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The Painted Boy
The Painted Boy

THE PAINTED BOY

Directed by Piotr Mazur
Poland, 1995
Documentary

Synopsis

The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel “The Painted Bird” by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his book describes himself as an abandoned child who became mute, ended up in an orphanage and only later discovers his Jewish origin.

Synopsis

The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel “The Painted Bird” by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his book describes himself as an abandoned child who became mute, ended up in an orphanage and only later discovers his Jewish origin.