Abstract
The article analyses the particular interest that the documentary filmmakers of the late 1950s had in the architectural and urban issues. The reasons for this phenomenon are situated in several plans: they refer to the image of reconstruction from the war devastation and the reaction to its falsification in the period of socialist realism. They refer to the social interests of the filmmakers and to the strategy of metaphorising and allegorising the images of the city, which was handy in the times of censorship as it extended meanings and applied non-literality. The article analyses various film incarnations of this phenomenon.
Highlights
World War II was a time of total destruction for Poland, including the material substance of its cities
Architectural and urban issues occupied an important place in Polish public life, and with their visual attractiveness and a connection to burning social issues they attracted the attention of documentary filmmakers
A good example is provided by Bolesław Michałek, when he refers to a scene from Ludwik Perski’s film Warszawa, 1952–1954 [Warsaw]
Summary
World War II was a time of total destruction for Poland, including the material substance of its cities. It is hardly surprising that in the years immediately after the war, and the second half of the 1950s, which make the chronological background for my work, belong to this period. Architectural and urban issues occupied an important place in Polish public life, and with their visual attractiveness and a connection to burning social issues they attracted the attention of documentary filmmakers.
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