History films without history

The Polish daily Polska criticises the way Polish film directors are treating historic subjects like the Warsaw uprising. "The recipe is simple: We just take a piece of history, remove the superfluous pathos and moralistic didactic index finger which sends younger audiences to sleep, and make a film. This is 27-year-old film director Jan Komasa's approach to national martyrdom. He will soon begin shooting a feature film about the Warsaw uprising. ... Since Andrzej Wajdas "Katyń" was nominated for an Oscar, historic films have become all the rage with producers, and the film-makers are thinking up appealing scripts. ... Komasa believes that young people today no longer talk about patriotism. Rather they act according to the principle: girls like heroes, so I'm one as well."

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