Wanda Jakubowska Revisited

The book by Monika Talarczyk is devoted to the life and work of Wanda Jakubowska (19071998), author of The Last Stage (1948), an icon of womens cinema, said to be the Mother of All Holocaust Films. The author discovers previously unknown facts in Jakubowskas biography from the period of her childhood in Russia and her youth, associated with Polish socialists. She also provides a closer look at the directors activity in post-war production culture as a chairwoman of the film units and a teacher at the £ód Film School. Talarczyk presents Jakubowskas works in the context of Holocaust studies as well as womens cinema. The publication includes Jakubowskas descriptive filmography. The directors achievements are illustrated by previously unpublished photos from film sets as well as film stills from Jakubowskas private archive.