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The Children Accuse

1956 · 10 min

A sober, sorrowful short that quietly documents social damage, leaving a heavy, uneasy sense of injustice.

Directed by
Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Andrzej Łapicki, Henryk Boukołowski
Overview
One of several films by the Hoffman-Skórzewski duo, made as part of the "black series" of Polish documentaries showing social problems hidden from viewers behind the façade of socialist realist productions until the mid-1950s. The subject of the film are the effects of alcoholism, whose innocent victims are children.

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Directed by
Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Andrzej Łapicki, Henryk Boukołowski
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • addiction
    • family
    • trauma
    • politics
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight8

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski
    Written by
    Jerzy Hoffman, Karol Małcużyński, Edward Skórzewski
    Starring
    Andrzej Łapicki, Henryk Boukołowski
    Cinematography
    Antoni Staśkiewicz
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    Polish

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