The Art of Impermanence: Faces

A love story about my grandparents, that started out through written letters during WWII and ended with my Grandfather's sudden death 10 and a half years after they were married.

The film presents the last days of Gen. Sikorski, right before the Gibraltar catastrophe. The commander is accompanied by his daughter Zofia and a group of closest collaborators. They are all guests in the palace of the Governor of Gibraltar, Mason Macfarlane, who is supposed to persuade Sikorski to give back documents on the murder of Polish officers in Katyn. When Sikorski refuses, a plan of attempt on his life comes into action. Who stood behind it? Who executed it and how? Was Zofia on board of Liberator too?

Hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles have been written about the Soviet intelligence agent Richard Sorge and his activities. As an American journalist who knew him personally, wrote, "he intentionally created an image of a playboy, almost a reveler, which was the exact opposite of the figure of a smart and dangerous intelligence officer." Working as secretary of the German ambassador, Sorge had the most up-to-date and reliable information about the intentions of the leaders of the Third Reich, his connections in Tokyo's high society gave him the opportunity to check and recheck the information received before sending it to the Center. The curator of the Sorge on the GRU line, Boris Gudz, the oldest Russian intelligence officer, takes part in the film.

War experiences of those who lived in Japanese Camps in the Dutch East Indies were often traumatic. Some people later in life turned those experiences around into help for others, like General Govert Huyser, adjudant of Queen Beatrix and Frans Leidelmeijer, expert in Indonesian art.