In the back of history - The lost villages of Masuria (2018)
• September 1st, 2018 • 0h 36min
Documentary
Overview
In September of 2017 German writer and director Daniel Raboldt accompanied a group of German and Polish scientists and students into the woods of Masuria, Poland. The expedition aimed to find traces of the so-called "lost villages", left by the Masurians around 1945 by the end of the Second World War. Today only some of the old graveyards can be found deep in the woods of the beautiful Masurian landscape. The documentary "In the back of history - The lost villages of Masuria" shows the students at their work in the historic archives and in the woods. How conclusive can this kind of historic research be? How much can we really learn by looking through old files or other sources? And what can we learn from the vanishing of the Masurians? Do we face similar problems today? The film dives deep into themes like the rise of nationalism and identity and uncovers the tragic end of a population that was asked one simple question in the early 20th century: Stay or Leave?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Shipyard
Released on: 2009-06-10
Documentary
Shipyard is a landmark documentary covering the creation and life of Bellingham, Washington's wooden...
Safeguarding Military Information
Released on: 1942-01-16
Documentary
World War II propaganda short which focuses on the dangers of inadvertent dispersal of military info...
The Smuggler and Her Charges
Released on: 2016-11-14
Documentary, History
A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...
Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
Released on: 2000-01-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...
Not Quite Hollywood
Released on: 2008-08-28
Comedy, Documentary
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou...
Accidental Anarchist
Released on: 2017-07-23
Documentary
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save u...
1997: The Birth of the Camera Phone
Released on: 2017-06-29
Documentary
On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantl...
Flatball: A History of Ultimate
Released on: 2016-10-23
Documentary
On May 8, 1989, Sports Illustrated ran an article about Ultimate frisbee… about a team with no name ...
Grandmother Told Grandmother
Released on: 2018-10-07
Documentary, History, War
The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and...
Match 64: The Maracanã
Released on: 2015-06-08
Documentary
A documentary following the day life of fans in Brazil on July 13, 2014: the day when Germany and Ar...
The Certainty of Probabilities
Released on: 2021-06-14
Documentary
1968, The Socialist Republic of Romania. Women catch up on the latest tendencies in beachwear, the y...
Paper City
Released on: 2021-08-16
Documentary
Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...
A Trilha dos Ratos
Released on: 2021-06-24
Documentary
Before ending World War II, Nazi Germany, realizing it was going to lose the war, planned an escape ...
Around the Statue of Liberty - A Walk Through the USA
Released on: 1941-01-01
Documentary
Nazi propaganda film “exposes” the United States and its plans against Germany and the German people...
Cyrille
Released on: 2020-02-26
Documentary
Cyrille, a young gay farmer from Auvergne, has only one friend, a homosexual like him. One day, he g...
The Voyage of the St. Louis
Released on: 1995-05-25
Documentary
Documentary on the German luxury liner St. Louis that sailed from Hamburg to Cuba in 1939 carrying 9...
Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science
Released on: 2017-04-05
Documentary, TV Movie
Did Leonardo da Vinci come up with all of his ideas and inventions by himself or did he also borrow ...
The Plastic People of the Universe
Released on: 2001-03-01
Documentary
Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground...
Inchiodato
Released on: 2005-04-01
Documentary, Drama
In northern Albania, ancestral customs still exist, governing the laws of vendetta between families....