Jerzy Bossak

Directing

Jerzy Bossak

Born 1910-07-31 · Rostov-on-Don, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Rostov Oblast, Russia]

Jerzy Bossak was a documentary film director, journalist, pedagogue, and one of the key organizers and authors of post-war cinema in Poland.

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6.1

Over a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can be dangerous for the local population.

Warszawa 1956

1956

Storm in Poland poster
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Short documentary about the flooding that struck Poland in the spring of 1947.

Storm in Poland

1947

Peace Will Win poster
6.5

"Peace Will Win" documents the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw in November 1950 after the event was relocated from Sheffield. The film records speeches, demonstrations, and international opposition to war during the early Cold War period.

Peace Will Win

1951

Peace Will Win poster
6.5

"Peace Will Win" documents the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw in November 1950 after the event was relocated from Sheffield. The film records speeches, demonstrations, and international opposition to war during the early Cold War period.

Peace Will Win

1951

Vows poster
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A poetic piece of reportage focusing on a convention of young shock workers in Warsaw. The climax of the event was the solemn oath of the youth of the Polish People's Republic. It took place on the 22nd of July 1952 – the day of the adoption of the constitution of the Polish People's Republic.

Vows

1952

Vows poster
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A poetic piece of reportage focusing on a convention of young shock workers in Warsaw. The climax of the event was the solemn oath of the youth of the Polish People's Republic. It took place on the 22nd of July 1952 – the day of the adoption of the constitution of the Polish People's Republic.

Vows

1952

Requiem for 500,000 poster
6.0

A short documentary made in 1963 by Jerzy Bossak and Wacław Kaźmierczak featuring unique archival footage of the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto (pol. “Getto Warszawskie” ) was the largest of all Jewish Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. From there, about 254,000 Ghetto residents were sent to Treblinka extermination camp during the three months of summer 1942.

Requiem for 500,000

1963

Warsaw Meetings poster
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Documentary on the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students which was held from 31 July to 15 August 1955 in Warsaw.

Warsaw Meetings

1955

Warsaw Meetings poster
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Documentary on the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students which was held from 31 July to 15 August 1955 in Warsaw.

Warsaw Meetings

1955

Jaracz's Testament poster
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Stefan Jaracz, expecting his death, wrote a letter to his fellow artists. Quotations from this ideological testament and excerpts from a pre-war film titled “Jego wielka miłość” accompany the shots of the famous actor's funeral in 1945.

Jaracz's Testament

1945

Jaracz's Testament poster
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Stefan Jaracz, expecting his death, wrote a letter to his fellow artists. Quotations from this ideological testament and excerpts from a pre-war film titled “Jego wielka miłość” accompany the shots of the famous actor's funeral in 1945.

Jaracz's Testament

1945

Powrót na Stare Miasto poster
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The film shows the reconstruction of Warsaw's Old Town.

Powrót na Stare Miasto

1954

The Bridge poster
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The Germans destroyed all bridges in Warsaw during the war. The reconstruction of the Poniatowski Bridge began in July 1945. Workers from all over Poland were involved in this process. The inauguration ceremony took place on the Day of the Rebirth of Poland (the 22nd of July 1946).

The Bridge

1946

The Bridge poster
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The Germans destroyed all bridges in Warsaw during the war. The reconstruction of the Poniatowski Bridge began in July 1945. Workers from all over Poland were involved in this process. The inauguration ceremony took place on the Day of the Rebirth of Poland (the 22nd of July 1946).

The Bridge

1946

273 Days Below Zero poster
10.0

Siberia, contrary to people’s first association, is not a deserted land covered with snow. During the one-year stay, Polish documentary filmmakers collected materials that make up the image of the modern industrial area of ​​the North.

273 Days Below Zero

1968

Majdanek - Cemetery of Europe poster
6.2

Filmed immediately after the Red Army liberated the Majdanek concentration camp, this documentary is regarded as the first cinematic record of Nazi genocide. Shot on July 24–25, 1944, it presents stark evidence of atrocities alongside testimony from surviving prisoners representing many European nations, making it one of the earliest films to confront the scale of the Holocaust.

Majdanek - Cemetery of Europe

1944

New Poland No. 1 - Youth at the Universities poster
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The first episode of the "Nowa Polska" reportage series focused on the reconstruction of the homeland after the Second World War. This episode is entitled "Młodzież na uniwersytetach". On March 19, 1945, the first post-war academic year began at the Jagiellonian University.

New Poland No. 1 - Youth at the Universities

1946