This Is Poland (1941)
1941 · Ephemeral film · 20 min · dir. Eugeniusz Cekalski
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
In the film, used the chronicles of war, fragments preserved in London prewar Polish films (landscape, architecture, industry), Allied supplies from Narvik, chronicles from France and material participation of Polish troops in the Battle of Britain. The film consists of two parts. The first part presents the image of Polish pre-war - an idyllic landscape, folklore, rich culture, growing industry. Part two represents the Nazi aggression, the heroic Polish soldier fighting on different fronts.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Eugeniusz Cekalski
- Released
- 1941-02-20
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
Eugeniusz Cekalski Director
Derrick De Marney
Terence de Marney
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Poland : 1920 - 1944? · JayKay49 · 2015-01-15
Shows those places in Poland, not flattened by the Nazis, including Laziernki Palace, and Krakow which houses the Wawel Castle, Mariacki Church, and Jagiellonian University (where Copernicus studied [and so did I]). I remember the truncated bugle call atop that church steeple, a memorial to those who guarded Krakow during the Mongol invasions. Actual footage of the Nutzi invasion, and the subsequent regroupment of the Polish military in Britain, where many would contribute to the Allied wins in North Africa and Italy. Today, ironically, Poland is about the most stable country in Europe due to…
★★ · Nothing to see here.. keep moving.. · Spuzz · 2012-06-15
Awfully curious movie about Poland made during World War II, made to sugarcoar just about everything. When watching this, at first I wasnt quite sure when this was made, because everything looked so modern, didn't Germany bomb everything? (I am not up to Polish history). And THEN the Nazis come in and start bombing away, and Poland surrenders.. But they're still putting up a fight! Are/Were they? Its very odd how this film just totally skips over, I don't know, anything Jewish (the word is never mentioned in the film) and therefore making this film just about moot in anything it has to say.