Viera Gran
Director Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
Countries Poland
Duration 67 min
Synopsis
Did a well-known cabaret singer from the Warsaw ghetto tarnish her reputation with the collaboration with Gestapo? This question recedes into the background. The director, following Agata Tuszyńska, the author of Oskarżona: Wiera Gran, goes beyond the boundaries of a biographical picture or investigative documentary. Reconstructing the artist’s wartime and post-war life, the film touches upon the issue of moral judgment that is often too easy to pass – both for those who have never experienced the hell of war and for those who survived and need unambiguous assessment.
Did a well-known cabaret singer from the Warsaw ghetto tarnish her reputation with the collaboration with Gestapo? This question recedes into the background. The director, following Agata Tuszyńska, the author of Oskarżona: Wiera Gran, goes beyond the boundaries of a biographical picture or investigative documentary. Reconstructing the artist’s wartime and post-war life, the film touches upon the issue of moral judgment that is often too easy to pass – both for those who have never experienced the hell of war and for those who survived and need unambiguous assessment.