A GENERAL'S HONOR
(HONOR GENERALA)



2007, 53 min., Poland
Polish with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Joanna Pieciukiewicz
SCRIPT:
Joanna Pieciukiewicz
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Marcin Przylecki
MUSIC:
Marcin Czyzewski
EDITING:
Marcin Cebulski
SOUND:
Piotr Klimkowicz, Maciej Behrendt, Piotr Stawski
PRODUCED BY:
TV Polonia
PRODUCER:
Krystyna Kajewska

A touching documentary about Polish general Stanislaw Sosabowski and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade he commanded during World War II. Their mission was to drop into occupied Poland to help liberate the country. Instead the unit was included in the Allied forces and took part in a disastrous battle of Arnhem in Netherlands. Shortly after the battle Sosabowski was unjustly made a scapegoat for the failure of the Allied military operation. He was accused of criticizing Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and then removed as a command officer of his brigade in December 1944. The documentary tells a story of a 60-year struggle to bring back the honor to the general Sosabowski and his soldiers.

JOANNA PIECIUKIEWICZ
Born in Szczecin in 1968. Graduated from German Philology Department at the Szczecin University (1993). She's been working for the Polish Television in Szczecin since 1994. Author of numerous documentary, educational and social films, including "A General's Honor" (Honor generala, 2007), "Where the Sun Is Rising" (Tam, gdzie wschodzi slonce, 2002), "PRL Station" (Stacja PRL, 1999)

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 7pm (GALLERY THEATRE)