HENRYK WARS. A SONGSTER OF WARSAW
(HENRYK WARS. PIESNIARZ WARSZAWY)



2007, 53 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Wieslaw Dabrowski
SCRIPT:
Wieslaw Dabrowski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Kamil Dabrowski, Jan Komasa, Zbigniew Mazur, Piotr Rejmer
MUSIC:
Pawel Olejniczak
EDITING:
Marcin Mikolaj Mironowicz, Marek Skrzecz
SOUND:
Adam Dabrowski, Wojciech Macikowski, Katarzyna Markiewicz
PRODUCED BY:
Partus Art Agency for TV Polonia
PRODUCER:
Wieslaw Dabrowski

A documentary about a famous Polish composer, Henryk Wars. A native of Warsaw, a student of Karol Szymanowski at the Warsaw Conservatory. His songs are recognized and loved by people until the present time. The director attempts to honor Wars, his great service to Warsaw and Poland, and depicts the best known film hits. The composer’s son tells the story of his difficult year in the States after he emigrated there from the U.K. when the WW II finished.

WIESLAW DABROWSKI
Director, scriptwriter, an independent producer of documentary films and TV reportages. Graduated from the Culture Studies at the Lodz University. An owner and a president of Partus Art Agency. His filmography includes numerous documentaries, including "Piotr Adamczyk, An Actor Who" (Piotr Adamczyk, aktor ktory..., 2006) and "Jan Nowak Jezioranski. Untold Story of Events" (Jan Nowak Jezioranski. Kulisy zdarzen, 2007).

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 7pm (GALLERY THEATRE)