Film Polski

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Film Polski (also Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe Film Polski) was the state-run film production and distribution organization of Poland, founded in 1945.

History

On November 13, 1945, the postwar communist government decreed the formation of Polski Film as a national enterprise. Organized under the Minister of Culture Władysław Kowalski, Polski Film had control over both domestic film production and distribution of all foreign films. In the first years there was still room for smaller production companies, notably Yiddish-language.[1]

Aleksander Ford, first head of Film Polski

National Film School in Łódź
, which opened in 1948. Ford taught at Łódź for twenty years.

Poland's first postwar feature was

Zakazane piosenki (Forbidden Songs). First released in January 1947 and very popular, in 1948 the film was re-edited and re-released, with more emphasis on Red Army's role as the liberator of Poland and the main ally of post-war Polish communist regime, as well as a more grim view of the German occupation of Warsaw and German brutality in general.[3] Jerzy Zarzycki's Unvanquished City
was similarly re-edited to become more ideologically acceptable.

Film Polski was dissolved as of January 1, 1952, succeeded by the Centralny Urząd Kinematografii (Central Office of Cinematography).[4] In its important but brief history it released a total of thirteen feature films,[5] along with dozens of short films and documentaries.

Productions

Film Polski's output includes:

References

  1. ^ Marek Haltof (2002). Polish national cinema. Berghahn Books. pp. 48
  2. ^ Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory, by Marek Haltof, page 55
  3. ^ Marek Haltof (2002). Polish national cinema. Berghahn Books. pp. 49–50
  4. ^ "FilmPolski.pl".
  5. ^ Marek Haltof (2002). Polish national cinema. Berghahn Books. pp. 49
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