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Skin Hunters [2003]
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00002397
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Original Title
Łowcy skór
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Language
Polish
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Language of Subtitles
English
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Published
Poland : RML Entertainment, 2003.
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Physical Description
DVD-ROM (89 min.)
Contents Summary
A film based on one of the biggest and most shocking corruption scandals in post-socialist Poland. In 2001 paramedics of a Łódź emergency ambulance service were accused of killing their own patients. They were tempted to do so, because they had started to function as agents for funeral parlors, receiving money for information on deaths (i.e. “skins”) and forcing families to use a particular funeral parlor. In a number of instances they started “producing the skins”, i.e. not helping patients in critical states, or even giving them lethal drugs. This “skin trade” was uncovered by local journalists, and Marek, the main character in this quasi-documentary, is a journalist who discovers the shocking truth behinds a death of his colleague Piotr. Piotr had an riding accident, but then died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital. Marek cannot believe it was possible and soon learns that Piotr was working on a article about a shocking corruption scandal involving the emergency ambulance service, and his death was indeed not accidental.
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Duration: 01:29:00
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Copyright by SPI International Polska
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Skin Hunters [2003]
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00002397
MovingImageIconMoving Image
General Information
Director/Creator
General Information
Original Title
Łowcy skór
General Information
Language
Polish
General Information
Language of Subtitles
English
General Information
Published
Poland : RML Entertainment, 2003.
General Information
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (89 min.)
Contents Summary
A film based on one of the biggest and most shocking corruption scandals in post-socialist Poland. In 2001 paramedics of a Łódź emergency ambulance service were accused of killing their own patients. They were tempted to do so, because they had started to function as agents for funeral parlors, receiving money for information on deaths (i.e. “skins”) and forcing families to use a particular funeral parlor. In a number of instances they started “producing the skins”, i.e. not helping patients in critical states, or even giving them lethal drugs. This “skin trade” was uncovered by local journalists, and Marek, the main character in this quasi-documentary, is a journalist who discovers the shocking truth behinds a death of his colleague Piotr. Piotr had an riding accident, but then died unexpectedly on the way to the hospital. Marek cannot believe it was possible and soon learns that Piotr was working on a article about a shocking corruption scandal involving the emergency ambulance service, and his death was indeed not accidental.
Subjects
Bibliographic Information
Note
Duration: 01:29:00
Bibliographic Information
Copyright Status
Copyright by SPI International Polska
Holdings
DVD
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DVD
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OSA Film Library
Current Location
OSA Film Library
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Digital Film