The Partisan with the Leica Camera

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 54 min.
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The Partisan with the Leica Camera

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2022
  • 54 min.

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

Sound Designer

Ami Arad

Colorist

Peleg Levi

  • WINNER

    Best Documentary Award
    Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris
    2023

Festival Highlights

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

  • 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.
    Jury's justification, Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Paris 2023

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