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Press Reviews & Press Kit<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“… a moving look at a Polish resistance fighter”<\/strong><\/em>
The Los Angeles Times<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-karski-lords-humanity-review-20151113-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“…fascinating…”<\/strong><\/em>
The New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/go.toutapp.com\/fdc6869fe1a7be7c23<\/a><\/p>\n

“… appropriate for museums and classrooms. ..”<\/strong><\/em>
The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong>
http:\/\/m.hollywoodreporter.com\/entry\/view\/id\/1035933<\/a><\/p>\n

“… a number of striking animated sequences…”<\/em><\/strong>
The Village Voice<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/film\/meet-the-pole-who-tried-to-warn-the-world-about-the-holocaust-in-karski-and-the-lords-of-humanity-7949105<\/a><\/p>\n

“Ten Scenes from the Adventures of a Holocaust Hero”<\/em><\/strong>
Paste Magazine<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/11\/ten-scenes-from-the-adventures-of-a-holocaust-hero.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“Karski and Grunberg both proved there are many ways to fight against injustices.”<\/em><\/strong>
SSN Insider<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ssninsider.com\/the-karski-the-lords-of-humanity-doc-shows-that-one-persons-fight-for-good-really-can-change-the-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n

“A REAL Super Hero”<\/strong><\/em>
The Jewish Journal<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/thewideangle\/item\/a_real_super_hero<\/a><\/p>\n

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Honoring the Catholic spy who warned about the Shoah<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haaretz
By Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope at least one young person sees this film and says: I\u2019d like to be someone like him and go out into the world and try to make a difference,\u201d says Gr\u00fcnberg. \u201cThat would be the ultimate honor.\u201d
A powerful new documentary focuses on Polish resistance fighter Jan Karski, an overlooked wartime hero who endeavored to save the Jews. <\/strong><\/p>\n


The film “Karski and the Lords of Humanity” was screened for the first time outside Poland this week at Jerusalem\u2019s Menachem Begin Heritage Center\u00a0<\/strong>on June 14, 2015\u00a0in the presence of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland, Grzegorz Schetyna and the President of the World Jewish Congress, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Times of Israel <\/strong>by Renee Ghert-Zand<\/p>\n

Decades after Karski rang alarm, unheeded Shoah warnings brought to life. <\/span><\/strong>\u2018If you find yourself in a circumstance, whatever it is, and you can do something to make a difference, let Karski\u2019s story be one of those that inspires you to try\u2019 Sir Martin Gilbert, Winston Chrchill’s official bioographer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/decades-after-karski-rang-alarm-unheeded-shoah-warnings-brought-to-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n

World Jewish Congress<\/strong>, June 15, 2015<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s director, S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg, noted: \u201cKarski\u2019s dream was to become a diplomat. That dream was dashed by the war. Today, however, through this film, his message of compassion in diplomacy is being spread and his dream has, in effect, come true.\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
http:\/\/t.co\/aF8zj0PoEF<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ynetnews Jewish World, \u00a0<\/strong>June 17, 2015<\/p>\n

WJC President Ronald Lauder says during event, ‘Karski is my hero because he spoke up when most people remained silent. We Jews know what happens when the world is silent.\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-4669462,00.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Rave reviews!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Deeply moving film<\/strong>“;<\/strong> “<\/span>Grunberg created a modern and attractive documentary<\/strong>“;<\/strong> <\/span>“<\/span>I am shaken and deeply moved by this film.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Gr\u00fcnberg creates a sensitive portrait of Karski. He sees him as a great hero, but also as a tragic figure destroyed by the war. Jan Karski, as seen through the prism of Gr\u00fcnberg’s eyes, was not just a brave agent and a clever spy (as the details of his mission show), but also a \u201cmoral aristocrat,\u201d whose life was scarred by the Holocaust.”<\/strong> Bartosz Staszczyszyn, Culture.pl, May 2015<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Your film hits right between the eyes, also because of the perfect technique”,\u00a0Pawel Smolenski, Gazeta Wyborcza, April 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Jan Karski: A Bond who Cries. An excellent new film … tragic hero in the splendid documentary film by Slawomir Grunberg: “Karski & The Lords of the Humanity”\u00a0Tadeusz Sobolewski, Gazeta Wyborcza,\u00a0April,\u00a02015<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The documentary by Gr\u00fcnberg takes Karski’s wartime service in a different direction than Lanzmann achieved. This is due in part to Gr\u00fcnberg’s full focus on Karski, in part because the message his film imparts is distinct from that of Shoah. The two directors, each from European Jewish backgrounds (Gr\u00fcnberg is a graduate of the \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Film School, left Poland in 1981), are concerned with issues rooted in the Holocaust as we attempt to view it today. Gr\u00fcnberg’s perspective is in a sense the reverse of Lanzmann’s \u2013 as a Polish Jew, he knows realities and issues of Jewish life in Poland before, during and after the Second World War.”<\/strong> Alan Lockwood, Polishhistory.pl, April 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews in English<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/thenews.pl\/1\/11\/Artykul\/227874,Biopic-on-Poland\u2019s-most-celebrated-emissary-premieres-in-US<\/a> http:\/\/culture.pl\/en\/work\/karski-and-the-lords-of-humanity-slawomir-grunberg<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.polishhistory.pl\/index.php?id=17&L=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3976&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=14&cHash=fba27a65564fb0184b1daf1c5ea4a004<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/cineuropa.org\/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=290370<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/culture.pl\/en\/article\/grunberg-i-want-karskis-story-to-reach-everyone<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/polska.pl\/en\/culture-and-art\/visual-arts\/man-who-wanted-stop-holocaust\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Review in German<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.polennieuws.nl\/2015\/04\/documentaire-over-woii-koerier-karski-uitgegeven\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Review in Spanish<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.cineuropa.mobi\/newsdetail.aspx?lang=es&documentID=290370<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviews in P<\/a>olish<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wyborcza.pl\/1,75475,17721860,Jan_Karski__Bond__ktory_placze__Nowy__swietny_film.html<\/em>“><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.wyborcza.pl\/wyborcza\/1,132749,17804746,Kosci_wala_o_bruk_getta_Rozmowa_ze_Slawomirem_Grunbergiem.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl\/misja-karskiego-trwa-27696 <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/culture.pl\/pl\/dzielo\/karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thenews.pl\/1\/11\/Artykul\/204701,Documentary-on-WWII-courier-Karski-released<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/kino.org.pl\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2187&Itemid=1<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.polskieradio.pl\/5\/3\/Artykul\/1428070,Dokument-Jan-Karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-od-dzis-w-kinach<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wiadomosci.wp.pl\/martykul.html?kat=1342&wid=17479866<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.onet.pl\/wiadomosci\/kraj,1mpfe0 <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/dziennikzwiazkowy.com\/polska-2\/schetyna-jan-karski-byl-swiadkiem-prawdy-o-holokauscie\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.dziennik.pl\/wiadomosci\/opinie\/schetyna-na-premierze-filmu-jan-karski-jest-waznym-elementem-historii-swiata<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/film.wp.pl\/kat,1,martykul.html?id=150369<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.radiolodz.pl\/posts\/13719-karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-premiera-filmu-slawomira-gruenberga-zwiastun<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.polskatimes.pl\/artykul\/3830139,jan-karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-slawomir-grunberg-spodziewam-sie-krytyki-nie-przeklamuje-historii,id,t.html<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.polskieradio.pl\/5\/3\/Artykul\/1414193,Film-Karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-Slawomira-Gruenberga-od-24-kwietnia-w-kinach<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.sfp.org.pl\/wydarzenia,5,20964,0,1,wideo-Karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci.html<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.wp.tv\/i,karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-2015,mid,1670193,klip.html?<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.polin.pl\/pl\/wydarzenie\/karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wiadomosci.radiozet.pl\/Wiadomosci\/Kraj\/Film-Karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-od-24-kwietnia-w-kinach-00003410<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wnas.pl\/artykuly\/7500-karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-juz-niebawem-w-kinach-jest-juz-plakat<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/kmag.pl\/artykul\/polski-james-bond-probowal-zatrzymac-holocaust-jan-karski-to-jeden-z-najwybitniejszych-polakow-wlasnie-powstal-o-nim-film\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/fdb.pl\/wiadomosci\/21288-karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-w-zwiastunie<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/wp.tv\/i,karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-2015,mid,1670193,klip.html?ticaid=5149e8<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/film.onet.pl\/wiadomosci\/karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-oficjalny-plakat\/gs498r<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/film.wp.pl\/id,149976,title,Karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-Zobacz-zwiastun-tylko-u-nas,wiadomosc.html<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.interia.pl\/film\/news,2113867<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/film.wp.pl\/kat,1,martykul.html?id=149836<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.onet.pl\/rozrywka\/film\/wiadomosci,j75yeq<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.filmpolski.pl\/fp\/index.php?film=1237373<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ceo.org.pl\/pl\/mamyprawo\/news\/przedpremierowy-pokaz-filmu-o-janie-karskim<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.filmweb.pl\/film\/Karski+i+w%C5%82adcy+ludzko%C5%9Bci-2015-737894<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/kino.dlastudenta.pl\/film\/Karski_i_Wladcy_Ludzkosci,18576.html<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.o.pl\/2015\/03\/30\/karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-slawomir-grunberg-kino-swiat\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/film.wp.pl\/kat,7,martykul.html?id=34782<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

October 27, 2014<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Q&A with the Director of Karski & The Lords of Humanity Blog from Battery Place (Museum of Jewish Heritage)<\/strong> by Betsy <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/mjhstaff.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/q-with-director-of-karski-lords-of.html<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, November 19 at 7 p.m., the Museum will welcome director Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg for a screening and discussion of his new film, Karski & the Lords of Humanity. The film tells the story of Jan Karski, the Polish resistance fighter who risked his life to reveal the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto. This innovative documentary in English and Polish sheds light on Karski\u2019s daring exploits and important legacy 100 years after his birth. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re grateful that Mr. Gr\u00fcnberg took the time to answer some of our questions about the film\u2019s subject and his unique way of portraying Karksi\u2019s life using animation. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MJH: Why you were drawn to Karski\u2019s story <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg: Jan Karski is an example of a modern day hero. I wanted to present an earnest portrait of a man who juggled between life and death while fulfilling a desperate mission to stop the annihilation of European Jews. As a member of the Polish underground during World War II, Karski took a huge risk by infiltrating the Warsaw Ghetto and a Nazi transit camp. There he witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust in order to carry a first-hand report to the Western Allies and the world\u2019s leaders. When I first heard the story, I was very inspired that this extraordinary individual was only 25 years old at the time of his mission.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MJH: What you hope audiences will walk away thinking or feeling about his life and legacy? <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SG: We hope our audience will be diverse, not only in terms of age, but also in terms of religion, ethnicity, and cultural background. We would like the viewers to learn about Karski\u2019s World War II mission, and also come away with an appreciation of Karski\u2019s contribution to the humanities. We are especially interested in engaging university and high-school students. We are reaching out to them via Facebook, Twitter, and You Tube. Having presented excerpts from the work-in-progress, we are receiving very positive responses to the use of animation in the project, especially from educators who continue to approach us expressing their desire to use the completed film in their work. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MJH: We\u2019d love to hear a little about why you chose to partially animate the film. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SG: My inspiration to use animation in my project was the Israeli film “Waltz with Bashir,” which I found extremely moving. A similar innovative fusion of technologies was employed by our team to create a unique film reality, and to bring Karski\u2019s compelling story to life. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The film employs animation intertwined with documentary scenes and archival footage, including authentic voice-over by Jan Karski himself. Thanks to the animation techniques, we are able to recreate the events, which took place during Karski\u2019s World War II mission including his treacherous visit to the Warsaw Ghetto, where he witnessed the indignities and traumas to which Jews were being subjected in Nazi-occupied Poland only months preceding the Final Solution. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve seen this film and it’s a compelling portrait of the first man to let the Western allies (including FDR) know what the Nazis were doing to the Jews in Poland, and yet, no one took him seriously. What’s best about this film are the interviews taken of Karski and shocking footage of the Warsaw Ghetto that I’ve never seen. \u00a0R.S. \u00a0NY<\/em><\/p>\n

