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)
Photo
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