A moving film about the youngest participants of the Warsaw Uprising

The Museum of the Home Army invites you to a screening of the film “The Last Colombians” on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00. The meeting will be attended by the creators: director Paweł Stauffer and Krzysztof Jabłoński, editor and assistant director and descendants of the heroes.

“The Last Columbus” is a short story about two very young participants of the Warsaw Uprising, the Warsaw Children - witnesses and participants of the great national uprising against the German occupier.

Who is the movie about? Wiesław Zienkiewicz, alias “Krecik” was born in June 1934, in a family that has always been guided by the motto “God, Honor, Homeland”. Faithfulness to this principle meant that Roman Zienkiewicz, Wiesław's father, was arrested by the Gestapo and then murdered in the German concentration camp in Buchenwald. Wiesław's mother, Marianna was imprisoned and tortured by German torturers in Pawiak. Wiesław Zienkiewicz survived the occupation in occupied Warsaw under the care of religious sisters. He was not buried alive in a mass grave of civilians shot from a bribe in a Jewish cemetery. He participated in the conspiracy, transferred weapons, food and reports. He joined the Warsaw Uprising when he was only 10 years old. He died on July 18, 2024.

Andrzej Witkowski, P.S. “Rip” was born on November 14, 1930, was a scout of the Grey Szeregów,) bound by friendship with the family of Leona and Józef Zawadzki, in whose apartment he often met with the famous soldiers of the “Parasol” Battalion - Tadeusz Zawadzki “Zośka”, Jan Bytnar “Rudy” and Alexy Davidovsky “Alek”. He participated in the Warsaw Uprising in Żoliborz. After the war he completed his medical studies in Łódź and was ordered to work in Opole. As an orthopedic surgeon, he worked in the Voivodship Hospital. Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polish Revival by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. He died on 19 December 2024 in Opole.

The director of the film is Paweł Stauffer (born 1967) photojournalist, journalist, documentary filmmaker, creator of the avenue of stars of Polish song on the Opole Market Square. He worked in the Independent Tribune of Opole, Rzeczpospolita, TVP. Winner of more than a dozen press awards in international and national competitions, including Grand Press Photo and International Photo Awards.

The narration is conducted by Arkadiusz Janiczek (born 1974), an actor of the National Theater, known for many films, including “The Savior's Square” (2006), or serials (“Złotopolscy”, “The Century of the Winners”, “Crown of Kings”).

Editor and assistant director is Krzysztof Jabłoński (born 1989). He edited the film by A. Gargas “The Great Leap” about Józef Piłsudski, worked in the editing teams of the series “Reset” by M. Rachonia and the film “Experiment” by M. Tulicki.