Franciszka Themerson

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Europa
7.3

Europa

Dec 31, 1931

Europa
1931 12 min 3 vues
Europa is a 12-minute anti-fascist film made in 1931 in Warsaw, Poland by surrealists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. The film is based on Anatol Stern's 1925 futurist poem Europa. It uses collages and photograms, and articulates the sense of horror and moral decline its makers were witnessing. The film, while long thought to have been lost, is considered an avant-garde masterpiece.
Drama
Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
5.4

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego

Mar 30, 1937

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
1937 10 min 14 vues
In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The plot involves a trek official to the advice of “There will be a hole in the sky even if you go back”, the procession of two people with a wardrobe and a march of people defending the established rules (“Down with walking backwards”). The formal aspect in the movie is a lot of trick shots using a mirror, photographs and negatives.
Oko I Ucho
4.9

Oko I Ucho

Jan 01, 1945

Oko I Ucho
1945 10 min 7 vues
Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.
Animation
Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
5.4

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego

Mar 30, 1937

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
1937 10 min 14 vues
In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The plot involves a trek official to the advice of “There will be a hole in the sky even if you go back”, the procession of two people with a wardrobe and a march of people defending the established rules (“Down with walking backwards”). The formal aspect in the movie is a lot of trick shots using a mirror, photographs and negatives.
Europa Reconstruction
10

Europa Reconstruction

Jan 01, 1984

Europa Reconstruction
1984 9 min 1 vues
The original film Europa was made by Stefan and Franciska Themerson in Poland 1931 and was a visual interpretation of Anatol Stern’s 1929 poem Europa. The film was lost during the second world war and has never been recovered. This tape-slide reconstruction of Europa was made in 1983-84 by the Distribution Staff of the London Film Maker’s Co-Operative with Stefan and Franciszka Themerson using surviving stills from the film and a voice-over by John Claus.
Europa
7.3

Europa

Dec 31, 1931

Europa
1931 12 min 3 vues
Europa is a 12-minute anti-fascist film made in 1931 in Warsaw, Poland by surrealists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. The film is based on Anatol Stern's 1925 futurist poem Europa. It uses collages and photograms, and articulates the sense of horror and moral decline its makers were witnessing. The film, while long thought to have been lost, is considered an avant-garde masterpiece.
Drama
Calling Mr. Smith
5.8

Calling Mr. Smith

Jan 23, 1943

Calling Mr. Smith
1943 10 min 4 vues
Calling Mr Smith: a 10-minute anti-war film denouncing the destruction of Polish national culture under the Nazis.
Documentary
Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
5.4

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego

Mar 30, 1937

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego
1937 10 min 14 vues
In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The plot involves a trek official to the advice of “There will be a hole in the sky even if you go back”, the procession of two people with a wardrobe and a march of people defending the established rules (“Down with walking backwards”). The formal aspect in the movie is a lot of trick shots using a mirror, photographs and negatives.
Pharmacy
1

Pharmacy

Jan 01, 2001

Pharmacy
2001 3 min 1 vues
In 1930, Stefan and Franciszka Themerson made a controversial, black and white, silent, 35mm film in Warsaw. ‘Apteka’ was the first “moving photogram” and an innovation in experimental cinema. It disappeared during the German occupation of Poland. Bruce Checefsky’s extraordinary film ‘Pharmacy’ is based on the surviving notes, letters and stills from the original film and published reviews from Czas, Wiaomosci Literackic Polski Zbtgina, Swiatowid, Pion and Kuriet Polski.