wonderful project!!! must be seen by all \u2026.. P.B. \u00a0LA<\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations!!! We were all very impressed by the film … A result of your long work and proverbial blood, sweat and tears. Indeed the animation worked very well, the historical footage was rare and unique, the quotes from famous people kept to the limit and informative\/educational value was very significant. This shall become a “definitive” Karski movie which people will reach for as a major source of information about the man and his deeds.\u00a0<\/em>
Bravo! A.R. NY<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am a survivor from the Warsaw ghetto and I want to congratulate you for this wonderful film. It is the best film I have ever seen about this subject and it moved me very much\u201d I. K. Johannesburg, S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chcialam Wam podziekowac za ciezka prace, wytrwalosc, i talent, a w ich efekcie wspanialy film. Moglo wyjsc tak albo inaczej. Wyszlo – moim skromnym zdaniem – absolutnie fantastycznie. Niesamowite jest to, ze film tak wciaga, i choc teoretycznie mowi cos o tym, co dzialo sie dookola Karskiego, tych 70 minut calkowicie pochlania charyzma i niezwyklosc samego Karskiego i jego swiadectwo, dane tu raz jeszcze, z niezwykla moca. Tak jakbyscie to Wy prowadzili te rozmowy z nim, jakby Was zniewolil swoja osoba… Bo kiedy sie ten film oglada, to staje sie jasne, ze to co zrobil bylo niezwykle, i ze tego dlaczego to zrobil, nie da sie do konca wytlumaczyc. W przedziwny sposob sam fakt, ze juz w Polsce byl w swoim glebokim poruszeniu i moralnej niezgodzie samotny jakos wyjasnia fakt, ze inni “nie mogli” mu uwierzyc. Choc bynajmniej ich nie usprawiedliwia. Mowi to cos przerazajacego o nas jako zbiorowosci.Bardzo wazne, ze zawarliscie te uwage o ocenzurowaniu pierwszego raportu. To nie byl znany fakt, wiedzialam o tym tylko od Jana Grossa. Stworzyliscie bardzo mocny, bardzo prowokujacy obraz. Klarowny, spojny, oszczedny. Trzymam kciuki za najblizsze lata jego istnienia; Oskar czy nie Oksar, jest rzeczywiscie spora szansa, ze objedziecie z Janem Karskim swiat. Oby. Tym filmem zadziwiajaco przedluzacie sens jego powolania. M.F. NY<\/em><\/p>\n

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Press Kit\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

LOGTV LTD & Apple Film Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

present <\/strong><\/p>\n

Karski & The Lords of Humanity<\/strong><\/p>\n

a film by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Running time: <\/strong>7<\/strong>2 <\/strong>min.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Production: USA\/Poland 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LOGTV LTD<\/strong><\/p>\n

1155 Warburton Ave, Suite 11P<\/p>\n

Yonkers, NY 10701<\/p>\n

Phone: 1 917 864 0715<\/p>\n

grunberg@logtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.logtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n

STARRING<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

(in order of appearance)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan Karski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Laurence Weinbaum<\/strong>, World Jewish Congress, former student of Jan Karski<\/p>\n

Rabi Harold White<\/strong>, Georgetown University<\/p>\n

Thomas Wood <\/strong>– co-author of \u201cKarski – How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust\u201d<\/p>\n

Wladys\u0142aw Zaroffe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wladys\u0142aw Bartoszewski<\/strong>, former Foreign Minister of the Polish Republic,<\/p>\n

Martin Gilbert<\/strong>, official biographer of Winston Churchill,<\/p>\n

Efraim Zuroff<\/strong>, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre,<\/p>\n

Zbigniew Brzezinski<\/strong>, former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States,<\/p>\n

Meir Rosenne<\/strong>, former Ambassador of Israel to the United States<\/p>\n

Kenneth Adelman<\/strong>, diplomat, former student of Jan Karski,<\/p>\n

Joshua Muravchik<\/strong>, Foreign Policy Institute, Washington, former student of Jan Karski<\/p>\n

THE FILMMAKERS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by <\/strong><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg<\/p>\n

Written by <\/strong><\/p>\n

Katka Reszke, Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, E. Thomas Wood<\/p>\n

Sound Design by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S.<\/p>\n

Editing by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matylda Kawka, Katka Reszke<\/p>\n

Cinematography by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg<\/p>\n

Animation Directed by <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tomasz Niedzwiedz<\/p>\n

Produced by<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, Dariusz Jab\u0142onski, Violetta Kaminska, Izabela Wojcik<\/p>\n

Production <\/strong><\/p>\n

LOGTV LTD & Apple Film Production<\/p>\n

Co-production<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Audiovisual Institute, Polish Television S.A., National Centre for Culture, TvIndie Film supported by the Present and Past Foundation, the Russian-Polish Centre for Dialogue and Understanding Foundation<\/p>\n

Official film website<\/strong>: www.jankarski.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook Page<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KarskiandTheLordsOfHumanity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

IMDB.com<\/strong>: http:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt5138280\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter<\/strong>: https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarskiMovie<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the Trailer: <\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/3QnoOJkFXyU<\/a><\/p>\n

Official Poster<\/strong>: https:\/\/jankarski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_8422.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n

Publicity Photos<\/strong>: https:\/\/jankarski.com\/?page_id=176<\/a><\/p>\n

PRESS REVIEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

“… a moving look at a Polish resistance fighter”<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Times<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-karski-lords-humanity-review-20151113-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“…fascinating…”<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/go.toutapp.com\/fdc6869fe1a7be7c23<\/a><\/p>\n

“… appropriate for museums and classrooms. ..”<\/p>\n

The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.hollywoodreporter.com\/entry\/view\/id\/1035933<\/a><\/p>\n

“… a number of striking animated sequences…”<\/p>\n

The Village Voice <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/film\/meet-the-pole-who-tried-to-warn-the-world-about-the-holocaust-in-karski-and-the-lords-of-humanity-7949105<\/a><\/p>\n

“Karski and Grunberg both proved there are many ways to fight against injustices.”<\/p>\n

SSN Insider<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ssninsider.com\/the-karski-the-lords-of-humanity-doc-shows-that-one-persons-fight-for-good-really-can-change-the-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cA REAL Super Hero\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jewish Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/thewideangle\/item\/a_real_super_hero<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTen Scenes from the Adventures of a Holocaust Hero\u201d<\/p>\n

Paste Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/11\/ten-scenes-from-the-adventures-of-a-holocaust-hero.html<\/a><\/p>\n

More Press Reviews at<\/strong>: https:\/\/jankarski.com\/?page_id=42<\/a><\/p>\n

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Below are some of the comments I have received after the NYC premiere showing of “Karski & The Lords of Humanity”. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“I was fortunate enough to speak with the filmmaker for a few minutes prior to the last screening Saturday night. This documentary is a must see film for all students and teachers of the Holocaust. I hope this film is screened at YIVO, the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Yad VaShem. The world must never forget the evil crimes of the Holocaust and must remember the courage and heroism of Jan Karski.”<\/p>\n

“I watched it last night and I was absolutely riveted. It\u2019s such an amazing story about an incredible man. I loved the use of animation to tell the story; it really was a very unique and tied the whole film together. You should be very proud of this work.”<\/p>\n

“Thank you. I saw it yesterday… the picture has multiple layers, several lessons, and a very important message. Good luck with the presentation around the world!”<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE FILM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Karski & The Lords of Humanity” is a partially animated documentary film about Jan Karski, who risked his life to try to prevent the Holocaust<\/strong>. Using a groundbreaking technique that combines unique archival footage with animated sequences, Emmy-winning filmmaker Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, re-creates and dramatizes the death-defying mission of Jan Karski, the Polish underground courier who travelled across occupied Europe, infiltrating the Warsaw Ghetto and a Nazi transit camp to deliver eyewitness accounts of the unfolding Holocaust to the Allied powers. <\/strong>Karski carried his reports to Britain and the United States, hoping that it would shake and awaken the conscience of the world leaders or \u2013 as he would call them – the Lords of Humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan Karski, alias \u201cWitold\u201d was an eyewitness to the atrocities and mass murders committed by the Nazis in occupied Poland. He was one of the first persons to reveal this information directly to the Western allied governments. He was an emissary of the Polish Underground State, sent to the Warsaw ghetto under cover on a mission to investigate the situation of Jews on the eve of the \u201cfinal solution\u201d. He aimed to reveal the shocking news about the tragedy of the Jewish people to the world. \u201cWithout the intervention of the Allies, the Jewish community will cease to exist in eighteen months’ time\u201d, he reported in the so-called Karski Report, which was mostly based on the intel acquired firsthand, as an eyewitness. Regrettably, the information on the Holocaust, smuggled by Karski to the West, only made way to the 16th<\/sup> page of the New York Times. Newsweek Magazine <\/em>named Jan Karski one of the most outstanding personalities of 20th<\/sup> century, calling his wartime mission one of the moral milestones of 20th<\/sup> century civilization. In London The Times<\/em> remarked: \u201cMany would rank him alongside the better-known Oskar Schindler as one of the most courageous heroes of those dark years.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the unquestionable qualities of Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg\u2019s film are the animated reconstructions of several scenes, such as Karski\u2019s arrest by the Gestapo, his entry into the Warsaw ghetto (twice!) and transitional camp in Izbica, or his numerous conversations with – as Karski himself called them – \u201cthe lords of humanity\u201d, including Great Britain\u2019s Foreign Minister Anthony Eden or the President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among the archival materials there are never-seen before interviews conducted by E. Thomas Wood, co-author of Karski – How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust, as well as little-known film footage and photographs. Besides the voice recordings of Karski himself, the audience will also be able to hear the comments of the people who knew him well, including the famous political scientist, the former U.S. National Security Advisor, prof. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the official biographer of Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Martin Gilbert (<\/em>A turning point\u2026 From that moment, it was clear: This was a deliberate attempt to exterminate a whole people.) <\/em>or the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Polish Republic, prof. Wladyslaw Bartoszewski (Bartoszewski, quoting Karski: I wanted to save millions, but I could not save anybody at all.<\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, Jan Karski was an incredibly brave young man, dedicated to the struggle for truth, justice and equality. Let’s remember he was barely 25 years old when the war began. He was asked to do something that most people would most likely refuse to do. Jan Karski was a man who was willing to sacrifice his own life in the name of humanity. <\/em><\/p>\n

Karski is a universal, timeless hero, a role-model for the young generation all over the world. It\u2019s in the young people\u2019s nature to seek the meaning of life and proper moral standards. <\/em>KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY proves that a seemingly banal question: \u201ccan I, as an individual, change the world?\u201d is worth asking.”<\/em> \u00a0Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ARTISTIC, COGNITIVE AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES OF THE FILM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

