Documentary

Computer reveals identity of oldest chronicler of Poland - and he was Croatian!

Long-thought to have been a 12th century French monk, computer technology has now shown that the author of Gesta principum Polonorum (Deeds of the Princes of the Poles) known as Gallus the Anonymous was most likely from Croatia. Public domain

Long-thought to have been a 12th century French monk, computer technology has now shown that the author of Gesta principum Polonorum (Deeds of the Princes of the Poles) known as Gallus the Anonymous was most likely from Croatia.

Powerful ‘thriller’ documentary reveals extraordinary life story of ‘The Pianist’ cousin Leo Spellman

VIDEO: Named The Rhapsody the documentary is billed as being is the astonishing story of composer Leo Spellman, a Polish Holocaust survivor who sets out on a riveting and emotional journey towards artistic liberation at the age of ninety-eight. The film features a musical masterpiece lost for more than fifty years; the revelation of a secret wartime diary; a harrowing tale of survival.’

Intimate coming-of-age documentary revealing harsh realities of Chopin Piano Competition to premiere at Sundance Film Festival

VIDEO: Directed by Polish filmmaker Jakub Piątek, the film offers an intimate and gripping portrait of young pianists' entry into adulthood as they compete in one of the world's most cutthroat piano competitions.

Documentary about ‘Angel of Light’ becomes US box office hit with highest audience per screen average

VIDEO: Described as ‘an inspiring documentary…that will bring everyone closer to the extraordinary figure of Archangel Michael, a friend, and warrior for today’, the film explores how St. Michael and other angels continue to have roles in modern-day life.

Extraordinary life of ‘mystery WWII woman’ whose photo went viral revealed in new documentary

Coinciding with an official funeral ceremony to have her remains placed in her family grave, the documentary entitled Dziewczyna ze zdjecia” (Girl from the Photo), uncovers further details about Maria Barr’s extraordinary life. 

Daughter of Smolensk crash victim calls investigator 'a liar'

Barbara Nowacka, an MP and a daughter of a former minister killed in the 2010 presidential plane crash, has called the chief investigator behind a new report into the disaster “a liar” and accused him of falsifying documentation.

World’s oldest tennis player celebrates 98th birthday at Lublin Tennis Club after escaping war-torn Ukraine

After initially refusing to leave his home in Kharkiv, Leonid Stanislavskyi reluctantly changed his mind after Russian bombing forced him to stop playing and he embarked upon his journey to Poland.

Intriguing new documentary series explores history and traces of Polish life abroad - beginning in today’s Lviv

VIDEO: Entitled ‘Polskie Historie Kresowe’ (Polish Kresy Histories), the series begins with a 10 minute film entitled ‘Lwowski Antoni, Ostoja polskiej tradycji i wiary’ (Lviv’s St Anthony, Refuge of Polish Faith and Tradition), which presents a brief historical outline and contemporary insight into Lviv’s Parish Church of St Anthony and its Polish roots.

Poignant footage showing life of Jewish community just before start of WWII is turned into full-length documentary

VIDEO: Originally a travel souvenir, the three-minute film taken by the American David Kurtz in 1938 is one of the only moving picture records of a typical Jewish town in Poland on the brink of catastrophe. Now filmmaker Bianca Stigter has ‘stretched’ the film into a 70-minute documentary entitled Three Minutes: A Lengthening.

Powerful new documentary reveals untold horrors of WWII atrocities in Warsaw suburb

VIDEO: Using previously unheard witness testimony and Bundesarchiv documents, the documentary entitled North of Hell (with English subtitles) reveals many of the atrocities were carried out by a German field gendarmerie unit under the command of Karl Liebscher, a sadistic captain who was responsible for as many as several thousand murders of Poles and Jews in Białołęka.

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