The Touch of an Angel (2015)

Original title

Dotknięcie anioła

Directed by

Marek Tomasz Pawlowski

Genre

documentary film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A deaf man who hid as a Jewish boy during World War II goes back to the places where he found shelter. He sees that his old hiding spots and bunkers are still there, which brings back horrible memories. The film shows how some Poles saved Jews and how the rest of the world did little to stop the Nazis.

poignantreflectivehauntingpersonalquietsoberingintimatedeliberate

What happens

The Touch of an Angel (Polish: Dotknięcie anioła) is a 2015 Polish documentary film directed by Marek Tomasz Pawłowski. It is a personal, poetic memoir of a deaf man who returns to the places where he found refuge as a Jewish boy during World War II. He finds his hiding places and bunkers still standing, bringing back horrific memories. The film emphasizes the role of Poles in saving persecuted Jews and indifference of the international community at large in the face of Nazi threats. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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