For years, the story of Jan Karski has never been told in detail through film. KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY is a ground-breaking cinematic event also because of the way it was made.\u00a0The addition of animated sequences illustrating the events never actually caught on camera significantly enhances the film\u2019s appeal. The viewers are able to better digest the content, bearing in mind how challenging and shocking it must be, especially for those who never encountered Karski\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY is really a historical essay – it combines elements of a psychological portrait with cognitive and fact-finding cinema. At the same time, the story told in this film is universal, and should reach every viewer regardless of the origins or level of education.\u00a0The cognitive qualities of the film are immense – and can be viewed through the prism of historical as well as philosophical, psychological and social knowledge. On the one hand, the people interviewed by the author are commenting on the story of the main character, on the other, through archival footage of Jan Karski\u2019s interviews and creative animated sequences, the viewer gets to learn historical facts forming the backdrop of the story.\u00a0KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY is also a story about incredibly dramatic choices he had to make, giving an opportunity to present deep psychological and moral portrayal of a person facing extreme situations and decisions.<\/p>\n

The educational aspect of the film was of great importance to the filmmaker – hence the greatest attention to historical detail. Its accuracy was supervised, among others, by E. Thomas Wood, a historian and co-author of \u201cKarski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DIRECTOR\u2019s EXPLANATION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am an independent filmmaker, living and working in the United States for the past 30 years, solely devoted to documentaries. The incredible story of Jan Karski, a historical figure, an eyewitness of the 20th century, with his biography reminiscent of a movie script, waited a long time to be told. Karski acted as a liaison between two continents on the matter of Jewish people.\u00a0<\/em>The subjects of the films I make are often difficult, sensitive and ambiguous. But if the films I make about the Jewish people lead to discussion, whereby the viewer learns something new and can perhaps even change, then that\u2019s great. It\u2019s good that they\u2019re troubling, I believe in trouble that builds something and prevents conflict. In the end, we do live so that we can leave a valuable trace, and I try to achieve that through my films. Jan Karski is a universal hero, a timeless figure, a role model for the young generation – in the US, in Poland, throughout the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s in the young people\u2019s nature to seek the meaning of life and proper moral standards. <\/em>KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY proves that a seemingly banal question: \u201ccan I, as an individual, change the world?\u201d is worth asking.”\u00a0<\/em>For me, the knowledge that the cinema is so tremendously powerful and able to really \u201cchange the world\u201d is one of the key reasons why working on documentaries is exciting and worthy of utter dedication. <\/em><\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg<\/em><\/p>\n

JAN KARSKI – A BIOGRAPHY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jan Karski<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born Jan Kozielewski on 24 June 1914 in Lodz, died 13 July 2000 in Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the interwar Poland, Jan Karski gained a law degree, also graduating from a diplomatic college and cadet school. Following the outbreak of WW2, he was imprisoned as a POW, managing to escape and becoming involved in the underground. Thanks to his extraordinary memory and knowledge of foreign languages, he was appointed emissary of the Polish Underground State. During one of his missions to France, Karski was arrested by the Gestapo. Following a brutal interrogation, he tried to commit suicide fearing he might reveal crucial information about Polish underground to the Germans. Resuscitated, he was placed in the prison hospital, from where he was liberated with the help from Polish Union of Armed Struggle.<\/p>\n

In the autumn of 1942, under the ongoing alias of Jan Karski, he traveled to the UK, from where he was sent to the United States in the summer of 1943. He was to present to the Allies his report on the situation of the Polish Underground State. One of his tasks was also to inform the international community of the tragic situation of the Jewish community under the German occupation – to collect information on this, Karski twice got through to the Warsaw ghetto, as well as the transitional camp in Izbica Lubelska. His shocking eyewitness accounts were handed over to the American and British politicians, journalists and artists. He met with, among others, the British Foreign Minister, Anthony Eden and the President of the United States – Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, his dramatic appeals for help for the Jewish people yielded no result \u2013 majority of the people he spoke to didn\u2019t believe him or ignored him.<\/p>\n

After the war, Jan Karski decided to remain in exile in the United States. He took a degree in political science and a doctorate at the Georgetown University in Washington, where he was a lecturer of international relations and theory of communism for the next 40 years.\u00a0Jan Karski was also the author of several books. His book on the activities of the Polish Underground State (Story of a Secret State), first published in the United States in 1944, soon became a bestseller, translated into many languages.<\/p>\n

During the last 20 years of his life, at various meetings in the United States, Poland and Israel, Jan Karski repeatedly retold his account of the mass extermination of Jewish people during WW2, and his attempts to make the world aware of this tragedy. Karski\u00a0received many prestigious awards – among others,\u00a0Yad Vashem recognized Karski as a Righteous Among the Nations, he received honorary doctorates from eight Polish and foreign universities and the Order of the White Eagle – Poland\u2019s highest decoration.\u00a0 In 1994, he received honorary citizenship of the State of Israel.\u00a0Here’s what he said on that occasion:\u00a0“This is the proudest and the most meaningful day in my life. Through the honorary citizenship of the State of Israel, I have reached the spiritual source of my Christian faith. In a way, I also became a part of the Jewish community… And now I, Jan Karski, by birth Jan Kozielewski \u2013 a Pole, an American, a Catholic \u2013 have also become an Israeli.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan Karski\u00a0was the founder of the Jan Karski and Pola Nirenska Award, granted each year by the YIVO in New York and the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw for publications depicting the role and contribution of Jews to the Polish culture.\u00a0In 2000, Jan Karski founded the Jan Karski Eagle Honorary Award, in recognition of forward-thinking Poles and for the contribution to Poland by non-Poles.\u00a0On May 29 2012, Jan Karski received a postmortem Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by the President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

JAN KARSKI – A PERFECT ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. <\/strong><\/p>\n

An interview with Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, director of KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did you prepare for the film about Karski?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Together with Katka Reszke,\u00a0who\u00a0later\u00a0became\u00a0the main film\u2019s screenplay writer\u00a0and film\u2019s co-editor, I spent two weeks at the Hoover Institute in Palo Alto, California. There, we found virtually all the materials related to Jan Karski, actually prepared by the man himself long before his death. This collection was wonderfully catalogued, in huge albums, and we just had to review it carefully. We also found video tapes from Karski\u2019s own collection in the archives. In Nashville, Tennessee, we visited E. Thomas Wood, the co-author of Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust. Tom Wood not only interviewed Karski for his book, but also recorded several hours of interviews on video tapes. In Betsheda, Maryland we visited Kaja Ploss, Karski\u2019s good friend and neighbour. We learned many interesting details related from her about the private life of Jan Karski.<\/p>\n

How did the concept of the film come to life, and how did it change?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I struggled with the film\u2019s concept because\u2026 how do you tell a story of something that happened 60-70 years beforehand, and whose main character is no longer alive? I fought against the concept of fictionalized documentary. I feel they are rarely successful. Often there\u2019s no money for good actors or production design and the results have a whiff of amateurishness about them. Finally, after seeing the feature-length animated historical film Waltz With Bashir in 2009, I thought this story can be best told through animation. Here, I must acknowledge my great experience and the fantastic work of the Polish animators, led by Tomek Niedzwiedz of Badi Badi. I\u2019m convinced that without his artistic vision our film would not be so visually powerful. It\u2019s the animated sequences which made Jan Karski speak to us in an exceptionally unique and contemporary language of creative animation. Thanks to Tomek and his team, the film is based partially on fictionalized, animated sequences combined with archival footage and interviews. Original, often never seen before interviews with Jan Karski form an essential part of the film. The voice of Jan Karski, preserved on the film and video tape conversations, is the basis of the film\u2019s narration. Besides all that, we applied the \u201ccollective narration\u201d convention by using the so-called \u201coffs\u201d from the people we encountered in our voyage through Jan Karski\u2019s life. The sparse commentary by Tom Wood, talking to Karski while writing his book, makes the core of our film and fills in the gaps in the overall narrative. Presenting the final version of the film, I also have to mention the artistic input and participation of Apple Film producers, especially Darek Jablonski (director of the Photographer) in the process of finalizing our project. Darek went far beyond the role of a typical producer responsible for contracts and finances. His creative input went from editing comments and sound design to suggestions regarding the choice of music. It\u2019s very satisfying and fortunate for the director to be able to work with a filmmaker whose artistic ideas are an extension of his own.<\/p>\n

From the very beginning I had a vision of a Polish-American co-production, a natural thing for this project with impact on its international distribution. I also have to admit that during my 30 years as a documentary filmmaker with over 45 films made to date, I have never encountered as many problems with a film, as with this project about Jan Karski. Surprisingly, raising funds for this kind of film in today\u2019s times was problematic. I didn\u2019t expect that at all. For example and despite much effort, KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY was completed without any support from the Polish Film Institute. So I therefore appreciate the contribution of all the institutions that finally decided to take part in this project even more \u2013 the Polish Television, the National Cultural Centre and the National Audiovisual Institute.<\/p>\n

Who was Jan Karski to you? What lessons should a modern viewer learn and understand?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, Jan Karski was an incredibly brave young man, dedicated to the struggle for truth, justice and equality. Let’s remember he was barely 25 years old when the war began. Jan Karski was a man who was willing to sacrifice his own life in the name of humanity. It is also important to know that he didn\u2019t have to take such risks \u2013 smuggling himself in disguise to the Warsaw ghetto – twice! – and to the transit camp in Izbica Lubelska. He was asked to do something that most people would most likely refuse to do. Jan Karski was an exceptional person, and he makes a perfect role model for today\u2019s young people. A man who would sacrifice his own life for the sake of others.<\/p>\n

The way the powers that be reacted to his ardent attempts to convince the \u201cLords of Humanity\u201d, as Karski called them, that the Holocaust demanded the world\u2019s immediate reaction, is no different to the way the world is today. The Allies then, and the great powers of today, put their national interests before humanitarian values. We look on, as every day ISIS, the Islamist extremists in Syria, Iraq or Sudan (and not that long time ago the conflicted ethnic groups in Rwanda) carry out mass murders and atrocities based on religious or racial prejudices, with the world is just watching on idly, and the response – if any – usually comes too late or is too weak. We don\u2019t see mass demonstrations against the killings, against burning people alive, beheading, stoning, rapes, kidnapping and trade of children and women. If we imagine these groups creating their own death camps, and executions shown live on the Internet daily, I doubt we\u2019d see any reaction from our contemporary \u201clords of humanity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jan Karski was an eyewitness of the planned and precisely implemented machinery of extermination of Jewish people, and even his accounts were met with disbelief of many. Those he spoke to and those who responded were able to react and influence the decisions of the great powers. Even today, we see how much the world needs people like Jan Karski.<\/p>\n

What kind of emotions will the film evoke in the viewer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all I would like to introduce Karski to the viewer who never encountered or never heard of him. I also would like to introduce him to those who heard about him, but still write about him in the context of an \u201cunaccomplished mission\u201d. Through this film, I want them to learn they were wrong. Through the words of historians, I try to prove that the so-called Karski Report and his meetings with the powers of the world brought great effect, perhaps not as great as he wished for, but great enough to influence concrete decisions that saved people\u2019s lives. I\u2019m convinced that KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY will easily find an audience amongst the people of middle-aged and older generations. I also believe that it will reach younger audiences, thanks to the animated sequences. Karski may become a role model. It\u2019s in the young people\u2019s nature to seek the meaning of life and proper moral standards. KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY proves that a seemingly banal question: \u201ccan I, as an individual, change the world?\u201d is worth asking.”<\/p>\n

As a filmmaker, what do you value most?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knowing that film as a medium has such a tremendous power and ability to \u201cchange the world\u201d is one of the main reasons I work on documentaries. It\u2019s exciting and worth total dedication. The films I make are sometimes difficult, and the subjects – sensitive and ambiguous. It\u2019s good they\u2019re troubling; I believe in trouble that can build something and prevent conflict. I try not to come up with solutions, I leave it to the audience, I want to evoke emotions, make people face the fear of the unknown. The camera is a perfect weapon. It allows us to enter the world in the otherwise unavailable way. I\u2019m especially drawn towards projects telling stories of conflict, moral dilemmas, controversial subjects, and ones bringing on discussions. I like a challenge. Filmmaking is also a great adventure and – what\u2019s most exciting about documentaries \u2013 about the unexpected finds. I\u2019m convinced that KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY can become an important film.<\/p>\n

