Kuba
Poland2023documentary88'
Janusz Morgenstern, aka Kuba for friends, came from a Jewish family, whom he lost in the Holocaust. He made films that left a permanent mark on Polish cinematography, including ‘Good Bye, Till Tomorrow’, ‘To Kill This Love’ and ‘Yellow Scarf’. The viewers owe him such TV series as ‘More Than Life At Stake’, ‘Polish Roads’ or ‘Columbuses’. Morgenstern’s portrait is woven out of interviews, broadcasts, photos and his own films – a means of escape from the trauma experienced during the war. His loved ones as well as actors and colleagues talk about his artistic activity.
- directed by
- Marcin Strauchold
Born in 1989 in Wrocław. Graduate of Spanish philology at Wrocław University and of directing at the Film School in Łódź, and a doctoral student at the same university. His feature-length documentary debut “Kuba” premiered at the 64th Krakow Film Festival. Scholarship holder of the Młoda Polska 2025 programme. Lecturer at the School of Historical Film Documentary at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Currently working on a film about the outstanding Polish documentary filmmaker Andrzej Brzozowski.
- cinematography
- Magdalena Bojdo
- script
- Marcin Strauchold
- sound
- Aleksander Musiałowski
- editing
- Grażyna Gradoń
- production
- Małgorzata Fogel-Gabryś (Akson Studio), Anna Pawluczuk
- Photo