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 Other Side of Faith, Sy RotterUSADocumentary film27 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 RotterUSADocumentary film27 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 Rescued, Joanna Król, Karolina Dzięciołowska PolandDocumentary 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.

  • There Was No Sun That Spring, Juliusz JanickiStudio filmowe ZodiakPolandDrama film86 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 Spoon of Life, Michał Nekanda-Trepka Digit - Film, Positive-Charge, Telewizja Polska - Agencja Produkcji Audycji Telewizyjnych (dla TV Polonia) PolandDocumentary film18 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.

  • They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust, Gay BlockUSADocumentary film54 min

    This film includes interviews with individuals who rescued Jews in various countries. It features Poles Zofia Wieczorek -Avni, Gertruda Bablińska, Stefania Podgórska -Burzmińska, Jan Karski and Stefan Raczyński. It also includes statements by those who were rescued.

  • They Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the Holocaust, Gay BlockUSADocumentary film54 min

    This film includes interviews with individuals who rescued Jews in various countries. It features Poles Zofia Wieczorek -Avni, Gertruda Bablińska, Stefania Podgórska -Burzmińska, Jan Karski and Stefan Raczyński. It also includes statements by those who were rescued.

  • The Zookeeper’s Wife, Niki Caro USADrama film126 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.

  • Dawn Porter (Tragarz puchu), Janusz KijowskiMolecule (Francja), CCC-Filmkunst Gmbh Berlin ZachodniPoland, France, GermanyWar film111 min

    This is a remake of an earlier telemovie. A Polish woman hides a Jewish couple from a ghetto. The man does not reveal that the woman accompanying him is actually his wife. After some time, the man grows mutually closer to the Polish woman, which awakens a growing hatred within his wife.

  • Dawn Porter (Tragarz puchu), Stefan SzlachtyczCentralna Wytwórnia Programów i Filmów Telewizyjnych PoltelPolandWar film86 min.

    A made-for-television film about help extended by a young Polish woman, Jadwiga, to Dalek and his supposed sister (in fact, his wife Fryda) who had escaped from a ghetto. The three share Jadwiga’s apartment. When the pregnant Fryda realises that her husband will not reveal the truth about their relationship, she informs Jadwiga and then returns to the ghetto. Dalek goes after her.