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The Big Chef

Poland, France, The Netherlands2025documentary88'Documentary CompetitionNational Competition

He worked for the Soviet wartime intelligence in occupied Europe, then spent 10 years in a Stalinist prison. Before that, when captured by the Gestapo, he had pretended to collaborate and had to explain himself for it for the rest of his life. Employing archival footage in a creative way, the film reveals the remarkable biography of a Polish Jew, a victim of the anti-Semitic campaign of 1968 in Poland, who was subject to surveillance and house arrest. Who actually was Leopold Trepper? He is portrayed as a man who, for many years, fought for his ideals, good name and the right to freedom.

directed by
Q&A guest, portret reżysera
Tomasz Wolski

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A graduate of Journalism at the Jagiellonian University and the Documentary Course at the Wajda School (2003). Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP), Polish Academy of Film (PAF), and European Film Academy (EFA). Since 2024, he has also served on the Polish Film Institute (PISF) Council. His feature-length documentary 1970 was screened at over 50 international festivals worldwide and received numerous awards (Visions du Réel, Krakow Film Festival, Zagrebdox, Festival Film Dokumenter, Batumi International Art House Film Festival). He also edited Sergei Loznitsa’s films Babi Yar. Context and The Kiev Trial, as well as Anna Gawlita’s Krzyżoki.

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