11 Feb 2027
The Nightingale
The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.
Warsaw: A City Divided
The Nazi destruction of a European city
The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.
Top Billed Cast
Krystyna Budnicka Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Zygmunt Walkowski Self - Photographer
Irena Agata Bołdok Self - Ghetto Inhabitant
Niels Gutschow Self - Architecture Historian
Aleksandra Polisiewicz Self - Artist
Michael Schudrich Self - Chief Rabbi of Poland
Eleonora Bergman Self - Architecture Historian
Jakub Szczęsny Self - Architect
Beata Chomątowska Self - Writer
Adam Bauman Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Justyna Gardzińska Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Jarosław Łukomski Self - Quote Reader (voice)
Israel Gutman Self - Historian (archive footage)
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