PL

1957

16 min

Finished

Article Zero

Paragraf Zero

Directing: Włodzimierz Borowik

Synopsis

“There’s no set design. This is not a feature film. We are simply collecting material for sociologists and lawyers.” The film’s commentary emphasises the authenticity of the voyeuristic footage found from a police station where cops took prostitutes into custody after a night raid in the streets and slums of Warsaw. Formally and in terms of content, the most radical film of the Polish black film series bears witness to a phenomenon in which a paragraph was missing in the Civil Code.