The Partisan with the Leica Camera
Synopsis
A frightened look of a woman, from a rare self-portrait of a couple, leads the director to a shocking family story. Hidden secrets revealed when 65-year-old son, Simon, discovers that his father, the photographer Mundek Lukawiecki, and his mother, the housewife Hannah Bern, were the commanders of a Polish assassination squad that operated during the Holocaust. The chilling facts are backed by unique photos taken in the forest by Mundek, the partisan, on his Leica camera.
Credits
Director(s)
Ruth Walk
Producer(s)
Yael Perlov
Script
Ruth Walk
Cinematography
Maayan Blech
Editor
Yael Perlov
Original Language
Hebrew, English, Polish
Subtitles
English, Hebrew, French, Turkish
Sound Designer
Ami Arad
Colorist
Peleg Levi
Festival Highlights
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WINNER
Best Documentary AwardFestival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris2023
Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris, France, 2023
Miami Jewish Film Festival, USA, 2023
Australia International Jewish Film Festival, Australia, 2022
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, Israeli Documentary Competition, 2022
Reviews
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"For the quality of its direction. For the little known discovery of the resistance of Polish Jews during the Shoah against the background of a great love story. For the brilliant use of archives from almost non-existent material.
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- Jury's justification, Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris 2023
