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Hear My Cry

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Original title: Uslyszcie mój krzyk (Hear Me Cry)
Year: 1991
Running time: 46 min.
Country: Poland
Director: Maciej J. Drygas
Screenwriter: Maciej J. Drygas
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Stanislaw Sliskowski
Producer: Studio Filmowe Logos
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film. 1960s
Synopsis: The story of Ryszard Siwiec, a clerk from Przemysl. In September, 1968, during a harvest festival at the 10th Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw, in front of thousands of people he poured benzene over himself and lit it in protest against the communist totalitarianism and the entrance of Warsaw Pact forces into Czechoslovakia. Severely burned, Siwiec was transferred to the hospital where he died. His sacrifice passed unnoticed. His name did not appear on the front pages of neither Polish, nor western papers. After many years, the creator of the film, on the basis of the preserved documents, confessions of relatives and eyewitnesses of the event tries to find out who Ryszard Siwiec was and the cause of his readiness to do such a terrible thing.

Awards: 1991: European Film Awards: Best Documentary

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Hear My Cry

1991

Maciej J. Drygas