You said once, that you\u2019re a \u201cmessenger\u201d, a \u201clink\u201d between two continents on the Jewish subject. Is that your mission?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My mission is to try to improve the world through my films. For more than 30 years I\u2019ve lived and worked in the United States. I\u2019m an independent filmmaker working solely on documentaries. Since I immigrated to the US from Poland, a country which is so different, I have a great curiosity towards it \u2013 and that gives me a different perspective than the people who were born and raised here. Jan Karski became an American despite his thick accent, of which he never got rid. It\u2019s not a matter of a passport, but rather of thoughts, observations, discoveries and openness towards a human life. It was Karski who was a real link between two continents. I\u2019m nowhere near his greatness. If, through my films on the Jewish subject, I\u2019m able to generate some kind of discussion, make people learn something new, maybe even change – that\u2019s great, I\u2019m really happy about it. In the end, we live to leave a valuable trace – I\u2019m trying to do it through my films.<\/p>\n

S\u0141AWOMIR GR\u00dcNBERG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director, co-writer, cinematographer<\/p>\n

The award-winning director, producer and cinematographer of documentary films. As a Lodz Film School graduate, he migrated to the USA in 1981.\u00a0Since then he directed and produced over 45 documentaries concerning social, environmental and disability issues. Winner of numerous international awards, including Emmy Award for School Prayer: A Community at War. Winner of Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and the New York Foundation for the Arts and Soros Justice Media Fellowship.<\/p>\n

Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg also won the Jan Karski competition for documentaries with \u201cmoral courage\u201d, as well as DreamCatcher Award for dedication and commitment to documentary filmmaking. He is a winner of Golden Glan and prestigious award of DocBoat Festival 2009 for the internationally acclaimed filmmaker of Polish origins. In 2015, the Jewish Motifs International Film Festival in Warsaw awarded KARSKI & THE LORDS OF HUMANITY with a Special Award for the Best Polish Film. His films include Portraits of Emotion, Santa Rosa, Coming out Polish Style and Burning Man or Trans-Action. Grunberg has directed and produced numerous internationally awarded films, which\u00a0explore the Holocaust and Polish-Jewish related themes: Shimon\u2019s Returns, Castaways, the Peretzniks, Paint What You Remember, the Legacy of Jedwabne and Saved by Deportation. Slawomir worked as a cinematographer and a second producer on\u00a0Shtetl by Marian Marzynski and In the Name of Their Mothers: The Story of Irena Sendler by Mary Skinner. He was a cinematographer of two Academy Award-nominated films: Legacy and Sister Rose’s Passion.<\/p>\n

THE PRODUCERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

LOGTV\u00a0Ltd\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LOGTV Ltd was founded in 1999 by the acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg, for the production and distribution of documentary films.\u00a0The films produced by LOGTV Ltd were not only shown and awarded at festivals, but also distributed in cinemas and shown on TV around the world.\u00a0Educational activities are of key importance for LOGTV Ltd – the films are screened not only in cinemas and on TV, but also in educational institutions. The company acts as a participant and organizer of seminars and lectures accompanying the screenings of its films. LOGTV Ltd holds a special interest in Jewish themes, with numerous projects focusing on the Holocaust, as well as post-war Jewish life and contemporary Jewish identities.<\/p>\n

The short list of awards received by LOGTV Ltd and Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg includes: EMMY Award, Grand Prix Zahav (Gold) Award, CINE Golden Eagle Award, Gold Award: WorldFest, Houston, Regional EMMY Award, Special Award for the Best Polish Film at the Jewish Motifs International Film Festival, Warsaw, Grand Prix: I Belgrade International Film Festival, Grand Prix: V European Film Festival, Koszalin, An Expression Award: Brazil’s Disability International Film Festival, The Audience Award: Best Documentary, Washington Jewish Film Festival, Special Prize: Crossroads of Europe Film Festival, Lublin, Best Documentary on Disability: International Film Festival, Calgary, Canada, Best Documentary in Environment: San Francisco Film Festival, Best Documentary: Vermont International Film Festival, Best of the Festival: Hope and Dreams Film Festival Grand Prix: International Environmental Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic Coup de Coeur, International Environmental Film Festival, Grenoble.\u00a0 Add to this two Academy Award nominations and five EMMY Award nominations for Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg as a cinematographer.<\/p>\n

The documentaries produced by LOGTV Ltd were shown, among others, in Lincoln\u00a0Center’s\u00a0Walter\u00a0Reade\u00a0Theater, The\u00a0Museum\u00a0of Modern Art in New York, Museo Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico City, Johannesburg and Cape Town Holocaust Centers, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, as well as at many festivals in USA, Canada, Israel, Iran, Basil, Argentina, Mexico, France, UK, Germany, Uruguay, Korea, Australia, Russia, Poland and other countries. Some of them made their way to permanent collections of film societies, festivals or libraries, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum\u00a0in Washington, D.C.,\u00a0Museum\u00a0of\u00a0Jewish\u00a0Heritage\u00a0in New York, Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and Yad\u00a0Vashem\u00a0in Jerusalem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

APPLE FILM PRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the leading Polish production companies with 25 years of experience, known for its high quality domestic and international productions.\u00a0Its latest production, Under the Electric Clouds, was awarded Silver Bear at this year\u2019s Berlinale, a film by Alexei German Jr, one of the most talented Russian directors of the younger generation. It\u2019s a co-production of Metro Films (Russia), Linked Films (Ukraine) and Polish Television, with support from the Film Studio TOR. The films opens in Polish cinemas in June.<\/p>\n

Before that, two other Apple Film-produced films open in Poland. In April, Karski & the Lords of Humanity – shot in an innovative way, combining archival footage and animated sequences film by Emmy Award winner Slawomir Gr\u00fcnberg. In May, a Dutch-Polish co-production Nude Area by Urszula Antoniak, regarded as one of the most fascinating personalities of contemporary European cinema. Her first film, Nothing Personal (2009) was awarded at the Locarno festival and received nomination for the European Film Award, followed by Code Blue (2011), shown in Quinsanne des Realisateurs sections at the Cannes film festival.<\/p>\n

Among the films produced recently by Apple Film are such titles as Wladyslaw Pasikowski\u2019s Aftermath, a Polish-Dutch-Slovak-Russian co-production, called one of the best foreign films of 2013 by the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times critics, and the Passing Bells, a co-production of Polish Television and BBC, a drama for the centenary of the Great War, written by Tony Jordan (Snatch, Life On Mars).\u00a0Apple Film Production is led by Dariusz Jablonski, director, producer and screenwriter (of, among others, IDFA-awarded documentary the Photographer, IDFA 2009 opener War Games on colonel Kuklinski, writer and director of Wino Truskawkowe (Strawberry Wine) based on Opowiesci galicyjskie (Galician Stories) by Andrzej Stasiuk). Dariusz Jablonski is also the president of Polish Film Academy, creator of Eagles – Polish Film Awards and vice-president of European Producers Club.<\/p>\n

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PRESSBOOK “KINO SWIAT” (Polish)<\/span><\/p>\n

THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION, POLAND <\/span><\/p>\n

KARSKI I W\u0141ADCY LUDZKO\u015aCI (Karski & The Lords of Humanity) <\/span><\/p>\n

film S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga <\/span><\/p>\n

W kinach od 24 kwietnia 2015 <\/span><\/p>\n

Czas trwania: 72 min. <\/span><\/p>\n

Produkcja: USA\/Polska 2015 <\/span><\/p>\n

Dystrybucja w Polsce: Kino \u015awiat Sp. z o.o. ul. Belwederska 20\/22, 00-762 Warszawa, tel. (22) 840-68-01 PR: Iza Lasowy-Cibor \u2013 iza@kinoswiat.pl; Micha\u0142 Duma \u2013 michal@kinoswiat.pl Oficjalna strona filmu: jankarski.com Materia\u0142y prasowe: http:\/\/kinoswiat.pl\/biuro-prasowe, has\u0142o: kino Materia\u0142y edukacyjne: kinoswiatedukacji.pl <\/span><\/p>\n

WYST\u0104PILI: (w kolejno\u015bci pojawiania si\u0119 na ekranie) <\/span><\/p>\n

Jan Karski; Laurence Weinbaum, Instytut \u015awiatowego Kongresu \u017byd\u00f3w, by\u0142y ucze\u0144 Jana Karskiego; Rabin Harold White, Uniwersytet Georgetown; E. Thomas Wood – wsp\u00f3\u0142autor ksi\u0105\u017cki \u201eKarski – opowie\u015b\u0107 o emisariuszu\u201d; W\u0142adys\u0142aw Zaroffe; W\u0142adys\u0142aw Bartoszewski, by\u0142y minister spraw zagranicznych RP; Martin Gilbert, oficjalny biograf Winstona Churchilla; Efraim Zuroff, Centrum Szymona Wiesenthala; Zbigniew Brzezi\u0144ski, by\u0142y doradca prezydenta ds. bezpiecze\u0144stwa narodowego USA; Meir Rosenne, by\u0142y ambasador Izraela w USA; Kenneth Adelman, dyplomata, by\u0142y ucze\u0144 Jana Karskiego; Joshua Muravchik, Instytut Polityki Zagranicznej, Waszyngton, USA, by\u0142y student Jana Karskiego <\/span><\/p>\n

TW\u00d3RCY FILMU: <\/span><\/p>\n

Re\u017cyseria\/Zdj\u0119cia: S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg; Scenariusz: Katka Reszke & S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg, E. Thomas Wood; D\u017awi\u0119k: Tomasz Dukszta C.A.S.; Monta\u017c: Matylda Kawka, Katka Reszke; Autor sekwencji animowanych: Tomasz Nied\u017awied\u017a; Producenci: S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg, Dariusz Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, Violetta Kami\u0144ska, Izabela W\u00f3jcik; Produkcja: LOGTV LTD & Apple Film Production; Koprodukcja: Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska S.A., Narodowe Centrum Kultury, TvIndie Film, Fundacja Przesz\u0142o\u015b\u0107 i Tera\u017aniejszo\u015b\u0107 <\/span><\/p>\n

