Stefan Themerson Filmes

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

Tim Boerhave, a philosophy lecturer, loses his legs in a bomb attack. Who is responsible? The last image before the explosion is that of a large...

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...

Directed by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.

The film is retracing the love story of an unusual and unique creative union. It is a well-hidden treasure in the culture and art of the 20th...

Stefan Themerson plays himself in the role of a poet who accuses political and religious leaders of stealing the tools of his trade. His goal is to...

In the early inscriptions, this film is presented as a “lyrical bounce from reality” but not “senseless extravagance.” The...

A short anti-war film denouncing the destruction of Polish national culture under the Nazis.

In 1930, Stefan and Franciszka Themerson made a controversial, black and white, silent, 35mm film in Warsaw. ‘Apteka’ was the first...

A photogram, used previously only within art photography, is adapted to create abstract moving patterns.

The original film Europa was made by Stefan and Franciska Themerson in Poland 1931 and was a visual interpretation of Anatol Stern’s 1929 poem...