89 mm from Europe

General Information

Original Title
89 mm od Europy
Author/Creator
Lozinski, Marcel, director.
Language
Polish.
Published
Poland, 1993.
Physical Description
VHS (12 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary
The short documentary is one of the finest statements made on the prevailing atmosphere of the Cold War in post-perestroika, post-Cold War Europe. The film sketches the transition between two different worlds: Europe and the former Soviet Union. The scene is the railway station at Brest-Litovsk. Before a train can move on from Poland to Belorussia, the wheels of each of the carriages have to be adjusted to meet the conditions of a wider gauge ­ a difference of only »89 mm« ­ yet symbolic for the huge transformation from one mind-set to another. Meanwhile, while the changes are being made, train passengers from France and Germany, Holland and Poland, watch the ceremony mutely ­ as much in dismay as in disbelief.

Subjects

Genre
Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
89 mm from Europe

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Collection Call Number Volume Info Shelving Location Public Note
VHSOSA Film LibraryOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0526---