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ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD

NEGATIVE STUFF.

LIKE, THE ONE GUY:

"OH, LET'S GO LOOK AT

PICTURES OF REAL WAR."

YOU KNOW, LIKE,

THIS IS MARK'S REAL WAR.

[BIRDS CHIRPING, DOG BARKING]

MY MIND CAN'T DECIDE

WHAT WORLD TO GO FOR.

REALISTIC WORLD?

BUT THERE'S DANGERS OUT THERE.

PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE SO...

REAL.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND

ALL THAT.

I FEEL SAFE:

WHEN I GET IN MY TOWN,

AND IT JUST TAKES

EVERYTHING AWAY.

I PREFER...

TO LIVE IN MY WORLD.

I WANT TO LIVE HERE

IN MARWENCOL.

["MOONLIGHT SERENADE"

BY GLENN MILLER PLAYING]

MY CHARACTER IN THE STORY

HAD TO CREATE SOMETHING

FOR HIMSELF:

TO DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA

THAT HE STILL HAD

FROM BEING ATTACKED BY 5 S.S.,

AND BEATEN, AND KICKED,

ALMOST TO DEATH.

YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS A LOT

OF WEAR AND TEAR

ON HIS MIND AND STUFF, SO...

YOU KNOW, HE FOUND COMFORT

IN BUILDING HIS OWN LITTLE

WORLD, HIS OWN LITTLE TOWN,

THAT'S, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLED WITH LITTLE

1/6 SCALE DOLLS AND FIGURES

AND STUFF, AND EACH

WITH A PERSONALITY.

["MOONLIGHT SERENADE" CONTINUES]

GONNA NEED THIS...

Man:
YEAH.

IF I WANT TO CRY. HEH!

THIS IS ME,

AFTER THE ATTACK,

OF COURSE.

ALWAYS SMOKING. UM...

Man:
HOW DID IT FEEL

WATCHING IT?

I WAS SCARED AT FIRST,

BUT CURIOUS.

AND AFTER ME, YOU KNOW,

PICKING MYSELF APART,

LIKE I'M TOO FAT,

AND I'M THIS AND THAT.

THEN I WAS LIKE:

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THAT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT

THE APPEARANCE OF IT,

YOU KNOW.

[SCOFFS]

WHAT DO YOU THINK AUDIENCES

ARE GONNA THINK OF IT?

WHAT I HOPE THAT AUDIENCES

THINK ABOUT THE FILM

IS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT

TO BE...

TO BE THEMSELVES.

IT'S OK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S--

NOBODY HAS--

NOBODY ON THE PLANET

HAS ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER

TO JUDGE SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THAT'S...

THAT'S WHAT

I HAVE TO LEARN, TOO.

YOU KNOW, THAT--

THAT GOES FOR ME, TOO.

I'M QUICK TO JUDGE

OTHER PEOPLE, TOO,

AND I'VE GOT TO STOP.

AND AT LEAST I'M AWARE

OF THAT ENOUGH TO KNOW,

YOU KNOW,

TO RETHINK EVERYTHING

AND LOOK AT IT:

FROM A DIFFERENT,

YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HELLO?

HEY, MOM.

GOOD, GOOD.

HOW YOU DOING?

YEAH, HE'S FILMING ME

RIGHT NOW:

AS WE'RE SPEAKING

ON THE PHONE.

HEH!

I JUST WATCHED MY MOVIE.

HE AND I JUST WATCHED

THE MOVIE.

OH, MY GOD. HEH!

IT'S SO GOOD.

HE TOLD THE STORY--

MY STORY--SO WELL.

BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW--

I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO

SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY,

AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE

HOW HE WOULD:

PORTRAY IT, RIGHT?

AND HE TOLD IT EXACTLY

AS I WOULD HAVE TOLD IT

IF I KNEW HOW. HEH!

WITHOUT, YOU KNOW,

GETTING BEAT UP AGAIN.

COMING SOON TO:

"INDEPENDENT LENS"...

IN 1942, NAZI FILMMAKERS

CAPTURED THE ESSENCE

OF LIFE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO,

EXCEPT IT WAS ALL STAGED.

A NEWLY RECOVERED

REEL OF OUTTAKES

SHOWS A DIFFERENT STORY--

ONE OF DECEPTION AND COVER-UP.

WITH THIS FOOTAGE AND

THE VOICES OF THE SURVIVORS,

CAN THE RECORD FINALLY

BE SET STRAIGHT?

"A FILM UNFINISHED."

SEE YOU NEXT TIME

ON "INDEPENDENT LENS."

Announcer:
CONNECT

WITH "INDEPENDENT LENS"

ONLINE AT PBS.ORG.

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WATCH VIDEOS, AND EXPLORE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES.

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EVERY PROGRAM ON OUR WEBSITE.

"MARWENCOL" IS AVAILABLE

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