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Shortly before his 15th birthday, Wladyslaw "Walter" Wojnas took a bike ride into the Polish countryside. When he returned, he found Nazi troops burning down his village and murdering his entire family. Walter was kidnapped, thrown into a military truck, and sent to a labor camp. From 1940 to 1945, Walter endured the Stutthof Concentration Camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. He worked under the extreme authoritative hand of a Nazi Master Watchmaker who taught him how to turn the stolen watches from the Jews into gifts for the Nazi officers. Upon liberation, Walter was determined to learn everything he could about the internal workings of clocks and watches. He felt he could get some kind of revenge by obtaining as much knowledge as he could and become the very best master watchmaker. Based on a True Story.

Mitch Yapko is an award-winning writer/director/producer, known for his unique character work, focusing often on real characters in surreal situations. He looks for the heart of the story, and strives to make all of his films relatable. He loves taking ideas from concept through to completion, and loves to pull people out of their day-to-day lives and into his imagined worlds. His films have shown in over 100 film festivals over the years, including Sundance Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Dances with Films, and many others. Three of his last short projects went on to screen at over 75 festivals around the world.
- Year2024
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereFlorida
- DirectorMitch Yapko
- ScreenwriterMark Dylan Brown
- ProducerMitch Yapko
- CastStephen Tobolowsky, Gareth Williams, Benjamin Stockham
- EditorBryon Evans
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Shortly before his 15th birthday, Wladyslaw "Walter" Wojnas took a bike ride into the Polish countryside. When he returned, he found Nazi troops burning down his village and murdering his entire family. Walter was kidnapped, thrown into a military truck, and sent to a labor camp. From 1940 to 1945, Walter endured the Stutthof Concentration Camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. He worked under the extreme authoritative hand of a Nazi Master Watchmaker who taught him how to turn the stolen watches from the Jews into gifts for the Nazi officers. Upon liberation, Walter was determined to learn everything he could about the internal workings of clocks and watches. He felt he could get some kind of revenge by obtaining as much knowledge as he could and become the very best master watchmaker. Based on a True Story.

Mitch Yapko is an award-winning writer/director/producer, known for his unique character work, focusing often on real characters in surreal situations. He looks for the heart of the story, and strives to make all of his films relatable. He loves taking ideas from concept through to completion, and loves to pull people out of their day-to-day lives and into his imagined worlds. His films have shown in over 100 film festivals over the years, including Sundance Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Dances with Films, and many others. Three of his last short projects went on to screen at over 75 festivals around the world.
- Year2024
- Runtime17 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereFlorida
- DirectorMitch Yapko
- ScreenwriterMark Dylan Brown
- ProducerMitch Yapko
- CastStephen Tobolowsky, Gareth Williams, Benjamin Stockham
- EditorBryon Evans
