The film traces two families, one of which is Jewish, who preserved the images for decades but hadn’t brought them to light. 80 years after their creation, the son of the photographer finds the forgotten negatives and launches an investigation. With a team of researchers, archivists, and animators who use near-forensic precision to reconstruct locations and contexts, they trace the circumstances of those tragic days and the lives captured in each frame.
Direction
Czarlewski lets images breathe without exploitation.
Editing
Seamless weave of past animation and present testimony.
Production
Forensic reconstruction turns geography into elegy.
Director
Jan Czarlewski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
PL
