Officialy martial law ended on 22nd July 1983 (yes, that clearly proves i was born in the period of martial law), but many people says that in practise it ended on 1989 when the Round Table treaty was signed between old communist party and opposition.
Since some years, that special night: 12/13th December is celebrated to commemorate what happened these (tonight: 26) years ago and the victims of that night and these 2 years of martial law.
Same was tonight, so i joined my Father watching a documentry and tv debate of historians and some witnesses of that time. For him it was reminding what he experienced himself, for me hearing once again (everytime some more interesting details) on what i've learn from my Parents, their friends etc. Two generations, one that was contious and somehow participating as a leader of students' opposition group, and me: just born in the mid-time of martial law.
After that my Father left to sleep and i was about to leave but a film (all with the same leit-motif tonight) started, and it was a famous movie, that i never finally saw, but always wanted."300 mil do nieba" - danish-french production, polish director, script writer and actors as well as music composer etc. The story is based on facts, just names and country (destination) was changed. Indeed in the year 1985, two brothers: Adam (15) and Krzysztof (12), hidden under the TIR-car pack, smuggled to Sweden. Polish goverment made all possible to got them back to country, but the kids' parents didn't asked for boys' extradition, since they believed that Adam and Krzyś (short: Krzysztof) are big enough to decide for them selves. Indeed, abroad they were offered some reasonable conditions, being extradicted to Poland they would be put into the orphanage and there was slight chance they would be given back to their parents. Untill mature age (18) both kids were living in Sweden in an adopted family. In the year 1989 at the Congress of Human and Citizen's Rights in Strasbourg, they have seen this movie.
The movie story is based on these facts. In movie boys lead to Denmark.
I will try to get that movie so we can see it together, Peter. But maybe it will be easier to get it in DK, since here, it seems (on what i checked till now) that it's available only in Polish language version.
Or maybe it's too much of sad, polish modern history movies?...
Anyway: it was a good movie for me. I was crying a lot on the end. And this crying was healing somehow. I wanted to share it with you...
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