Event

The Defenders of the Polish Post Office

2019, 79 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. Damian Lu Wenta

On September 1, 1939, the Second World War begins and several dozen postmen defend the Polish Post Office in the Free City of Gdask, for them it is a bastion of Polish culture and identity. This exciting documentary film utilizes animated film technques in a unique way that presents this story. The film includes archival interviews with four surviving postmen, German chronicles, animated 3D pictures, interviews with the children of postal workers, and contemporary animation.

1 wrzenia 1939: kilkudziesiesieciu pocztowcow broni gmachu Poczty Polskiej skrawka polskosci w Wolnym Miescie Gdansk. Emocjonujacy dokumentalno-animowany film w unikatowy sposob przedstawia historie i losy Obroncow Poczty. Sa w nim archiwalne wywiady z czworka pocztowcow, ktorym udalo si przezyc, kroniki niemieckie, zdjecia ozywione technika 3D, wywiady z dziecmi pocztowcow oraz wspolczesne animacje.