Prussian Culture

Prussian Culture

1908
8m
4.7

4.7/10

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Drama
Overview

The oldest surviving Polish film, Pruska Kultura depicts the persecution of Poles under Prussian Germanisation, drawing on events such as the 1901 Września school strike and the struggle of Michał Drzymała. Produced by Warsaw cinema owner Mordechaj Towbin, the film combines fictional drama with documentary-like elements, following a traditional Polish family subjected to violence, eviction and repression by Prussian authorities. Running just over eight minutes across twelve episodes, it culminates in an allegorical apotheosis of Poland, portraying generations and social classes united in suffering and hope for national rebirth. First shown abroad under the French title *Les Martyrs de la Pologne*, its strongly anti-Prussian message attracted international attention. The long lost French print was rediscovered in 2000 at the Bois-d’Arcy archives and returned to Poland in 2008, making this politically charged work an invaluable landmark of early Polish cinema.

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Language: PL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Siła-kino
Production Countries
Poland
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Original Title Pruska Kultura
Release Date May 23, 1908
Status Released
Language PL
IMDb ID tt1059291

Cast

Key Crew

Mojżesz Towbin
Director

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