MAREK EDELMAN...AND THERE WAS LOVE IN THE GHETTO

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One of the last survivors of the Warsaw ghetto revolt, Marek Edelman (1919–2009) often asked himself over the course of his life why the theme of love in the ghetto was never properly treated. Shortly before Edelman’s death, Jolanta Dylewska sought to rectify this by creating an empathetic film together with (since deceased) venerable master Andrzej Wajda. In sprawling passages, Edelman recounts love stories from the ghetto, which Dylewska clothes in poetic images, combined adeptly with archival footage. A film about the power of love, which even in dark times is capable, if only for fleeting moments, of providing a sense of safety and comfort.


MAREK EDELMAN...I BYŁA MIŁOŚĆ W GETCIE / MAREK EDELMAN...UND ES GAB LIEBE IM GHETTO
POL, DEU 2019 / 80 min
Language: Polish
Director: Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda
  • Screenplay: Jolanta Dylewska, Agnieszka Holland
  • Cinematographer: Jakub Kijowski, Jolanta Dylewska
  • Editor: Izabela Pająk
  • Music: Raphael Roginski
  • Sound: Zofia Moruś, Paulina Bochenska, Aleksandra Pniak
  • Cast: Marek Edelman, Aleksandra Poplawska, Marek Kalita, Alina Swidowska, Maria Semotiuk, Eryk Kulm, Aleksandra Justa, Kamilla Baar, Lech Mackiewicz, Julia Sierakowska, Patrycja Rojecka, Piotr Zurawski
  • Producer: Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Anna Wydra
  • Production Company: Pallas Film GmbH, Otter Films

One of the last survivors of the Warsaw ghetto revolt, Marek Edelman (1919–2009) often asked himself over the course of his life why the theme of love in the ghetto was never properly treated. Shortly before Edelman’s death, Jolanta Dylewska sought to rectify this by creating an empathetic film together with (since deceased) venerable master Andrzej Wajda. In sprawling passages, Edelman recounts love stories from the ghetto, which Dylewska clothes in poetic images, combined adeptly with archival footage. A film about the power of love, which even in dark times is capable, if only for fleeting moments, of providing a sense of safety and comfort.

  • Screenplay: Jolanta Dylewska, Agnieszka Holland
  • Cinematographer: Jakub Kijowski, Jolanta Dylewska
  • Editor: Izabela Pająk
  • Music: Raphael Roginski
  • Sound: Zofia Moruś, Paulina Bochenska, Aleksandra Pniak
  • Cast: Marek Edelman, Aleksandra Poplawska, Marek Kalita, Alina Swidowska, Maria Semotiuk, Eryk Kulm, Aleksandra Justa, Kamilla Baar, Lech Mackiewicz, Julia Sierakowska, Patrycja Rojecka, Piotr Zurawski
  • Producer: Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Anna Wydra
  • Production Company: Pallas Film GmbH, Otter Films