‘Borderline on Fire’ – the Film Image of the Polish Inter-War Period as an Element of Public Discourse
‘Borderline on Fire’ – the Film Image of the Polish Inter-War Period as an Element of Public Discourse
Author(s): Marek SiomaSubject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Andrzej Konic; Second Re;ublic of Poland; historical TV drama series; inter-war period; Polish-German relations; politics of history; discourse; Second Department of Polish General Staff; Abwehr
Summary/Abstract: Focusing on a 24-episode TV drama series Borderline on Fire, the presented text offers an analysis of the long-lasting discussion of both the series and the Second Republic of Poland with which the series is bound up. The main goal I set myself in writing the article was to show the significance of the inter-war era – which is inseparably associated with the person of Józef Piłsudski and which has been the subject of much mythologization – in public discourse. The article supports the conclusion that the inter-war period still attracts much interest, especially among history-lovers, and that the series dealt with in it can be considered to be one of the factors to which the epoch owes this interest.
Journal: Res Historica
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 50
- Page Range: 483-507
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English