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Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it

On The Niemen

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Polish feature film from 1939 , directed by Wanda Jakubowska with a screenplay by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , based on the novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa of the same title. The film was lost during World War II.

The Sea

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The Sea [Morze] is a 1933 Polish short documentary film directed by Wanda Jakubowska. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).

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The Sea

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