The Painted Boy

The Painted Boy

89 mins | Documentary | June 14, 1995

"Malowany chlopiec" - 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. "The Painted Bird" has since its publication in 1965 been the subject of discussion on its authenticity.

The Painted Boy

89 mins | Documentary | June 14, 1995

The Painted Boy
"Malowany chlopiec" - 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. "The Painted Bird" has since its publication in 1965 been the subject of discussion on its authenticity.
Producers TVP, Mazur Film, Battalion Entertainment
Original title The Painted Boy
Directors Piotr Mazur
Writers Piotr Mazur, Jerzy Kosiński

Cast

Jerzy Kosiński

as Self/Writer

Urszula Dudziak

as Self/Jazz Vocalist

William Styron

as Self/Writer

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

as Self/Writer

Edward Warshol

as Self/Photographer

Jeannette Seaver

as Self/Publisher

Elizabeth Pochoda

as Self/Editor-in-Chief

Andrzej Migdalek

as Self/Contractor

Feliks Gross

as Self/Sociologist

Chung Kai-Man

as Self/Media

Thomas B. Fleming

as Self/Filmmaker

Abe Rosenthal

as Self/Journalist

Richard Seaver

as Self/Publisher/Translator