The Portraitist (2006)

Original title

Portrecista

Directed by

Ireneusz Dobrowolski

Genre

documentary film

Country

Poland

Runtime

52 min

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Wilhelm Brasse, a man who was forced to take photographs at Auschwitz. It focuses on his life and his work documenting prisoners during the Holocaust.

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What happens

The Portraitist is a 2005 Polish television documentary film about the life and work of Wilhelm Brasse, the famous "photographer of Auschwitz", made for TVP1, Poland, which first aired in its "Proud to Present" series on January 1, 2006. It also premiered at the Polish Film Festival, at the West London Synagogue, in London, on March 19, 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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