O FILMIE <\/span><\/p>\n

Zrealizowany w nowatorskiej formule, \u0142\u0105cz\u0105cej unikalne materia\u0142y archiwalne i sekwencje animowane, film wybitnego dokumentalisty, laureata presti\u017cowej nagrody EMMY, S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga. Historia Jana Karskiego \u2013 bohatera Polskiego Pa\u0144stwa Podziemnego, kt\u00f3rego ameryka\u0144ski \u201eNewsweek\u201d uzna\u0142 za jedn\u0105 z najwybitniejszych postaci XX wieku. Jan Karski, pseudonim \u201eWitold\u201d, jako jeden z pierwszych \u00a0ujawni\u0142 przed pa\u0144stwami zachodniej koalicji okrucie\u0144stwa i masowe zbrodnie, jakich hitlerowcy dopuszczali si\u0119 na terenie Polski. By\u0142 emisariuszem Polskiego Pa\u0144stwa Podziemnego, potajemnie wys\u0142anym do warszawskiego getta z misj\u0105 rozpoznania sytuacji \u017byd\u00f3w w przededniu \u201eostatecznego rozwi\u0105zania\u201d. Jego celem by\u0142o przekazanie \u015bwiatu wstrz\u0105saj\u0105cych informacji o tragedii narodu \u017cydowskiego. \u201eJe\u017celi nie b\u0119dzie interwencji aliant\u00f3w, to w ci\u0105gu p\u00f3\u0142tora roku ludno\u015b\u0107 \u017cydowska przestanie istnie\u0107\u201d \u2013 donosi\u0142 w tzw. \u201eRaporcie Karskiego\u201d, kt\u00f3ry oparty by\u0142 g\u0142\u00f3wnie na wiedzy zdobytej przez Jana Karskiego jako naocznego \u015bwiadka. Niestety, informacje o Holokau\u015bcie, przemycone przez Karskiego na Zach\u00f3d, znalaz\u0142y si\u0119 w\u00f3wczas na 16. stronie \u201eNew York Timesa\u201d. Kilka lat temu ameryka\u0144ski \u201eNewsweek\u201d uzna\u0142 Jana Karskiego za jedn\u0105 z najwybitniejszych postaci, a jego wojenn\u0105 misj\u0119 okre\u015bli\u0142 jako jeden z moralnych kamieni milowych cywilizacji dwudziestego stulecia. Niekwestionowanym walorem filmu S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga s\u0105 animowane rekonstrukcje wielu scen, takich jak aresztowanie Karskiego przez Gestapo, jego dwukrotne wej\u015bcie do warszawskiego getta oraz obozu przej\u015bciowego w Izbicy oraz liczne rozmowy z \u2013 jak ich nazywa\u0142 sam Karski \u2013 \u201ew\u0142adcami ludzko\u015bci\u201d, m.in. ministrem spraw zagranicznych Wielkiej Brytanii Anthonym Edenem czy prezydentem USA Franklinem D. Rooseveltem. W\u015br\u00f3d materia\u0142\u00f3w archiwalnych pokazano nigdy wcze\u015bniej nie wykorzystane wywiady przeprowadzone przez E. Thomasa Wooda, wsp\u00f3\u0142autora ksi\u0105\u017cki: \u201eKarski \u2013 opowie\u015b\u0107 o emisariuszu\u201d oraz ma\u0142o znane archiwalne materia\u0142y filmowe i fotograficzne. W filmie, opr\u00f3cz nagra\u0144 samego Jana Karskiego, widzowie b\u0119d\u0105 mieli okazj\u0119 zapozna\u0107 si\u0119 z wypowiedziami os\u00f3b, kt\u00f3re dobrze go zna\u0142y, w tym m.in. s\u0142ynnego ameryka\u0144skiego politologa prof. Zbigniewa Brzezi\u0144skiego, oficjalnego biografa Winstona Churchilla Sir. Martina Gilberta oraz by\u0142ego ministra spraw zagranicznych prof. W\u0142adys\u0142awa Bartoszewskiego. \u201eDla mnie Jan Karski by\u0142 niezwykle odwa\u017cnym i oddanym sprawie walki o r\u00f3wno\u015b\u0107, prawd\u0119 i sprawiedliwo\u015b\u0107 m\u0142odym cz\u0142owiekiem. Trzeba pami\u0119ta\u0107, \u017ce gdy wybuch\u0142a wojna mia\u0142 zaledwie 25 lat. Dosta\u0142 propozycj\u0119, kt\u00f3r\u0105 ogromny procent ludzi na jego miejscu by odrzuci\u0142. Jan Karski by\u0142 cz\u0142owiekiem, kt\u00f3ry w imi\u0119 humanizmu sk\u0142onny by\u0142 po\u015bwi\u0119ci\u0107 swoje \u017cycie. Karski to bohater uniwersalny, ponadczasowy, kt\u00f3ry powinien sta\u0107 si\u0119 wzorem do na\u015bladowania dla m\u0142odego pokolenia na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie. M\u0142odzi ludzie z natury rzeczy poszukuj\u0105 sensu \u017cycia i w\u0142a\u015bciwych wzorc\u00f3w moralnych, a \u2018Karski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u2019, pokazuje, \u017ce warto sobie czasem stawia\u0107 banalnie mo\u017ce brzmi\u0105ce pytanie: Czy jako jednostka jestem w stanie zmieni\u0107 \u015bwiat?\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg, re\u017cyser <\/span><\/p>\n

WARTO\u015aCI ARTYSTYCZNE, POZNAWCZE I EDUKACYJNE PROJEKTU <\/span><\/p>\n

Jako temat filmowy \u017cycie Jana Karskiego przez lata nie zosta\u0142o szczeg\u00f3\u0142owo opowiedziane. \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d za spraw\u0105 sposobu realizacji jest pionierskim wydarzeniem.Dodanie animacji i wykorzystanie jej w celu zobrazowania nigdy nie sfilmowanych wydarze\u0144 z \u017cycia Karskiego podnosi atrakcyjno\u015b\u0107 i przyswajalno\u015b\u0107 informacji, kt\u00f3re niesie film \u2013 nie\u0142atwych i dla niekt\u00f3rych z widz\u00f3w, kt\u00f3rzy nie mieli styczno\u015bci z postaci\u0105 Karskiego, ani z tym co zrobi\u0142, z pewno\u015bci\u0105 wstrz\u0105saj\u0105cych. \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d zalicza si\u0119 do kategorii esej\u00f3w historycznych \u2013 \u0142\u0105czy w sobie elementy portretu psychologicznego z filmem poznawczym i poszukuj\u0105cym. Jednocze\u015bnie historia opowiedziana w filmie jest uniwersaln\u0105 opowie\u015bci\u0105, kt\u00f3ra powinna dotrze\u0107 do ka\u017cdego widza, bez wzgl\u0119du na kraj pochodzenia i wykszta\u0142cenie. Walory poznawcze filmu s\u0105 ogromne \u2013 mo\u017cna je ocenia\u0107 zar\u00f3wno poprzez pryzmat wiedzy historycznej, jak i filozoficznej, psychologicznej i spo\u0142ecznej. Z jednej strony w wywiadach zaproszeni przez autora rozm\u00f3wcy komentuj\u0105 histori\u0119 g\u0142\u00f3wnego bohatera, z drugiej poprzez archiwalne rozmowy z Janem Karskim i poprzez kreacyjn\u0105 animacj\u0119, widz poznaje fakty historyczne, kt\u00f3re stanowi\u0105 t\u0142o historii Karskiego.\u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d jest r\u00f3wnie\u017c opowie\u015bci\u0105 o niezwykle dramatycznych decyzjach, kt\u00f3re daj\u0105 mo\u017cliwo\u015b\u0107 g\u0142\u0119bokich opis\u00f3w psychologicznych i obyczajowych os\u00f3b staj\u0105cych wobec sytuacji i decyzji ekstremalnych. Dla autora filmu ogromne znaczenie mia\u0142 aspekt edukacyjny filmu i st\u0105d wielka dba\u0142o\u015b\u0107 o szczeg\u00f3\u0142y historyczne. Za ich zgodno\u015b\u0107 odpowiada m.in. E. Thomas Wood, badacz historii i wsp\u00f3\u0142autor ksi\u0105\u017cki \u201eKarski \u2013 opowie\u015b\u0107 o emisariuszu\u201d (Karski: How One Man Tried To Stop The Holocaust). <\/span><\/p>\n

EKSPLIKACJA RE\u017bYSERSKA <\/span><\/p>\n

Od ponad trzydziestu lat mieszkam i pracuj\u0119 w Stanach Zjednoczonych, jestem niezale\u017cnym filmowcem realizuj\u0105cym wy\u0142\u0105cznie filmy dokumentalne. Jan Karski jako posta\u0107 historyczna, dokumentalista XX wieku, z biografi\u0105 przypominaj\u0105c\u0105 scenariusz filmu, d\u0142ugo czeka\u0142 na wielk\u0105 monografi\u0119. To w\u0142a\u015bnie Karski by\u0142 \u0142\u0105cznikiem dw\u00f3ch kontynent\u00f3w w sprawie \u017cydowskiej. Filmy, kt\u00f3rych realizowania si\u0119 podejmuj\u0119, s\u0105 niekiedy trudne, a ich tematy dra\u017cliwe i niejednoznaczne. Je\u017celi poprzez moje filmy o tematyce \u017cydowskiej doprowadzam do dyskusji i powoduj\u0119, \u017ce ludzie si\u0119 czego\u015b dowiaduj\u0105 i mo\u017ce nawet zmieniaj\u0105 si\u0119, to wspaniale. Dobrze, je\u015bli s\u0105 niepokoj\u0105ce, wierz\u0119 w niepok\u00f3j, kt\u00f3ry buduje i kt\u00f3ry zapobiega konfliktom. W ko\u0144cu \u017cyjemy po to, \u017ceby zostawi\u0107 po sobie warto\u015bciowy \u015blad, ja staram si\u0119 robi\u0107 to poprzez filmy. A Jan Karski to bohater uniwersalny, ponadczasowy, kt\u00f3ry powinien sta\u0107 si\u0119 wzorem do na\u015bladowania dla m\u0142odego pokolenia w Stanach, w Polsce, na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie. M\u0142odzi ludzie z natury rzeczy poszukuj\u0105 sensu \u017cycia i w\u0142a\u015bciwych wzorc\u00f3w moralnych, a \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d, pokazuje, \u017ce warto sobie czasem stawia\u0107 banalnie mo\u017ce brzmi\u0105ce pytanie: \u201eCzy jako jednostka jestem w stanie zmieni\u0107 \u015bwiat?\u201d. \u015awiadomo\u015b\u0107, \u017ce film posiada tak ogromn\u0105 si\u0142\u0119 i potrafi w\u0142a\u015bnie \u201ezmieni\u0107 \u015bwiat\u201d, jest jednym z najwa\u017cniejszych powod\u00f3w, dla kt\u00f3rych praca nad filmem dokumentalnym jest dla mnie ekscytuj\u0105cym i wartym po\u015bwi\u0119cenia zaj\u0119ciem. <\/span><\/p>\n

