According to Michal Kwiecinski, producer of “City 44″ idea came from Tomasz Lis, editor of “Newsweek”, he suggested that the screening of “City” in the mainstream of German television would be a good answer to the issue of the series “Generation War “.
Sam Fox said he went to Berlin to ask for support and help the head of Axel Springer, Mathias Doepfner. He took his copy of the film with English subtitles and issued a book in English Alexandra Richie, “Warszwa 44.” Doepfneobiecał help, then personally spoke with the head of the German public television Bellutem Thomas.
– To make the matter more public, the daily newspaper “Die Welt” wrote a text about the film, Polish-German relations and the need to open Germans and Poles in serious conversation about history, but also for memory and sensibilities of the other – says Tomasz Lis.
The issue is scheduled for Aug. 2 and will be an important highlight of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.
As written Susanne Müller, head of the editorial board of feature films – “City 44″ is an important film for the German viewer – tells the story of Polish, which plays in the German historiography a significant role and in Polish – huge. This film helps us to understand why the German-Polish relations were so difficult.
Immediately after the issue of “Warsaw 44″ – because the title of the film “City 44″ will be carried in the German language version – viewers watch specially prepared for the occasion documentary.
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