THE MIDWIFE
POLISH TITLE: POŁOŻNA
The protagonist of the film is Stanisława Leszczyńska, a heroine of the wartime occupation who had worked as a midwife before the war and later helped Jews from the Łódź ghetto. She was captured by the Gestapo and sent to Auschwitz, where her mission began. She helped women to deliver their babies at the most sinister place on Earth.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 54'
- YEAR:
- 2020
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Maria Stachurska
- SCRIPT:
- Maria Stachurska
- DOP:
- Paweł Sobczyk
- EDITOR:
- Wojciech Janas, Weronika Pliszka, Marcin Skoczylas
- SOUND:
- Piotr Pliszka
- PRODUCTION:
- square film studio sp. z o.o.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 60th Krakow Film Festival, 2020, Poland, 2020 (screening)