Stefan Themerson

Europa

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

Franciszka Themerson

Europa is a 12-minute anti-fascist film made in 1931 in Warsaw, Poland by surrealists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. The film is based on Anatol Stern's 1925 futurist poem Europa. It uses collages and photograms, and articulates the sense of horror and moral decline its makers were witnessing. The film, while long thought to have been lost, is considered an avant-garde masterpiece.

Oko I Ucho

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

James McKechnie

Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski.

Calling Mr. Smith

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

Calling Mr Smith: a 10-minute anti-war film denouncing the destruction of Polish national culture under the Nazis.

Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The plot involves a trek official to the advice of “There will be a hole in the sky even if you go back”, the procession of two people with a wardrobe and a march of people defending the established rules (“Down with walking backwards”). The formal aspect in the movie is a lot of trick shots using a mirror, photographs and negatives.

Apteka

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

Directed by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.

Drobiazg melodyjny

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson

Directed by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.