Pruska kultura explained

Pruska kultura
Producer:Mojżesz Towbin
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Runtime:8:20
Country:Poland
Language:(Silent) Polish, French, subtitles

Pruska kultura, also known as Les Martyes de la Pologne, or Prussian Culture, is a 1908 Polish silent film about the 1901 Września student revolt and Michał Drzymała's protest ("Drzymała's wagon"). Thought to be a lost film until 2000, it was discovered in, Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines, France by film historians and . At that moment it was the oldest preserved Polish fiction film. In 1908 it was described as "scenes from the lives of Poznań Poles in the fight against Germans".[1]

The film was premiered within the Russian Empire in 1908, but was quickly censored by the Tsarist authorities after its showing. However, the film continued to be shown in Italy and France with French subtitles.

The film consists of seven parts:

  1. Szkoła ludowa we Wrześni
  2. Profesor Kulturtreger
  3. Katusze dzieci
  4. Wywłaszczenie
  5. Pruskie żołdactwo
  6. Wóz Drzymały
  7. Apoteoza Polski (Jutrzenka)

Notes and References

  1. Beata Kęczkowska, Perły starego kina, Gazeta Wyborcza, October 21, 2008