Den polska filmen W ciemności av filmskaparen och manusförfattaren Agnieszka Holland har nominerats till en Oscar i kategorin Bästa utländska film. Filmen, som på engelska heter In the Darkness, handlar om en polsk man som genom att riskera sitt eget liv gömmer judar i Lvivs kloaker. Filmen är bygger på en verkliga händelser som skildras i boken “In the Sewers of Lvov” av Robert Marshall. I centrum av berättelsen finns den polske kloakarbetaren Leopold Socha som vägrade att acceptera nazisternas oförrätter mot judarna och därför gömde dem i de kloaker där han arbetade.
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A couple of weeks ago I visited Kraków. This was my first visit in several years. During my last time I visit to Kraków I also visited Auschwitz. This effected of course my mood, but I also believe Poland has changed… a lot! Walking around in beautiful Kraków you can feel a certain atmosphere that you can’t feel anywhere else in Europe right now, and that is the atmosphere of success. From perhaps being the greyest country in Europe, Poland is today the most prospering one, and you can feel it. I am afraid though, that my pictures below is not completely fair to Kraków. My decision to use b/w film has nothing to do with Kraków, but late autumn. Late autumn is in itself b/w.
I have to say that Poland, Polish and Poles and awakened a curiosity in me, and I will certainly be back soon! With some more language skills.
