THE EXILE
(WYGNAŃCY)



2006, 18 min., Poland
DIRECTION:
Pawel Lozinski
SCRIPT:
Pawel Lozinski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Jacek Blawut
EDITING:
Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
SOUND:
Jerzy Murawski
PRODUCER:
Pawel Lozinski
PRODUCTION:
Pawel Lozinski Produkcja Filmow for TVP Channel 1

Poles forcefully removed from the East after 1945 tell their stories, recalling the grueling period when they abandoned their homes, possessions, and neighbors. It is a story about people forced to restart their lives in a strange land. For these exiles, recalling Podole is remembering the best times: they were young and, most importantly, they were in their right place. Their final memories, though, center on a sad and gray December day when they were told they were headed toward western Poland. Many of the elderly did not survive the long journey; the remaining exiles at last reached the former German lands, only to begin new lives of fear and poverty. Reflecting upon their painful history, the exiles must come to terms with the thought that they are too old for more great changes-and that the past in Podole is gone.

Pawel Lozinski

Born in 1965 in Warsaw. Film director, producer. Graduate of the National Lodz Film School (Film Directing, 1992). Made a feature film The Grate (Kratka, 1996), and a number of award winning documentaries, including A Place of Birth (Miejsce urodzenia, 1992), A Hundred Years in Cinema (Sto lat w kinie, 1995), Such A Story (Taka historia, 1999), A Native Country (Kraj urodzenia, 2002).

Monday, November 13, 2006 at 7:00 pm. (Gallery Theatre)