Our Hollywood

Nasze Hollywood

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  • Description
  • Cast and crew
  • Duration: 52'
  • Genre: ARTS
  • Resolution: HD
  • Year: 2020

By the end of the XIX century, Poland did not exist on the maps, partitioned by three neighbouring empires. Despite this, a surprisingly large number of the pioneers of the Cinema industry and Hollywood’s founders came from this part of the world, many of them with Jewish origins. Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was born in Warsaw as Szmul Gelbfisz. The Warner Bros was founded by the Wonsal brothers from Maków Mazowiecki (north of Warsaw). The Academy Award record holder with 6 wins, the director Billy Wilder was born near Krakow as Samuel Wilder. Richard Boleslawski, director of movies starring Marlena Dietrich, Greta Garbo or Clark Gable, also came from Poland.

They created during the early days of cinema. This documentary presents the pioneers and the stars of the silent film in Poland with an abundance of classic archive footage. 

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