Filmografia

Obejrzyj filmy związane z tematyką ratowania Żydów podczas Zagłady – udostępniamy informacje o polskich i zagranicznych produkcjach dotykających tematu, zarówno fabularnych, jak i dokumentalnych. Każda pozycja filmowa zawiera krótki opis bibliograficzny i streszczenie.


  • The Zookeeper’s Wife, Niki Caro USA Drama film 126 min

    Azyl (The Zookeeper’s Wife) is the story of Antonina and Jan Żabiński who, during World War II, hid Jews in the Warsaw Zoo. The film is based on Diane Ackerman’s book, The Zookeeper’s Wife, published in 2007. The book was based on the memoirs of Antonina Żabińska who is the film’s central character. Her role was played by Hollywood star, Jessica Chastain.

  • The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, John Kent Harrison USA Drama film 120 min

    A film based on the book “The Mother of Holocaust Children” by Anna Mieszkowska. Irena Sendler works with the “Żegota” Council to Aid Jews, organising the saving of children from the Warsaw ghetto.

  • The Spoon of Life, Michał Nekanda-Trepka Digit - Film, Positive-Charge, Telewizja Polska - Agencja Produkcji Audycji Telewizyjnych (dla TV Polonia) Poland Documentary film 18 min

    This film tells the story of Elżbieta Ficowska who, as a six-month-old infant, was rescued from the Warsaw ghetto by people working with Irena Sendler. The child was carried out of the ghetto in a box, into which was placed a silver spoon engraved with her name and her date of birth.

  • There Was No Sun That Spring, Juliusz Janicki Studio filmowe Zodiak Poland Drama film 86 min.

    It is the winter of 1943. One night, a Jewish woman, who had managed to escape from a transport, arrives at a farm on the edge of a village. Her arrival saves the life of one of the family members. The farmer decides to hide Chaja, a doctor, despite the resistance of his family. Unfortunately, he, himself, reveals the secret to other villagers. Mazusz, a partisan, saves Piotr from death and feelings develop between Piotr and Chaja. The Jewish woman leaves the partisan unit and, later, Piotr loses his entire family as the result of a Gestapo operation.

  • The Rescued, Joanna Król, Karolina Dzięciołowska Poland Documentary film

    Polish Holocaust survivors are the central figures of this film. They tell the dramatic story of their wartime experiences which is a testimony to human greatness, dedication and immense goodness. But it is also a testimony the dormant baseness and evil within humanity. This film was produced by POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

  • The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, John Kent Harrison USA Drama film 120 min

    A film based on the book “The Mother of Holocaust Children” by Anna Mieszkowska. Irena Sendler works with the “Żegota” Council to Aid Jews, organising the saving of children from the Warsaw ghetto.

  • The Courage to Care, Robert H. Gardner USA Documentary film 30 min

    The story of Jews rescued in several European countries, including Poland.

  • The Courage to Care, Robert H. Gardner USA Documentary film 30 min

    The story of Jews rescued in several European countries, including Poland.

  • The Other Side of Faith, Sy Rotter USA Documentary film 27 min

    This documentary tells the story of Stefania Podgórska Burzmińska (Righteous Among the Nations) who, as a sixteen-year-old girl and guided by a deep Catholic faith, saved thirteen Jews in Przemyśl. Josef, her husband, also appears in the film – he is one of the Jews whom she rescued.

  • The Other Side of Faith, Sy Rotter USA Documentary film 27 min

    This documentary tells the story of Stefania Podgórska Burzmińska (Righteous Among the Nations) who, as a sixteen-year-old girl and guided by a deep Catholic faith, saved thirteen Jews in Przemyśl. Josef, her husband, also appears in the film – he is one of the Jews whom she rescued.