Joanna en face. O filmie Feliksa Falka

• Authors: Przemysław Kaniecki

Title variants

EN

JOANNA EN FACE (ABOUT A FILM BY FELIKS FALK)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Joanna by Feliks Falk tells a story of a woman, who during the Second World War hides a Jewish child and is accused of inappropriate contacts with a German officer. Kaniecki points to three different problem areas presented in the film, which are connected to different protagonists. The film can be seen through the eyes of the little girl Rose, as a film dealing with the Holocaust, it can also be seen as a story of a sacrifice of Joanna, finally it can be seen as a film – and that theme is connected to the figures of the accusers – that is the director’s manifest against shallow reasoning and quick judgements of choices people make in extreme situations. In this respect the film is also a comment of the current Polish situation relating to lustration.

Keywords

EN

Falk Feliks; Joanna; Second World War; Jewish child; Holocaust; Polish cinema; history of film

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 77-78
• Pages: 157-167

Contributors

author

Przemysław Kaniecki