Austin Polish Film Festival – “Obrońcy poczty”

APFF invites to the virtual screening of the Polish documentary The Defenders Of The Polish Post Office – “Obrońcy Poczty“, 2019

Virtual Screening Available:

Dec. 13 – 20, 2020

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Director: Damian Lu Wenta
Screenplay:
Damian Lu Wenta
Cinematography: Kacper Gajewski
Music:
Juliusz Kłos

On September 1, 1939, the Second World War begins and several dozen postmen defend the Polish Post Office in the Free City of Gdańsk, for them, it is a bastion of Polish culture and identity. This exciting documentary film utilizes animated film techniques in a unique way that presents this story. The film includes archival interviews with four surviving postmen, German chronicles, animated 3D pictures, interviews with the children of postal workers, and contemporary animation.