TELL ME, WHY?

POWIEDZ MI, DLACZEGO?

Jurek lives in Tel Aviv, Stella – in Boston. They met in 1936 in Otwock and fell in love from the first sight. They were divided by the war – Jurek went to Auschwitz, Stella was sent to work in Germany. The last letter from Stella came in 1945. After the war he had spent a long time looking for her until he found out that she had got married. Then he met Nora. They lived together for 57 years. Now, after all those years, he suggested to Stella they should meet again in Otwock

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  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: pl
  • Running time: 45
  • Year: 2006

Director: Małgorzata Imielska

Script: Małgorzata Imielska

DOP: Tomasz Tupalski

Music: Fiodor Karol Borodziuk

Editing: Ewa Smal

Production company: TVP 1 S.A., Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop

About the director:

Małgorzata Imielska

Małgorzata Imielska

Film director and screenwriter. Graduate of Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Radio and Television of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her documentaries focus primarily on World War II and the Holocaust. She also directs television theatre performances. Her most important awards, gained in Huston, Krakow and Canton, among others, were in recognition of her documentary Tell Me Why (2006). Currently, she is developing her feature-length documentary Love and Empty Words.

At festivals:

GZDOC, Guaghzou, China, 2007 (competition)