13 YEARS, 13 MINUTES
(13 LAT, 13 MINUT)



2007, 49 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Marek Maldis
SCRIPT:
Grzegorz Lubczyk
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Krzysztof Kalukin
MUSICA:
Adam Galant
EDITING:
Tadeusz Sosnkowski
SOUND:
Jerzy Kankowski
PRODUCED BY:
TVP Lublin for TVP Polonia
PRODUCER:
Maria Mazurek

A story of two boys from Poland and Hungary, Romek Strzalkowski and Peter Mansfeld, who found themselves in the turmoil of the dramatic 1956 events taking place in two countries of Central Europe. They are both legendary figures of Poznan '56 and Budapest '56. 13-year-old Romek was the youngest victim of the first workers' rebellion against communist authorities in Poland. We get to know what the communist regime was capable of. Because of the cruelty of his oppressors, Peter's death took 13 minutes.

MAREK MALDIS
Director and scriptwriter. Polish Television journalist for the last 20 years. He graduated from History and Journalism Department of Warsaw University. Author and director of numerous TV documentaries and TV shows. For his work he was awarded with the Golden Screen Award. His filmography includes "English Lesson" (Lekcja angielskiego, 2007), "Henryk Slawik. Polish Wallenberg" (Henryk Slawik. Polski Wallenberg, 2004), "My Father Henryk Slawik" (Moj tata Henryk Slawik, 2003)

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 7pm (GALLERY THEATRE)