Andrzej Żuławski
Birthday: 1940-11-22
Place of Birth: Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Biography: Andrzej Żuławski (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.
Movies
Escape to the Silver Globe
A documentary project about what the filmmakers claim to be the greatest, unfulfilled dream of Polis...
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The Ashes
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at th...
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Sadness and Beauty
Hugo is a writer whose one great book was based on an affair he had with Lea, a sculptor. Bereft of ...
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On the Silver Globe
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They...
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The Other Side of the Wall: The Making of Possession
Daniel Bird narrates the making of Andrzej Zulawski’s 1981 film- Possession- covering the film’s inc...
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Samson
The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the f...
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Żuławski on Żuławski
A portrait of film director Andrzej Żuławski. This biographical documentary shows the different lay...
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Short Life, Long Death: The Making and Un-Making of On The Silver Globe
An exclusive talking head documentary about the film's production discusses how each aspect of the f...
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Two Faces of Andrzej Zulawski
Interview with Andrzej Zulawski director talks about his two passions films and books....
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