Polish museum debuts 3-D movie about World War II

Hollywood's current infatuation with 3-D has almost exclusively benefited science fiction, action and animated movies. But 3-D can also be used for historical films, as proved by a new initiative by a museum in Poland.

"City of Ruins," a new short documentary film, features 3-D aerial sequences that re-create the bombed-out views of Warsaw during World War II. The movie, which debuted this week at the Warsaw Uprising Museum, is directed by Tomek Baginski, who received an Oscar nomination in 2003 for his short animated film "The Cathedral."

According to various reports, the new movie, which will begin playing at the museum Aug. 1, was created by combining aerial shots of present-day Warsaw with historic photographs of the city between 1939 and 1945. The movie also documents the Polish resistance's uprising against Nazi invaders during 1944.

You can get a taste of the "City of Ruins" by watching the clip above.

-- David Ng

Comments

[Gregoz]

I am sorry, I don't understand, who are the nazi invaders? were they from the moon? did they speak nazi language?

[Widow]

Who are the NAZI is? What`s the Nation?

I think you mean GERMANS. Peacefull man from west Europa.

[Anna]

I agree. You have right.
Today nobody says " German"
Only " nazi" - from space , moon , or another place.
But that was german people
We must remember this

[Patryk]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism

[oXy]

Judging from the nicks, times of posting, their general attitude and their poor level of English - I assume the previous comments are by people (like myself) from Poland.
First of all, the term Nazi refers to a certain group of people (yes, generally from Germany) that at the time was in control, and that was, generally "in favor" of what was going on. It's NOT ok to refer to them as simply "Germans" because not ALL Germans were of the same mindset. It's like saying all Poles are this-and-that because the currently ruling party decided to do something stupid like going to war somewhere east (hint).

Secondly, cheers to Patryk for (I hope) seeing the difference.

And finally, what the hell is up with us people? Why has it become a "point of honor" in Poland to stick our history in everyones faces (that's generally what this whole museum and movie are about) and demand... what? Respect, pity, compensation? I don't know if it's really the mentality of our nation, or if it's just due to the political sport of "how many can you blame?", that we make fools of ourselves and enemies instead of friends.

Shame on us.

Oh, and before someone goes on a "you traitor" rant - it's not like we (as a nation) feel really responsible for the stupid/irrational/plain wrong decisions of our presidents/ruling parties/politicians so why should the Germans?

Geez, let's nation-widely get over ourselves and move on.