World War II · Film · 2014
Warsaw 44
Miasto 44
Teenagers of the Home Army join the Warsaw Uprising full of hope and first love, and are carried through 63 days of fighting as the city is destroyed around them.
Where it happened
Follow the story across 4 places.
Stop 1: Gęsiówka camp, Wola
In the first days Stefan's unit captures a German depot and helps free Jewish prisoners from a labour camp.
Stop 2: Old Town, Warsaw
Key location
Wounded and in shock, Stefan is dragged by Ala through the bombed Old Town and down into the sewers.
Stop 3: Czerniaków on the Vistula
Stefan and Kama fight beside Polish soldiers who crossed the river from the Soviet side, in a hopeless riverside pocket.
Stop 4: Vistula by Poniatowski Bridge
After the surrender Stefan wanders through a burning city and swims out to a sandbank in the river.
What really happened
The Home Army launched the Warsaw Uprising on 1 August 1944, expecting the Red Army on the far bank of the Vistula to arrive within days. Poorly armed insurgents seized much of the city and freed 348 Jewish prisoners from the Gęsiówka camp on 5 August, but the Soviets halted and the Germans brought in SS and police units to crush the revolt.
In the Wola massacre of 5–12 August, Dirlewanger and Reinefarth's troops murdered some 40,000–50,000 civilians. The Old Town fell on 2 September after its defenders escaped through the sewers, and the uprising capitulated on 2 October. About 16,000 insurgents and up to 200,000 civilians died; Hitler then ordered the city razed.
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Full details
- Original title
- Miasto 44
- Directed by
- Jan Komasa
- Countries
- Poland
- Languages
- Polish, German
- Released
- 2014
- Period
- –
- Theaters of war
- Eastern Front
- Themes
- Resistance
- Combat
- Romance
