300 mił do nieba . 300 Miles to Heaven
Duration: 01:29:00 Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland to Sweden hidden under a truck. Their father was a history teacher and was fired for his political beliefs. They decided to try a better life in the Wes...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Polish |
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Studio Filmowe Tor
1989
Poland |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:d92a9067-90ee-42cf-a940-19f1761a6a35 |
| Summary: | Duration: 01:29:00
Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland to Sweden hidden under a truck. Their father was a history teacher and was fired for his political beliefs. They decided to try a better life in the West. In the film the destination was changed for Denmark. After the successful escape, they are put in a refugee camp. The officials want to send them back to Poland, but a Polish journalist, who escaped some years before, fights for their cause and in the end they receive asylum. She also helps them to contact their parents. In a dramatic phone conversation their father tells them never to come back. Although the actual heroes confirmed in 1989 that this film fully conveyed their experiences, it is not a chronicle of their escape. Rather we see the two boys in two unwelcoming worlds: socialist Poland, and the affluent yet hostile Denmark. |
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| Published: | 1989 |