A Film Unfinished

This film seeks for the truth behind one of the most mysterious Nazi propaganda films ever shot inside the Warsaw Ghetto. A rough draft of a silent film which juxtaposes meticulously staged scenes of Jews enjoying a life of luxury in the ghetto with other, chilling images that required no staging at all. The footage was often used as illustration in historic films, yet the cinematic deception was forgotten and the black and white images remained engraved in memory as historical truth. By juxtaposing the filmed scenes with its behind-thescenes' layered reality, 'A Film Unfinished' shakes our uncritical trust in the photographic image and the way we perceive the historical past.