Violated letters

The security services of the People's Republic of Poland inspected tens of millions of letters annually. Every day, specialized units dealt with unsticking envelopes, reading and analysing private correspondence, thanks to which reports on social moods were created. Other people's letters written throughout the period of the People's Republic of Poland: intimate, full of pain and despair, but also those with threats to power, as well as those more pragmatic to get something done, became the fabric for building a poignant internal portrait of Poles in the People's Republic of Poland. The film is composed of unique archival materials.

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Written and directed by Maciej J. Drygas

Genre: Documentary / Black & White / 56 minutes

Date: 2010

Production: Drygas Production, Polish Television

Composer: Pawel Szymanski

Editing: Rafał Listopad

Sound: Iwo Klimek/ I.M.I. Studio

Awards:

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• 1st Prize for the best documentary - 6th Batumi International Art House Film Festival 2011

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• Nominated for PRIX EUROPE 2011 - Berlin

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• 1st Prize for the best documentary film - 23rd Polish Film Festival in America 2011

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• K. Karabasz Award – Man in Danger Media Festival, Łódź 2011

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• 1st Prize for the best documentary - 22nd International Film and Music Festival Mediawave, Komarom, Hungary 2011