Cinema of Poland

Graduates of the famous Łódź Film School in Poland include many celebrated directors, among them Roman Polański (Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, Frantic, The Pianist) and Krzysztof Zanussi, a leading director of the cinema of moral anxiety of the 70s. Andrzej Wajda's films offer an insightful analysis of what is universal in the Polish experience - the struggle to maintain human dignity under circumstances which hardly allow it. His major films describe the identity of many of Poland's generations. In 2000 Wajda was awarded an Oscar for his contribution to cinema. In the 90s the films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, such as The Decalogue (made for television), The Double Life of Véronique and the Three Colors trilogy, won great popularity. Other Polish film directors such as Agnieszka Holland and Janusz Kamiński have worked in Hollywood as well. Polish animated films - represented by Jan Lenica and Zbigniew Rybczyński (awarded an Oscar in 1983) - have a long tradition, and derivie inspiration from Poland's graphic arts.

Directors

Piotr Andrejew Józef Arkusz Stanisław Bareja Walerian Borowczyk Piotr Dumała Aleksander Ford Wojciech Has Agnieszka Holland Jerzy Hoffman Wanda Jakubowska Tadeusz Jaworski Kazimierz Karabasz Jerzy Kawalerowicz Krzysztof Kieślowski (The Three Colors trilogy, The Decalogue) Jan Jakub Kolski Tadeusz Konwicki Krzysztof Krauze Jerzy Kucia Kazimierz Kutz J%C3%B3zef Lejtes	Jan Lenica Marcel Łoziński Juliusz Machulski Janusz Majewski Lech Majewski Janusz Morgenstern Andrzej Munk Jerzy Passendorfer Marek Piwowski Roman Polański Stanisław Różewicz Zbig Rybczyński Jerzy Skolimowski Ladislas Starevich (Władysław Starewicz) Jerzy Stuhr Piotr Szulkin Andrzej Wajda Michał Waszyński Krzysztof Zanussi Andrzej Żuławski

Most notable actors and actresses

Kazimierz Opaliński Piotr Adamczyk Eugeniusz Bodo Michał Bajor Zbigniew Cybulski Elzbieta Czyzewska Paweł Deląg Katarzyna Figura Malgorzata Foremniak Piotr Fronczewski Janusz Gajos Robert Gonera Karolina Gruszka Krystyna Janda Marian Kociniak Marek Kondrat		Bogusław Linda Krzysztof Majchrzak Pawel Malaszynski Pola Negri Daniel Olbrychski Joanna Pacula Cezary Pazura Jacek Poniedzialek Kinga Preis Wojciech Pszoniak Izabella Scorupco (left Poland in 1978) Andrzej Seweryn Jerzy Stuhr Grazyna Szapolowska Beata Tyszkiewicz Zbigniew Zamachowski

Notable films

A Generation Ashes and Diamonds Kanal Colonel Wolodyjowski Rejs (a.k.a. The Cruise) Dług (a.k.a. The Debt) imdb The Decalogue The Deluge Farewells Heroism The Hour-Glass Sanatorium How to Be Loved Katyń Knife in the Water The Last Day of Summer		Lotna Człowiek z żelaza (a.k.a. Man of Iron) Człowiek z marmuru (a.k.a. Man of Marble) Night Train The Passenger The Pianist The Promised Land The Revenge The Saragossa Manuscript Sexmission Teddy Bear Hell and Heaven With Fire and Sword The Revenge Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową (loosely translated as How I started the Second World War)

See also

• Polish film school
• National Film School in Łódź
• World cinema
• History of cinema
• List of films made in Poland in the Interwar Period
• List of famous Poles

External links

• Polish Film Institute
• Internet Polish Movie Database
• Polish Cinema Database
• Short overview of Polish cinema
• Film theory in Poland before World War IIMarek Haltof, Canadian Slavonic Papers, March-June 1998.
• european-films.net - Reviews, trailers, interviews, news and previews of recent and upcoming European films (in English)