TALES FROM THE LAND OF OVENS
41 min. 2008, Poland

Directed by Andrzej B. Czulda

Photographed by Jacek Siwecki

Sound by Bogumiła Kłopotowska

Edited by Paweł Makowski

Produced by Andrzej Traczykowski

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Tales from the Land of Ovens… – an ordinary title and an extraordinary story. These tales were secretly written by 30 prisoners of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. For their own children. They also illustrated them beautifully. These tales are the subject of the film.

The concentration camp was so full of evil that one could start doubting the existence of good. But it survived, if only in seemingly trivial booklets about little chicks and flowers. There were about thirty daring men who wrote and illustrated them in the proximity of crematorium chimneys. One of them was ordered by the Nazis to segregate the belongings of the people killed in the gas chamber. He found a fairy tale left by a child, who was gassed with others. That was when they decided to create tales for their children. These tales kept them alive...

MUINASJUTUD PÕLETUSAHJUST AHJUDE MAALT
Režissöör Andrzej B. Czulda

Ime, et Auschwitzi kontsentratsioonilaagris ahjuajamist ootavatel meestel jätkus tahtmist kirja panna muinasjutte, neile pilte juurde joonistada, oma väikestele lastele pühendada. Ime läbi on need kolmekümne autori teosed säilinud…