Documentary Films - Out of Competition 2009 / Ghetto jménem Baluty / Czech Republic 2008
Once a ghetto and today a workers quarter, director Štingl investigates Baluty with the help of Czech Jews, unique archive footage, and today’s inhabitants, who are plagued by poverty, alcoholism, and unemployment. The story of thousands of individuals who left their mark on the Łódź neighborhood and whose lives were in turn marked by the cruelties of history.
Once a ghetto and today a workers quarter, director Štingl investigates Baluty with the help of Czech Jews, unique archive footage, and today’s inhabitants, who are plagued by poverty, alcoholism, and unemployment. The story of thousands of individuals who left their mark on the Łódź neighborhood and whose lives were in turn marked by the cruelties of history.
83 min / Color, DIGIBETA
Director Pavel Štingl
/ Screenplay Pavel Štingl
/ Dir. of Photography Miroslav Janek
/ Music Jaroslav Kořán, Lubomír Fidler, Michael Delia
/ Editor Tonička Janková
/ Producer Pavel Štingl, Ondřej Zima, Pavel Berčík, David Boháč, Miroslav Petronec, Magdalena Napieracz, Piotr Mularuk
/ Production K2 s.r.o.
/ Contact K2 s.r.o.
/ Distributor K2 s.r.o.
www: www.baluty-film.com
K2 s.r.o.
Veverkova 8, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 222 560 130
E-mail: [email protected]
Pavel Štingl
Film Director
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