Project Detail

My Uprising (aka Moje Powstanie - Polish title)

Synopsis

Polish poet and retired BBC radio journalist Boleslaw Taborski revisits the Mokotów district of Warsaw where he took part in the 1944 uprising against occupying Nazi forces. He visits sites of execution and reminisces about friends who perished in the struggle for a Poland free from Nazi oppression.

Details

Year
2009
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
15 mins 30 secs
Format
DV
Director
Anna Taborska
Producer
Halina Taborska
Editor
Adam Kwiatek
Screenwriter
Anna Taborska
Director of Photography
Marcelina Górka, Jaroslaw Roszyk
Sound
Rafal Rzeplinski
Music
Bartosz Chajdecki
Principal cast
Boleslaw Taborski (narrator)

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