S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg <\/span><\/p>\n

\u017bYCIE JANA KARSKIEGO <\/span><\/p>\n

Jan Karski (Jan Kozielewski) ur. 24 IV 1914 w \u0141odzi, zm. 13 VII 2000 w Waszyngtonie W mi\u0119dzywojennej Polsce uko\u0144czy\u0142 wydzia\u0142 prawa i studium dyplomacji oraz szko\u0142\u0119 podchor\u0105\u017cych. Po wybuchu wojny trafi\u0142 do niewoli, jednak uda\u0142o mu si\u0119 zbiec i podj\u0105\u0107 dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 konspiracyjn\u0105. Ze wzgl\u0119du na doskona\u0142\u0105 pami\u0119\u0107 i znajomo\u015b\u0107 j\u0119zyk\u00f3w obcych powierzono mu obowi\u0105zki politycznego emisariusza w\u0142adz Polskiego Pa\u0144stwa Podziemnego. W czasie jednej z misji do Francji zosta\u0142 aresztowany przez Gestapo. Po brutalnych przes\u0142uchaniach pr\u00f3bowa\u0142 pope\u0142ni\u0107 samob\u00f3jstwo obawiaj\u0105c si\u0119, \u017ce podczas kolejnych tortur mo\u017ce zdradzi\u0107 Niemcom istotne informacje o polskim Podziemiu. Odratowany, trafi\u0142 do wi\u0119ziennego szpitala, z kt\u00f3rego zosta\u0142 odbity dzi\u0119ki pomocy polskiego Zwi\u0105zku Walki Zbrojnej. Jesieni\u0105 1942 roku pod pseudonimem Jan Karski, kt\u00f3rego odt\u0105d b\u0119dzie stale u\u017cywa\u0142, wyruszy\u0142 do Wielkiej Brytanii, sk\u0105d latem 1943 roku zosta\u0142 wys\u0142any do Stan\u00f3w Zjednoczonych. Mia\u0142 przedstawi\u0107 aliantom raport o sytuacji Polskiego Pa\u0144stwa Podziemnego. Jednym z jego g\u0142\u00f3wnych zada\u0144 by\u0142o tak\u017ce poinformowanie spo\u0142eczno\u015bci mi\u0119dzynarodowej o tragicznej sytuacji ludno\u015bci \u017cydowskiej pod okupacj\u0105 niemieck\u0105 – zbieraj\u0105c informacje na ten temat, Karski przed wyjazdem dwukrotnie przedosta\u0142 si\u0119 do warszawskiego getta, a tak\u017ce do obozu przej\u015bciowego w Izbicy Lubelskiej. Wstrz\u0105saj\u0105c\u0105 relacj\u0119 naocznego \u015bwiadka przekaza\u0142 ameryka\u0144skim i brytyjskim politykom, dziennikarzom i artystom. Spotka\u0142 si\u0119 mi\u0119dzy innymi z ministrem spraw zagranicznych rz\u0105du brytyjskiego \u2013 Anthonym Edenem oraz z prezydentem USA \u2013 Franklinem D. Rooseveltem. Jednak dramatyczne apele emisariusza o ratunek dla narodu \u017cydowskiego nie przynios\u0142y rezultat\u00f3w \u2013 wi\u0119kszo\u015b\u0107 rozm\u00f3wc\u00f3w nie dowierza\u0142a jego doniesieniom lub je ignorowa\u0142a. Po wojnie Jan Karski zdecydowa\u0142 si\u0119 pozosta\u0107 na emigracji w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Podj\u0105\u0142 studia z zakresu nauk politycznych i obroni\u0142 doktorat na Uniwersytecie Georgetown w Waszyngtonie, gdzie przez dalsze czterdzie\u015bci lat wyk\u0142ada\u0142 stosunki mi\u0119dzynarodowe i teori\u0119 komunizmu. Jan Karski by\u0142 r\u00f3wnie\u017c autorem kilku ksi\u0105\u017cek. Publikacja o dzia\u0142alno\u015bci polskiego pa\u0144stwa podziemnego (\u201eStory of a Secret State\u201d), opublikowana w 1944 roku w USA sta\u0142a si\u0119 wkr\u00f3tce bestsellerem i zosta\u0142a przet\u0142umaczona na wiele j\u0119zyk\u00f3w. W ostatnich dwudziestu latach \u017cycia Jan Karski wielokrotnie opowiada\u0142 na spotkaniach w Ameryce, Izraelu i w Polsce o masowej eksterminacji ludno\u015bci \u017cydowskiej w czasie wojny i swoich pr\u00f3bach zainteresowania \u015bwiata tym dramatem. Otrzyma\u0142 wiele presti\u017cowych wyr\u00f3\u017cnie\u0144 \u2013 uhonorowano go mi\u0119dzy innymi tytu\u0142em \u201eSprawiedliwego w\u015br\u00f3d Narod\u00f3w \u015awiata\u201d, osiem uczelni polskich i zagranicznych przyzna\u0142o mu doktoraty honoris causa, by\u0142 kawalerem Orderu Or\u0142a Bia\u0142ego (najwy\u017cszego polskiego odznaczenia pa\u0144stwowego) i honorowym obywatelem Izraela. Sam natomiast ufundowa\u0142 nagrod\u0119 im. Jana Karskiego i Poli Nire\u0144skiej przyznawan\u0105 co roku wsp\u00f3lnie przez YIVO w Nowym Jorku i \u017bydowski Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie autorom publikacji przedstawiaj\u0105cych rol\u0119 i wk\u0142ad \u017byd\u00f3w polskich w polsk\u0105 kultur\u0119. W 2000 roku Jan Karski powo\u0142a\u0142 kapitu\u0142\u0119 i ustanowi\u0142 Nagrod\u0119 Or\u0142a Jana Karskiego dla Polak\u00f3w, kt\u00f3rzy godnie nad Polsk\u0105 potrafi\u0105 si\u0119 zafrasowa\u0107 i dla tych, kt\u00f3rzy nie b\u0119d\u0105c Polakami, nie pozostaj\u0105 wobec Polski oboj\u0119tni. Nagroda ma charakter honorowy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Za Muzeum Historii Polski na podstawie \u201eThe Emissary. Story of Jan Karski\u201d Macieja Koz\u0142owskiego <\/span><\/p>\n

JAN KARSKI \u2013 IDEALNY WZ\u00d3R DO NA\u015aLADOWANIA DLA M\u0141ODYCH LUDZI. <\/span><\/p>\n

ROZMOWA ZE S\u0141AWOMIREM GR\u00dcNBERGIEM, RE\u017bYSEREM FILMU DOKUMENTALNEGO \u201eJAN KARSKI I W\u0141ADCY LUDZKO\u015aCI\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Jak przygotowywa\u0142 si\u0119 Pan do realizacji filmu o Karskim? <\/span><\/p>\n

Wsp\u00f3lnie z Katk\u0105 Reszke, autork\u0105 scenariusza, sp\u0119dzili\u015bmy dwa tygodnie w Hoover Institution w Palo Alto w Kalifornii. Tam znale\u017ali\u015bmy praktycznie wszystkie materia\u0142y dotycz\u0105ce Jana Karskiego, kt\u00f3re zreszt\u0105 on sam przygotowa\u0142 jeszcze d\u0142ugo przed \u015bmierci\u0105. Zbiory te by\u0142y \u015bwietnie zakatalogowane i u\u0142o\u017cone w ogromnych albumach, kt\u00f3re nale\u017ca\u0142o tylko starannie przegl\u0105da\u0107. W tym archiwum znale\u017ali\u015bmy r\u00f3wnie\u017c ta\u015bmy wideo, ze zbior\u00f3w samego Karskiego. W Nashville w stanie Tennessee odwiedzili\u015bmy E. Thomasa Wooda, wsp\u00f3\u0142autora ksi\u0105\u017cki \u201eKarski \u2013 opowie\u015b\u0107 o emisariuszu\u201d. Tom Wood nie tylko robi\u0142 wywiady do ksi\u0105\u017cki, ale te\u017c nagra\u0142 z Karskim kilka godzin na ta\u015bmach wideo. A w miejscowo\u015bci Bethesda w stanie Maryland odwiedzili\u015bmy pani\u0105 Kaj\u0119 Ploss, s\u0105siadk\u0119 i przyjaci\u00f3\u0142k\u0119 Karskiego z ostatnich lat jego \u017cycia. Od niej dowiedzieli\u015bmy si\u0119 wiele interesuj\u0105cych szczeg\u00f3\u0142\u00f3w zwi\u0105zanych z p\u00f3\u017aniejszym prywatnym \u017cyciem Jana Karskiego. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jak powstawa\u0142a i zmienia\u0142a si\u0119 koncepcja filmu? <\/span><\/p>\n

Zmaga\u0142em si\u0119 z koncepcj\u0105 filmu, bo\u2026 jak opowiedzie\u0107 histori\u0119, kt\u00f3ra odbywa si\u0119 60-70 lat wcze\u015bniej, a g\u0142\u00f3wny bohater nie \u017cyje. Broni\u0142em si\u0119 przed pomys\u0142em dokumentu fabularyzowanego. Tego rodzaju pr\u00f3by bardzo rzadko si\u0119 udaj\u0105. Brakuje cz\u0119sto funduszy na dobrych aktor\u00f3w, na scenografi\u0119 i efekt ko\u0144cowy cz\u0119sto pachnie amatorszczyzn\u0105. Wreszcie, po obejrzeniu w 2009 roku pe\u0142nometra\u017cowego historycznego animowanego filmu \u201eWalc z Baszirem\u201d, stwierdzi\u0142em, \u017ce w\u0142a\u015bnie przez animacj\u0119 jestem w stanie opowiedzie\u0107 t\u0119 histori\u0119 najlepiej. I tu chcia\u0142bym podkre\u015bli\u0107 moje \u015bwietne do\u015bwiadczenie i wsp\u00f3\u0142prac\u0119 z polskimi animatorami pod wodz\u0105 Tomka Nied\u017awiedzia z Badi Badi. Jestem przekonany, \u017ce bez jego artystycznej wizji nasz film nie mia\u0142by takiej si\u0142y przekazu wizualnego. To animacja spowodowa\u0142a, \u017ce Jan Karski przem\u00f3wi\u0142 do nas wyj\u0105tkowo niepowtarzalnym i wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnym j\u0119zykiem kreatywnej animacji. Dzi\u0119ki wsp\u00f3\u0142pracy z Tomkiem i jego ekip\u0105 film jest po cz\u0119\u015bci oparty na fabularyzowanych scenach zrealizowanych technik\u0105 animacji, po\u0142\u0105czonych z materia\u0142ami archiwalnymi oraz wywiadami. Oryginalne, cz\u0119sto nigdy wcze\u015bniej niepokazywane wywiady z Janem Karskim stanowi\u0105 istotn\u0105 cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 filmu. G\u0142os Jana Karskiego z zachowanych na ta\u015bmie filmowej oraz ta\u015bmie wideo rozm\u00f3w i wywiad\u00f3w stanowi podstawow\u0105 narracj\u0119 filmu. Poza tym zosta\u0142a zastosowana konwencja \u201enarratora zbiorowego\u201d, a s\u0105 to tzw. \u201eoffy\u201d ludzi, z kt\u00f3rymi spotkali\u015bmy si\u0119 w naszej podr\u00f3\u017cy po \u017cyciu Jana Karskiego. Oszcz\u0119dny komentarz Toma Wooda, kt\u00f3ry rozmawia z Karskim przygotowuj\u0105c ksi\u0105\u017ck\u0119 o jego \u017cyciu, jest trzonem filmu i uzupe\u0142nia konieczne luki w narracji. Prezentuj\u0105c ostateczn\u0105 wersj\u0119 filmu chcia\u0142bym wspomnie\u0107 o artystycznym wk\u0142adzie i udziale producent\u00f3w z Apple Film, a szczeg\u00f3lnie Darka Jab\u0142o\u0144skiego (re\u017cysera \u201eFotoamatora\u201d) w procesie realizacji naszego filmu. Darek wyszed\u0142 daleko poza rol\u0119 typowego producenta odpowiedzialnego za kontrakty i sprawy finansowe. Jego kreatywny udzia\u0142 w powstawaniu filmu zaczyna\u0142 si\u0119 od uwag dotycz\u0105cych monta\u017cu, ud\u017awi\u0119kowienia filmu, a ko\u0144czy\u0142 na sugestiach dotycz\u0105cych doboru muzyki. To ogromna satysfakcja i szcz\u0119\u015bcie dla re\u017cysera pracowa\u0107 z tw\u00f3rc\u0105, kt\u00f3rego pomys\u0142y artystyczne s\u0105 rozwini\u0119ciem jego w\u0142asnych. <\/span><\/p>\n

