Jerzy Kawalerowicz
From Wikipedia Jerzy Kawalerowicz (19 January 1922 – 27 December 2007) was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since 1985 until 1989. Jerzy Kawalerowicz was noted for his powerful, detail-oriented imagery and the depth of ideas in his films. After working as an assistant director, he made his directorial debut with the 1951 film The Village Mill (Gromada). He was a leading figure in the Polish Film School, and his films Shadow (Cień, 1956) and Night Train (Pociąg, 1959) constitute some of that movement's best work. Other noted works by Kawalerowicz include Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniołów, 1961) and a 1966 adaptation of Bolesław Prus' historical novel, Pharaoh (Faraon), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film He died on 27 December 2007 in Warsaw, Poland. He was 85.
Pharaoh
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Night Train
(Director)
Austeria
(Director)
Quo Vadis
(Director)
Quo Vadis
(Writer)
The Hostage of Europe
(Director)
The Hostage of Europe
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Why?
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The Last Stage
(First Assistant Director)
Cellulose
(Director)
Night Train
(Writer)
Bronstein's Children
(Director)
Maddalena
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Maddalena
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Shadow
(Director)
Austeria
(Writer)
Why?
(Director)
Death of a President
(Director)
Chance Meeting on the Atlantic
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Chance Meeting on the Atlantic
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Cellulose
(Screenplay)
Under the Phrygian Star
(Director)
Under the Phrygian Star
(Screenplay)
The Game
(Director)
Gromada
(Storyboard)
The Real End of the Great War
(Screenplay)
The Real End of the Great War
(Director)
Gromada
(Director)
Pharaoh
(Screenplay)
Death of a President
(Writer)
The Game
(Screenplay)
Forbidden Songs
(Assistant Director)
Powrót
(Assistant Director)
The Steel Hearts
(Assistant Director)
Powrót
(Storyboard Assistant)
Devil's Ravine
(Assistant Director)
Gromada
(Writer)
Mother Joan of the Angels
(Director)
Mother Joan of the Angels
(Screenplay)
Quo Vadis
(Creator)