Birth of Solidarity

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Birth of Solidarity

Narodziny Solidarności
Bohdan Kosiński
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
Poland
1981
29 minutes
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

While the communist authorities decide the conditions for an official registration of the Solidarność movement inside, the masses demonstrate in front of the court outside. A contemporary document of the moment when the power of the people seemed to make a lasting cultural opening no longer just a promise but a possibility. At the time, “undesirable” at the Leipzig festival.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

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Director
Bohdan Kosiński
Script
Bohdan Kosiński
Cinematographer
Michał Bukojemski
Editor
Lidia Zonn
Producer
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych
Sound
Małgorzata Rok, Jan Kalisz