Stanisław Różewicz
Biography
Stanisław Różewicz (August 16, 1924 – November 8, 2008) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1947 and 1989. His 1967 film Westerplatte was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. His 1985 film Woman in a Hat was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. He was a younger brother of Polish poet, dramatist and writer Tadeusz Różewicz.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Self
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslowski's happy beginnings at the Lodz film school and how his dissatisfaction with some of his early documentaries prompted the dramatic work and stylistic experimentation that led to his monumental series of films The Decalogue (1989). Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, and Juliette Binoche are among the many admirers weighing in on his hard-driving work methods and preoccupation with the ephemeral. In Polish, French, and German with subtitles.
Movie - 1950, 2h 15m • as German Soldier (uncredited)
Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.