Depositary | |
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Also known as | Depozytariusz |
Directed by | Mateusz Kudła |
Country of origin | Poland |
Original language | Polish |
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Cinematography | Artur Głupczyk |
Running time | 12 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 2014 |
Depositary (Polish : Depozytariusz) is a 2014 Polish short documentary film.
The film was broadcast by the Polish 24-hour news channel TVN24 and shown at the 27th Polish Film Festival, Chicago and Media Festival “Man in Danger” in Lodz.
Łukasz Kazek finds caches of documents, photos, personal mementos, etc., hidden in Owl Mountains of Lower Silesia, formerly belonging to Nazi Germany by the local German inhabitants who left their houses hurriedly during their post World War II expulsion.
The Pole finds owners of lockers so that sentimental treasures could be returned to them after seventy years. [1]
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