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SYNOPSIS
“Warsaw Uprising” is the world’s first feature film made entirely from documentary materials.
It tells the story of the Warsaw Rising of 1944 through the eyes of two young reporters, cameramen for the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army and direct witnesses of insurgent fighting. Their mission: documenting the Rising by shooting newsreels for the “Palladium” cinema. Looking for the right shots, they go deeper and deeper – literally and figuratively – into the heart of the Rising, which turns out to be horrific. Aware of participating in something indescribable, in a world following the apocalypse, they also became aware of their role: documenting the apocalypse and trying to preserve the rolls of film at any cost…
ABOUT
“Warsaw Uprising” is a 76-minute film, completely restored, colourised and extremely touching, which shows the Warsaw Rising with unparalleled realism.
Six hours of original newsreel footage from the Warsaw Rising of 1944, six months of work, a team of militaria, clothing and architecture consultants, urban planners, Warsaw experts and historians, 1000 hours of colour editing, 1,200 shots, 1440 hours of colourisation and reconstruction, 112,000 selected frames, 648,000 minutes of reconstruction, 22,971,520 megabytes of data – these are only some numbers which help appreciate the enormous effort and means dedicated to the “Warsaw Uprising” feature film.
TEAM
“Warsaw Uprising” came into being thanks to Jan Ołdakowski, Director of the Warsaw Rising Museum, and Piotr Śliwowski, Head of the History Department at the Museum.
Jan Komasa directed the feature film. Dialogues needed for contemporary production were written by Joanna Pawluśkiewicz and Michał Sufin. Actors Maciej Nawrocki, Michał Żurawski and Antoni Królikowski lent their voices to the heroes of the film. Colourisation work was supervised by the renowned Polish cameraman Piotr Sobociński Jr. Screenwriting was done collectively by Jan Ołdakowski, Piotr Śliwowski and Jan Komasa while Milenia Fiedler and Joanna Brühl served as editors. The soundtrack was composed by Bartosz Chajdecki.