Elizabeth Stillwell, who worked on 2018 Kristen Stewart period drama 'Lizzie,' is also producing what is being planned as a US/Poland co-production.
A soldier with the Polish Army in World War II, Pilecki volunteered for a Polish resistance operation that involved infiltrating the Auschwitz concentration camp. In 1941, he penned what some say was the first comprehensive intelligence report on Auschwitz and the Holocaust, only to see it ignored by the Allied powers.
He was a co-founder of Nazi resistance group the Secret Polish Army and a fighter in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Any notions of being considered a hero were tossed when he was arrested in 1947 by Poland’s new communist government which charged him with working for foreign governments. After a show trial, he was executed in 1948.
His story was largely buried for decades but resurfaced when communism fell. Historians and writers fell for his larger-than-life actions, as did filmmakers. In 2020, Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag was developing a biopic on Pilecki titledTenngren and Stillwell are working with a local production team as well as Pilecki’s family, conducting extensive research for the project. The project does not currently have a director.
“I was thrilled to read the script and to be working with the filmmakers,” said great-grandson Krzysztof Kosior in a statement. “I am grateful this film is being made and that a global audience will know my great-grandfather’s story.” While still early days, the producers believe the project could be the largest of its kind in Poland and is using the cooperation of public and private resources. They also hope to shoot in Poland and Italy.
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