Jewish anti-fascist film thought destroyed by Nazis restored after 80 years

Arutz Sheva ^ | 8/10/21 | Don Verbin

[Eleutheria5]

Europa, a 1931 anti-fascist film made by a Polish Jewish couple that was thought destroyed by the Nazis, has been restored and was shown this week for the first time in 80 years.

The film, shot in Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s bedroom in Warsaw, was based on Anatol Stern’s 1925 same titled poem, and was a statement about Europe’s increasing descent into violence and chaos.

..... The 12-minute film, making use of collages and photograms, is considered Poland’s first famous avant-garde film.

n 1938, the couple fled to France where they left all five copies of their movie with Paris’s Vitfer film laboratory.

The Nazis confiscated the film copies after occupying France, and they were assumed to have been lost.

After the war ended, the Themersons moved to London.

The film was rediscovered by accident in Germany’s national archives in 2019.

The Commission for Looted Art in Europe represented the Themerson estate and retrieved the film. It was donated to the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive.

A restored version of the silent film, using a soundtrack composed by Dutch composer Lodewijk Muns, was screened at the BFI London Film Festival on October 6, with an introduction by Franciszka Themerson’s niece.

Europa had taken on a mythical quality by film buffs who were certain it had been lost forever.

The new version of the film is a digital version in 2K, where it will be available for future generations to enjoy.

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[Eleutheria5]

Would be a good project to view the restored Europa and make a similar film about America and Europe descending into violence and chaos in the early 21st Century.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Unfortunately, as defined by the media, “anti-fascist” usually means pro-Communist. Folks in Europe then were unfortunate enough to be stuck between two prongs of leftist evil.

[humblegunner]

The film, shot in Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s bedroom in Warsaw

So it's porn?

[Glad2bnuts]

I would like to see it.

[humblegunner]

I would like to see it.

I'm sure that anything happening in Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s bedroom is stuff you've seen before.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Good point.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Is there any subject you can't filthy up?

Porn would be more like something done by someone who pulls the covers off their sleeping daughter, films her, and posts it to the internet.

[wgmalabama]

Yeah. Intelligent fear porn. Probably click bait, blogger, bandwidth stealing on top of it. Your a real gem.

[humblegunner]

Porn would be more like something done by someone who pulls the covers off their sleeping daughter, films her, and posts it to the internet.

If you aren't in favor such things then stop doing it.

I'm sure you got money for it, but really, in the long run, wasn't that a bad thing for you to do?

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

One comment is a gem of insight. One is made by a sad excuse for a man.

You can do better HG.

[dfwgator]

“Europa, Europa” is also a very good movie.

[humblegunner]

Whatever, don't get yer broekies into a twist.

You ain't in charge of Jack Shit regarding me.

Mind your own, Doos.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Whatever, don’t get yer broekies into a twist.
You ain’t in charge of Jack Shit regarding me.

Mind your own, Doos.

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Says the man blithering on skokiyaan.

[humblegunner]

Says the man blithering on skokiyaan.

Might be, but I'm not getting up in your business about anything.

But here you are again offering advice and criticism unbidden.

Knock yerself out on that but know that it ain't making shit worth of difference.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Sorry H.G. I wasn't looking in the mirror. (You Shoulda just moved along.)

https://vikingkitties.blogspot.com/2014/05/spotlight-friday-humblegunner.html

"Remember when Humblegunner pulled his daughter's (then a teen) bedcovers off and took pictures of her in her underwear while she was sleeping, and posted them on FR because he thought they were "funny" and they would "embarrass" her? Thirty people who complained it was creepy got read the riot act by HG's behind buddies self appointed "FR Loyalty Police". Conservative moral standards at their finest."

True or not, I dunnoh, but someone did bring up the gratuitous porn comment.

[humblegunner]

Yeah, hilarious. I got no daughters.

Don't be sorry, no daughters were harmed because they don't exist.

[GOP Poet]

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[humblegunner]

So, Petey. Regarding posts 7 & 15.
How about, since this sort of thing is fine and dandy,
how about I tell the story about you and your mom in the
old folks home?
Fiction seems to be fine and dandy, does it not?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"how about I tell the story about you and your mom in the old folks home?"

Typical 4th grader taunt.

OK Admin Moderator. Turning it over to you.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

offering advice and criticism unbidden.

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LUKAS 6:42 Jy wat die balk in jou eie oog nie raaksien nie, hoe kan jy vir jou broer sê: ‘Broer, laat my toe om die splinter in jou oog uit te haal’? Huigelaar! Haal eers die balk uit jou eie oog uit, dan sal jy goed kan sien om die splinter in jou broer se oog uit te haal.”