The Death of a Student
Finland, Poland1977documentary51'Retrospektywa Jarmo Jääskeläinena (2022)
The film presents the events surrounding the tragic death of Stanisław Pyjas, a student from Krakow. We can see excerpts from a black march in Krakow, a street gathering at the gate at 7 Szewska Street, a demonstration and the reading of a document by the Students’ Solidarity Committee at St Ann’s Church in Warsaw. These and many other events were triggered by the protest of a small group of primarily young people, members of the nascent opposition – the Worker’s Defence Committee. The director talks to the residents of the house at 7 Szewska Street, where Pyjas’s body was found in the stairwell, his friends and people who could shed light on the case - he seeks to explain the circumstances of the student’s tragic death.
- directed by
- Jarmo Jääskeläinen
- cinematography
- Piotr Jaxa Kwiatkowski
- script
- Jarmo Jääskeläinen
- sound
- Jerzy Pental
- editing
- Anervi Kurppa
- production
- (Yleisradio Oy The Finnish Broadcasting Company)
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