Photographer (Fotoamator) 26 years old

In 1987, colour slides were found in a second hand book store in Vienna which turned out to be a collections of photographs taken in the Lodz ghetto by the Nazis' chief accountant. Walter Genewein boosted productivity in the ghetto while keeping costs down, a policy which led to the Lodz ghetto surviving much longer than any other in Poland. He recorded what he considered to be the subhuman aspect of the Jewish workers and he was concerned only with the technical quality of his photos. Director Dariusz Jabłoński's prize-winning film uses the photographs in a different way. He recreates for us the suffering of inmates, giving a compassionate picture of that it was like to be trapped in the ghetto. (Storyville)

Credits

Artur Brauner as

Szymon Szurmiej as

Norbert Langer as

Peter Matic as

Photographer Cast

Name	Character
Artur Brauner He was 79, 100 years old when he died
Szymon Szurmiej He was 74, 91 years old when he died
Norbert Langer He was 57, now 83 years old
Peter Matic He was 61, 82 years old when he died

Photographer Crew

Name	Department
Michał Lorenc as Music. He was 42 (now 69) years old	Sound

Photographer (26 years)

Release day: Friday, May 01, 1998
Runtime: 52 minutes