- Duration:
7x45'
- Genre:
WAR
- Resolution: HD
- Year: 2009
Basia is a young nurse and she falls in love with Stefan Kowalski, who
becomes one of the major figures in a net of underground fighters. He helps
Jewish families to survive in Warsaw occupied by the Germans during WWII. They
marry and together they save as many people as possible. Over 50 years later in
contemporary Warsaw, Barbara gets the Righteous
among the Nations medal from the Ambassador of Israel but insists on going
to Jerusalem for the formal ceremony in spite of concerns of her son who
worries about her health. Both time periods, which means WWII and nowadays, are
put together. It is due to the fact that they mingle in Barbara’s remembrances
and reflections of people, history and decency. Gradually, they unveil complex
bonds between the past and the present and show that the picture of a hero
presented in history books and the media has frequently an additional,
unexpected dimension.
