ROTEM
The documentary presents the story of Simcha Ratajzer-Rotem (aka Kazik), a man whose eventful life could serve as a basis for several films. He was a member of the Jewish Combat Organization, one of the last living participants of the Ghetto Uprising, who also fought in the Home Army, Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. The film is full of the Second World War memories. Archival materials and photos are accompanied by the protagonist’s long conversation with Marek Edelman.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 75'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Agnieszka Arnold
- SCRIPT:
- Agnieszka Arnold
- DOP:
- Witek Orski, Grzegorz Komosiński
- EDITOR:
- Jan Sieczkowski
- MUSIC:
- Zygmunt Krauze
- PRODUCTION:
- Baltmedia
Agnieszka Arnold »
Director, screenwriter and reporter. A graduate of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw. She has made almost thirty documentary films including TV documentaries. In her work she often focuses on the Holocaust (…Where Is My Older Son, Cain, 1999; Neighbours, 2001) and presents people who have been important for contemporary Poland (Leader, 2005; The Rebellious Sage, 2009).
AT FESTIVALS:
- 25th Polish Film Festival in America, USA, 2013 (screening)
- 53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (competition)