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Birthplace

1992 · 47 min

A quiet, painful return to a place of loss, where ordinary faces slowly yield uncomfortable memories.

Directed by
Paweł Łoziński
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Henryk Grynberg
Overview
Henryk Greenberg is a Polish-born American who lost much of his family in the Holocaust. Certain of the location where his father and younger brother were murdered, Greenberg returns to find most of his former neighbors predictably claiming foggy memories at first; but soon their recollections come more easily.

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Directed by
Paweł Łoziński
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Henryk Grynberg
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • grief
  • death
  • war
  • guilt
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Paweł Łoziński
Starring
Henryk Grynberg
Cinematography
Artur Reinhart
Runtime
47 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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