June 1, 1971
Release Date

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The Appeal (1971)

Name: The Appeal
Genre: Animation, Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1971-06-01

Running Time

June 1, 1971
Release Date

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Plot.

In a simple but powerful way, director Ryszard Czekala presents the horror that happened in Nazi concentration camps: prisoners’ dread, humiliation and lost humanity. Its directness and style is sometimes interpreted as a response to the trend of allegorical and philosophical filmmaking that dominated Polish animation in the 1960s.

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Cast & Crew.

Ryszard Czekała

Director / Screenplay

Magda Barycz

Production Manager

Ryszard Sulewski

Sound Engineer

Jan Tkaczyk

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
June 1, 1971

Original Name
Apel

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Drama War & Politics

Last updated: 2024-10-03

This Movie Is About.

concentration camp

brutality

matter of life and death

nazi officer

inhumanity

short

Wiki.

Apel (Polish pronunciation: [ˈa.pɛl], variously translated as The Appeal and The Roll-Call) is a 1970 black-and-white cutout animated short film by Ryszard Czekała.

The film is about World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland: during the morning roll call, a group of concentration camp prisoners are tormented by an SS officer who orders them to perform gymnastic exercises. The prisoners are shot when they rebel against obeying orders.