Od pocz\u0105tku mia\u0142em pomys\u0142 na koprodukcj\u0119 polsko-ameryka\u0144sk\u0105, kt\u00f3ra by\u0142a naturalna przy tworzeniu tego projektu i z pewno\u015bci\u0105 b\u0119dzie mia\u0142a wp\u0142yw na jego dystrybucj\u0119 w skali mi\u0119dzynarodowej. Musz\u0119 przyzna\u0107 si\u0119, \u017ce w mojej ponad trzydziestoletniej karierze dokumentalisty i z ponad 45 filmami na koncie, nigdy nie mia\u0142em takich problem\u00f3w z realizacj\u0105 filmu, jak w przypadku filmu o Janie Karskim. Wydawa\u0107 by si\u0119 mog\u0142o, \u017ce zebranie funduszy na film o takiej tematyce i w tym czasie nie powinno by\u0107 problemem. Okaza\u0142o si\u0119, \u017ce si\u0119 myli\u0142em. Mimo kilku pr\u00f3b \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d powsta\u0142 m.in. bez wsparcia PISF. Tym bardziej doceniam wk\u0142ad wszystkich instytucji, kt\u00f3re finalnie zdecydowa\u0142y si\u0119 wzi\u0105\u0107 udzia\u0142 w projekcie: Telewizji Polskiej, Narodowego Centrum Kultury i Narodowego Instytutu Audiowizualnego. <\/span><\/p>\n

Kim dla Pana by\u0142 Jan Karski? Co wsp\u00f3\u0142czesny odbiorca powinien zapami\u0119ta\u0107 i zrozumie\u0107? <\/span><\/p>\n

Dla mnie Jan Karski by\u0142 niezwykle odwa\u017cnym i oddanym sprawie walki o r\u00f3wno\u015b\u0107, prawd\u0119 i sprawiedliwo\u015b\u0107 m\u0142odym cz\u0142owiekiem. Trzeba pami\u0119ta\u0107, \u017ce gdy wybuch\u0142a wojna Karski mia\u0142 zaledwie 25 lat. Wa\u017cne jest r\u00f3wnie\u017c to, \u017ce nie musia\u0142 podejmowa\u0107 takiego ryzyka i dwukrotnie przedostawa\u0107 si\u0119 w przebraniu do warszawskiego getta oraz do obozu przej\u015bciowego w Izbicy Lubelskiej. Dosta\u0142 propozycj\u0119, kt\u00f3r\u0105, podejrzewam, ogromny procent ludzi na jego miejscu by odrzuci\u0142. Jan Karski by\u0142 wyj\u0105tkowym cz\u0142owiekiem i jest idealnym wzorem do na\u015bladowania dla m\u0142odych ludzi. Cz\u0142owiekiem, kt\u00f3ry w imi\u0119 humanizmu sk\u0142onny by\u0142 po\u015bwi\u0119ci\u0107 swoje \u017cycie. Reakcja wielkich tego \u015bwiata na \u017carliwe pr\u00f3by, kt\u00f3rych podj\u0105\u0142 si\u0119 Jan Karski, \u017ceby przekona\u0107 \u201ew\u0142adc\u00f3w ludzko\u015bci\u201d, jak si\u0119 o nich wyra\u017ca\u0142, \u017ce nale\u017cy natychmiast zareagowa\u0107 na Holocaust, maj\u0105 sw\u00f3j odpowiednik we wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnym \u015bwiecie. Tak jak wtedy alianci, tak i dzi\u015b wielkie mocarstwa przedk\u0142adaj\u0105 w\u0142asne interesy narodowe ponad warto\u015bci humanitarne. Obserwujemy, jak ka\u017cdego dnia ISIS, czyli islamscy ekstremi\u015bci w Syrii, Iraku czy w Sudanie, a nie tak dawno temu zwa\u015bnione grupy etniczne w Ruandzie, dokonuj\u0105 masowych i okrutnych mord\u00f3w na tle religijnym czy rasowym, a \u015bwiat si\u0119 temu bezczynnie przygl\u0105da i je\u017celi reaguje, to niezdecydowanie i za p\u00f3\u017ano. Nie widzimy masowych demonstracji przeciwko tym mordom, paleniu ludzi \u017cywcem, obcinaniu g\u0142\u00f3w, kamieniowaniu, gwa\u0142tom czy porwaniom i sprzedawaniu dzieci i kobiet. Nawet je\u017celi grupy te stworzy\u0142yby dzi\u015b obozy \u015bmierci, a egzekucje setek ludzi dziennie pokazywane by\u0142yby na \u017cywo w internecie, uwa\u017cam, \u017ce wsp\u00f3\u0142cze\u015bni \u201ew\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d r\u00f3wnie\u017c by nie zareagowali. Jan Karski by\u0142 naocznym \u015bwiadkiem planowanej i precyzyjnie wprowadzanej w \u017cycie machiny zag\u0142ady narodu \u017cydowskiego i cho\u0107 spotka\u0142 si\u0119 z niedowierzaniem wielu, w\u015br\u00f3d jego rozm\u00f3wc\u00f3w znale\u017ali si\u0119 i tacy, kt\u00f3rzy zareagowali i wp\u0142yn\u0119li na decyzje wielkich mocarstw. Tak\u017ce i dzi\u015b widzimy jak bardzo \u015bwiat potrzebuje ludzi pokroju Jana Karskiego. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jakie emocje film wzbudzi u widza? <\/span><\/p>\n

Pragn\u0119 przede wszystkim przedstawi\u0107 Karskiego temu widzowi, kt\u00f3ry jeszcze go nie zna i o nim nie s\u0142ysza\u0142. Chc\u0119 go r\u00f3wnie\u017c przedstawi\u0107 tym, kt\u00f3rzy o Karskim wiedzieli, ale pisz\u0105 o nim cz\u0119sto w kontek\u015bcie \u201emisji niespe\u0142nionej\u201d. Chc\u0119, \u017ceby poprzez ten film dowiedzieli si\u0119, \u017ce s\u0105 w b\u0142\u0119dzie. S\u0142owami historyk\u00f3w pr\u00f3buj\u0119 udowodni\u0107, \u017ce tzw. \u201eRaport Karskiego\u201d i jego spotkania z wielkimi tamtego \u015bwiata przynios\u0142y skutek, mo\u017ce nie tak wielki, jak on sam by sobie tego \u017cyczy\u0142, tym nie mniej mia\u0142y one wp\u0142yw na konkretne decyzje, kt\u00f3re uratowa\u0142y \u017cycia ludzkie. Jestem przekonany, \u017ce film \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d bez trudu znajdzie widza w\u015br\u00f3d ludzi \u015bredniego i starszego pokolenia. Wierz\u0119 te\u017c, \u017ce dotrze do m\u0142odych widz\u00f3w, a wprowadzona do filmu animacja mo\u017ce w tym zamierzeniu pomoc. Karski mo\u017ce sta\u0107 si\u0119 wzorem do na\u015bladowania. M\u0142odzi ludzie z natury rzeczy poszukuj\u0105 sensu \u017cycia i w\u0142a\u015bciwych wzorc\u00f3w moralnych, a film, kt\u00f3ry proponujemy, ma pokaza\u0107, \u017ce warto sobie stawia\u0107 mo\u017ce zbyt banalnie brzmi\u0105ce pytanie: \u201eCzy jako jednostka jestem w stanie zmieni\u0107 \u015bwiat?\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

Co najbardziej ceni Pan w zawodzie filmowca? <\/span><\/p>\n

\u015awiadomo\u015b\u0107, \u017ce film posiada tak ogromn\u0105 si\u0142\u0119 i potrafi \u201ezmieni\u0107 \u015bwiat\u201d, jest jednym z najwa\u017cniejszych powod\u00f3w, dla kt\u00f3rych praca nad dokumentem jest dla mnie podniecaj\u0105cym i wartym po\u015bwi\u0119cenia zaj\u0119ciem. Filmy, kt\u00f3rych realizowania si\u0119 podejmuj\u0119, s\u0105 niekiedy trudne, a tematy dra\u017cliwe i niejednoznaczne. Dobrze, je\u015bli s\u0105 niepokoj\u0105ce; wierz\u0119 w niepok\u00f3j, kt\u00f3ry buduje i kt\u00f3ry zapobiega konfliktom. Staram si\u0119 nie narzuca\u0107 rozwi\u0105za\u0144, pozostawiam to widzowi, pragn\u0119 poruszy\u0107 emocje, przybli\u017cy\u0107 co\u015b, czego si\u0119 boimy, bo jest nieznane. Kamera jest wymarzonym or\u0119\u017cem, kt\u00f3re umo\u017cliwia wej\u015bcie w \u015bwiat cz\u0119sto dla nas niedost\u0119pny w inny spos\u00f3b. Szczeg\u00f3lnie poci\u0105gaj\u0105 mnie projekty m\u00f3wi\u0105ce o konfliktach, dylematach moralnych, tematy kontrowersyjne, wzbudzaj\u0105ce dyskusje. Lubi\u0119 wyzwania. Filmowanie to te\u017c wielka przygoda i to, co jest najbardziej pasjonuj\u0105ce w pracy dokumentalisty \u2013 nieoczekiwane znalezisko. Jestem przekonany, \u017ce \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d mo\u017ce sta\u0107 si\u0119 filmem wa\u017cnym. <\/span><\/p>\n

Powiedzia\u0142 Pan kiedy\u015b, \u017ce jest Pan \u201epos\u0142annikiem\u201d, \u201e\u0142\u0105cznikiem\u201d dw\u00f3ch kontynent\u00f3w w sprawie \u017cydowskiej. Czy to Pana misja? <\/span><\/p>\n

Moja misja to poprawianie \u015bwiata poprzez filmy, za kt\u00f3re si\u0119 zabieram. Od ponad trzydziestu lat mieszkam i pracuj\u0119 w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Jestem niezale\u017cnym filmowcem realizuj\u0105cym wy\u0142\u0105cznie filmy dokumentalne. Poprzez fakt, \u017ce wyemigrowa\u0142em do Stan\u00f3w z kraju tak innego, jakim jest Polska, posiadam w sobie ogromn\u0105 ciekawo\u015b\u0107 tego kraju i r\u00f3\u017cn\u0105 od urodzonych tutaj Amerykan\u00f3w, perspektyw\u0119 na ludzi i ich \u017cycie. Jan Karski sta\u0142 si\u0119 Amerykaninem, mimo ci\u0119\u017ckiego akcentu, kt\u00f3rego nigdy si\u0119 nie pozby\u0142. To nie sprawa paszportu, ale sprawa przemy\u015ble\u0144, obserwacji, odkrycia i otwarto\u015bci na \u017cycie ludzkie. To w\u0142a\u015bnie Karski by\u0142 \u0142\u0105cznikiem dw\u00f3ch kontynent\u00f3w w sprawie \u017cydowskiej. Ja mu do st\u00f3p w tej sprawie nie si\u0119gam. Je\u017celi poprzez moje filmy o tematyce \u017cydowskiej doprowadzam do dyskusji i powoduj\u0119, \u017ce ludzie czego\u015b si\u0119 dowiaduj\u0105, mo\u017ce nawet zmieniaj\u0105 si\u0119 \u2013 to wspaniale, ciesz\u0119 si\u0119 z tego. W ko\u0144cu \u017cyjemy po to, \u017ceby zostawi\u0107 po sobie warto\u015bciowy \u015blad, ja staram si\u0119 robi\u0107 to poprzez filmy. <\/span><\/p>\n

