This
film – moving in its significance – goes back to the times, when
Soviet and German aggression towards Poland initiated World War II,
and Poles were greatly persecuted by both invaders. Repressive
measures and terror grew worse on the Eastern territories grabbed by
the Soviets, and at the beginning of 1940 transportations of Polish
people into the Soviet Union begun. In 1941, when the Third Reich had
invaded Soviet Union, the Sikorski – Majski Agreement was signed. As
a result, hundreds thousands of Poles confined in the Soviet
forced-labour camps were covered by amnesty. At that time, the Polish
Army was initiated under the command of gen. W. Anders. He succeeded
in evacuating more than 37 thousands civilians, including many
thousands children, to Pahlevi, Iran. The main care center for those
people was established in Esfahan, where well-equipped camps, schools
and nurseries were founded as well.
These
are the once saved children – participants of the events that took
part 70 years ago – who through the film tell the story of their
fate, stay in the Soviet forced-labour camps and life on the Iranian
land. Warm words about Poles are also expressed by Iranians, who
remember them from the war times, and the movie itself is undoubtedly
a sign of a friendly memory regarding those Iranians, who once so
willingly helped the Polish “children of Esfahan” …
Zdzislaw
Szczepaniak (journalist, reporter, writer)
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Written
and Directed by
Andrzej B. Czulda
Film concept / Assistant Director
Robert Czulda
Camera
Maciej Wielowieyski
Editor
Zbigniew Nicinski
Online Editor
Piotr Rejmer
Music by
Bogumiła Kłopotowska
Sound
Marek Jezienicki
Sound Editor
Przemysław Jaworski
Music Supervisor
Bogumiła Kłopotowska
Postproduction Supervisor
Piotr Rejmer
Production Manager
Amad Saremi Iran
Producer
Marek Jezienicki
Historical Consultant
Zbigniew Wawer
Color Correction
Przemysław NiedĽwiecki
Voiceover
Zdzisław Szczepaniak
English Translation
Agata Deka
Persian Translation
Ivonna Nowicka
Driver
Reza Yazdani Iran
Lighting equipment by
Film & TV Program Technical Support co. Tehran
Camera and lighting equipment by
Access Gram TV
Production Staff
Namavaran Network Corporation
Media Services & Research Tehran
Production
ACCESS GRAM TV
Warsaw - Poland
Starring
Teresa Mikosz – Hintzke United States, Feliksa
Gierud – Chwasta Australia,
Asia Janowicz – Czainska – Adkins United
States, Romana Danuta Starzyk – Kotwinska
Poland,
s. Maria Teresa (Stanislawa Jasionowicz) France,
Franciszka Bajdan – Bennett United Kingdom,
Zofia Daniszewska Poland, Wladyslaw
Czapski Poland, Maria Gordziejko Poland,
Henryka Lewczynska Iran, Tehran, Maria
Bajdan Iran, Tehran, Eleonora Barska
Iran, Tehran,
Alireza Mizbaqeri Iran, Isfahan, Amir
Golchin Iran, Isfahan, Ebrahim Qeitazi Iran,
Bandar-e-Anzali,
Gholamireza Kiabi Iran. Bandar-e-Anzali
Jointly financed by
Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression
Poland
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Iran
Council for the Protection of Memory of Combat and Martyrdom
Poland
Acknowledgements
for the aid in the film production
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Warsaw
Embassy of the
Republic of Poland in Tehran
The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum - London
Polish-Iranian Parliamentary Group
Lech Walesa Institute
Cultural Center in Przemysl
Persian Carpet Gallery – Ali Reza I Beata Shabani
Production year
2013
Running time
58’
Version
Polish, English, Persian |