Film Andrzeja Trzosa-Rastawieckiego „gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie…” (1978) – refleksje i komentarze historyka
Film Andrzeja Trzosa-Rastawieckiego „gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie…” (1978) – refleksje i komentarze historyka
Author(s): Tomasz SzarotaSubject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Polish Film; Warsaw 1939; Stefan Starzyński; Julien Bryan; visual history
Summary/Abstract: The essay is a historian’s reflection on the drama documentary entitled “gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie…” (Wherever You Are Mr President…) directed by Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki. The author presents the circumstances in which the film was made, characterises members of the film crew, and describes the wartime fate of the President of Warsaw Stefan Starzyński. The second part of the article is devoted to the outstanding American photojournalist Julien Bryan, whose photographs of besieged in September 1939 Warsaw entered the canon of war photography.
Journal: Polska 1944/45 - 1989
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 107-129
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Polish