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7.0/10   13 votes
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Director:
Maciej J. Drygas
Writer:
Maciej J. Drygas (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary more
Awards:
1 win more
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What life was like in those days more

Additional Details

Also Known As:
One Day in People's Poland (International: English title)
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Runtime:
58 min
Country:
France | Poland
Language:
Polish

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What life was like in those days, 25 July 2006
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Author: penseur from Wellington

It is a basic feature of totalitarian regimes - whether they be of the ideological or religious variety - that they want to quash dissent. So it is no surprise that Poland, along with the other iron curtain countries, had a secret police and a network of informers which maintained surveillance on citizens who dared to criticize the government and the system. But not only that: in a system where all economic production and distribution was controlled by the government, those who broke economic rules - for example, selling a few bras in a shop from an unofficial source - also became "suspects". This film takes a typical day in 1962 and narrates the transcripts of secret police files about what "suspects" did: all so mundane as to be amusing. But the real nature of the "workers' paradise" - shortages of all commodities, shabby consumer goods and decaying infrastructure - is also superbly conveyed with a clever mix of historic film and TV footage with recreations. As well as secret police transcripts, there are also sad private letters narrated. In all it is a highly recommended film for anyone interested in 20th century history.

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