Mentionsy

In this month's episode of Polish Cinema for Beginners we're going back to the very beginnings of Polish cinema — the interwar period. Even though we're only focusing on about two decades, there's a lot to cover. Who were the biggest movie stars? Why did the Poles like melodramas? And what even makes a movie Polish? Along to answer these and many more of our questions is Łukasz Biskupski — a cultural historian and film studies scholar from the University of Łódź.

Note from the producer: In the episode, Łukasz mentions that Poland was “colonised” which isn’t applicable here given the context surrounding the word. A more accurate word would be “partitioned”.