TW\u00d3RCA FILMU <\/span><\/p>\n

S\u0141AWOMIR GR\u00dcNBERG re\u017cyser, wsp\u00f3\u0142scenarzysta, autor zdj\u0119\u0107 Wielokrotnie nagradzany re\u017cyser, producent i operator film\u00f3w dokumentalnych. Jako absolwent wydzia\u0142u re\u017cyserii \u0142\u00f3dzkiej szko\u0142y filmowej wyemigrowa\u0142 do USA w 1981 roku i od tego czasu wyre\u017cyserowa\u0142 i wyprodukowa\u0142 ponad 45 film\u00f3w dokumentalnych o tematyce spo\u0142ecznej, ekologicznej i problemach niepe\u0142nosprawno\u015bci. Wielokrotnie nagradzany na mi\u0119dzynarodowych festiwalach, S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg jest zdobywc\u0105 presti\u017cowej nagrody Emmy za film \u201eSchool Prayer: A Community at War\u201d oraz laureatem nagrody Fundacji Guggenheim i Soros Justice Media. S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg wygra\u0142 r\u00f3wnie\u017c konkurs im. Jana Karskiego, kt\u00f3ry nagradza filmy dokumentalne wykazuj\u0105ce si\u0119 ‘odwag\u0105 moraln\u0105’ oraz otrzyma\u0142 nagrod\u0119 DreamCatcher Award za po\u015bwi\u0119cenie i zaanga\u017cowanie w tworzenie film\u00f3w dokumentalnych. Jest laureatem Z\u0142otego Glana oraz presti\u017cowej nagrody przyznanej przez Festiwal Docboat 2009 dla mi\u0119dzynarodowej s\u0142awy dokumentalisty o polskich korzeniach. W\u015br\u00f3d jego film\u00f3w znajduj\u0105 si\u0119 takie tytu\u0142y jak: \u201ePortrety emocji\u201d, \u201eSanta Rosa\u201d, \u201eComing out po polsku\u201d, \u201eP\u0142on\u0105cy facet\u201d czy \u201eTrans-Akcja\u201d. W\u015br\u00f3d film\u00f3w wok\u00f3\u0142 tematyki polsko-\u017cydowskiej znajduj\u0105 si\u0119: \u201ePowroty Szymona\u201d, \u201eWyrzutki\u201d, \u201ePerecowicze\u201d, \u201eDziedzictwo Jedwabnego\u201d oraz \u201eUratowani przez deportacj\u0119\u201d. Dwa filmy, do kt\u00f3rych by\u0142 tw\u00f3rc\u0105 zdj\u0119\u0107, uzyska\u0142y nominacj\u0119 do Oscara: \u201eLegacy\u201d i \u201eSister Rose’s Passion\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

PRODUCENCI FILMU: <\/span><\/p>\n

APPLE FILM PRODUCTION <\/span><\/p>\n

Jedna z wiod\u0105cych na rynku polskim firm produkcyjnych o 25-letnim do\u015bwiadczeniu, znana z wysokiej jako\u015bci produkcji krajowych i mi\u0119dzynarodowych. Najnowsz\u0105 produkcj\u0105 Apple Film jest nagrodzony Srebrnym Nied\u017awiedziem na tegorocznym Berlinale film fabularny \u201ePod elektrycznymi chmurami\u201d w re\u017cyserii jednego z najbardziej utalentowanych rosyjskich re\u017cyser\u00f3w m\u0142odego pokolenia, Aleksieja Germana Jr. Film powsta\u0142 w koprodukcji z Metra Films (Rosja), Linked Films (Ukraina) i Telewizji Polskiej SA przy wsparciu Studia Filmowego TOR. Polska premiera filmu jest przewidywana na maj br. Tu\u017c przed polsk\u0105 premier\u0105 s\u0105 dwa inne filmy wyprodukowane przez Apple Film: w kwietniu do polskich kin wejdzie zrealizowany w nowatorskiej formule, \u0142\u0105cz\u0105cej unikalne materia\u0142y archiwalne i sekwencje animowane polsko-ameryka\u0144ski film dokumentalny wybitnego dokumentalisty, laureata Emmy, S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga \u201eKarski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci\u201d o Janie Karskim. Drugim filmem, kt\u00f3rego premiera jest zaplanowana na maj 2015 roku, jest holendersko-polska koprodukcja \u201eStrefa nago\u015bci\u201d Urszuli Antoniak, re\u017cyserki uznawanej za jedn\u0105 z najciekawszych osobowo\u015bci wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnego kina europejskiego, kt\u00f3rej pierwszy film \u201eNic osobistego\u201d (2009) zdoby\u0142 nagrody na festiwalu w Locarno i by\u0142 nominowany do Europejskiej Nagrody Filmowej, a nast\u0119pny, \u201eCode Blue\u201d (2011) by\u0142 pokazywany podczas na festiwalu w Cannes w sekcji Quinzaine des R\u00e9alisateurs. W\u015br\u00f3d wyprodukowanych w ostatnich latach przez Apple Film s\u0105 takie tytu\u0142y jak \u201ePok\u0142osie\u201d W\u0142adys\u0142awa Pasikowskiego, polsko-holendersko-s\u0142owacko-rosyjska koprodukcja, nazwana przez krytyk\u00f3w Los Angeles Times i The New York Times jednym z najlepszych zagranicznych film\u00f3w 2013 roku w USA; serial \u201eDzwony wojny\u201d, zrealizowany z okazji 100-lecia wybuchu I wojny \u015bwiatowej, nadawany r\u00f3wnocze\u015bnie w BBC1 i TVP1 wed\u0142ug scenariusza uznanego brytyjskiego scenarzysty Tony Jordana (\u201ePrzekr\u0119t\u201d, \u201e\u017bycie na Marsie\u201d) . Prezesem Apple Film Production jest Dariusz Jab\u0142o\u0144ski, producent, re\u017cyser i scenarzysta (m.in. autor nagrodzonego na najwa\u017cniejszym europejskim festiwalu film\u00f3w dokumentalnych IDFA w Amsterdamie dokumentu \u201eFotoamator\u201d oraz filmu dokumentalnego \u201eGry wojenne\u201d o pu\u0142kowniku Kukli\u0144skim, filmu otwarcia IDFA w 2009 roku, scenarzysta i re\u017cyser \u201eWina truskawkowego\u201d na podstawie \u201eOpowie\u015bci galicyjskich\u201d Andrzeja Stasiuka). Dariusz Jab\u0142o\u0144ski jest prezydentem Polskiej Akademii Filmowej, tw\u00f3rc\u0105 Polskich Nagr\u00f3d Filmowych Or\u0142y. <\/span><\/p>\n

LOGTV Ltd <\/span><\/p>\n

LOGTV Ltd zosta\u0142a za\u0142o\u017cona w 1999 roku przez uznanego dokumentalist\u0119, S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga do produkcji i dystrybucji film\u00f3w dokumentalnych. Wyprodukowane przez LOGTV Ltd filmy by\u0142y nie tylko pokazywane i nagradzane na najwa\u017cniejszych festiwalach filmowych, ale te\u017c dystrybuowane w kinach i pokazywane w telewizjach na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie. Dla LOGTV Ltd bardzo wa\u017cna jest dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 edukacyjna \u2013 swoje filmy pokazuje nie tylko w telewizjach, ale r\u00f3wnie\u017c w instytucjach edukacyjnych. LOGTV Ltd uczestniczy i wsp\u00f3\u0142organizuje seminaria i wyk\u0142ady dotycz\u0105ce tematyki realizowanych przez siebie film\u00f3w. Lista nagr\u00f3d za filmy wyprodukowane przez LOGTV Ltd jest bardzo d\u0142uga. Oto skr\u00f3cona lista nagr\u00f3d za filmy zrealizowane przez S\u0142awomira Gr\u00fcnberga: nagroda EMMY, Grand Prix \u201eZahav (Gold) Award\u201d, CINE Golden Eagle Award, Gold Award: WorldFest, Houston, Regionalna nagroda EMMY, Grand Prix: I Belgrade International Film Festival, Grand Prix: V European Film Festival, Koszalin, An Expression Award: Brazil’s Disability International Film Festival, The Audience Award: Best Documentary, Washington Jewish Film Festival, Special Prize: \u201eCrossroads of Europe\u201d Film Festival, Lublin, Best Documentary on Disability: International Film Festival, Calgary, Kanada, Best Documentary in Environment: San Francisco Film Festival, Best Documentary: Vermont International Film Festival, Best of the Festival: Hope and Dreams Film Festival Grand Prix: International Environmental Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic Coup de Coeur, International Environmental Film Festival, Grenoble. List\u0119 nagr\u00f3d zamykaj\u0105 dwie nominacje do Oscara oraz pi\u0119\u0107 nominacji do nagrody EMMY za filmy, przy kt\u00f3rych S\u0142awomir Gr\u00fcnberg by\u0142 autorem zdj\u0119\u0107. Filmy dokumentalne wyprodukowane przez LOGTV mia\u0142y pokazy w najwa\u017cniejszych salach kinowych, takich jak Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater czy The Museum of Modern Art w Nowym Jorku, a tak\u017ce na festiwalach w USA, Izraelu, Iranie, Francji, Wielkiej Brytanii, Niemczech, Urugwaju, Korei, Australii, Kanadzie, Argentynie, Rosji, Polsce i wielu innych. Niekt\u00f3re z nich zosta\u0142y umieszczone w sta\u0142ych kolekcjach wielu stowarzysze\u0144 filmowych, festiwali i bibliotek, jak np. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum w Waszyngtonie, D.C. Museum of Jewish Heritage w Nowym Jorku czy Yad Vashem w Jerozolimie. <\/span><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.kinoinfo.pl\/pressbook\/9832_Karski_pressbook.doc<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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An exhibition of making of “Karski & The Lords of Humanity” including storyboards, early drawings and screenshots accompanies the Special Screening of the selected segments from this movie. Manufaktura, Lodz, Poland, September\u00a019, 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I would like Karski to be known across the globe.”<\/em> Slawomir Grunberg – Gazeta Wyborcza Daily. September 20, 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Chcia\u0142bym, aby ta uniwersalna posta\u0107 ch\u0142opaka, kt\u00f3ry w wieku 25 lat podj\u0105\u0142 nieprawdopodobne ryzyko, by wype\u0142ni\u0107 wa\u017cn\u0105 misj\u0119, dotar\u0142a do m\u0142odych ludzi na ca\u0142ym \u015bwiecie – podkre\u015bli\u0142 re\u017cyser S\u0142awomir Grunberg przed projekcj\u0105 fragment\u00f3w swojego filmu “Jan Karski i w\u0142adcy ludzko\u015bci”.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dzienniklodzki.pl\/artykul\/3580247,rezyser-slawomir-grunberg-pokaze-w-lodzi-pol-godziny-dokumentu-o-janie-karskim,id,t.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.o.pl\/2014\/09\/17\/jan-karski-i-wladcy-ludzkosci-spotkanie-z-rezyserem-slawomirem-grunbergiem-manufaktura-lodz\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/m.wyborcza.pl\/wyborcza\/1,105226,16675370,Gruenberg__Chcialbym__aby_postac_Karskiego_byla_znana.html<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Renowned American Polish director Slawomir Grunberg is making a film about Jan Karski<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An article from Gazeta Polonium, Nov 20, 2012 by Margaret Bonikowska<\/p>\n

http:\/\/polonium.gazetagazeta.com\/2012\/11\/renowned-american-polish-director-slawomir-grunberg-is-making-a-film-about-jan-karski\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Press Reviews & Press Kit “… a moving look at a Polish resistance fighter”The Los Angeles Times http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-karski-lords-humanity-review-20151113-story.html “…fascinating…”The New York Times http:\/\/go.toutapp.com\/fdc6869fe1a7be7c23 “… appropriate for museums and classrooms. ..”The Hollywood Reporter http:\/\/m.hollywoodreporter.com\/entry\/view\/id\/1035933 “… a number of striking animated sequences…”The Village Voice http:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/film\/meet-the-pole-who-tried-to-warn-the-world-about-the-holocaust-in-karski-and-the-lords-of-humanity-7949105 “Ten Scenes from the Adventures of a Holocaust Hero”Paste Magazinehttp:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/11\/ten-scenes-from-the-adventures-of-a-holocaust-hero.html “Karski and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jankarski.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}