Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Nacimiento : 1922-01-19, Gwoździec, obwód stanisławowski, Polska [obecnie Ukraina]
Muerte : 2007-12-27
Historia
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.
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Siglo I d.C.. El oficial romano Marco Vinicio regresa de la guerra en Asia Menor y visita a su tío Petronio, amigo del emperador Nerón. Vinicio le confiesa que se ha enamorado de una joven misteriosa, Ligia, a quien ha conocido en la casa del general Aulus Plaucius. En una fiesta, Vinicio trata de aprovecharse de Ligia, pero su protector, el gigantesco Ursus, la saca de palacio y la lleva al lugar donde se reúnen los cristianos. Cuando Ligia es acusada de haber asesinado a la hija de Nerón, Vinicio la busca en las catacumbas. Pero la vida de los cristianos peligra al ser acusados de haber provocado el incendio de Roma, ordenado en realidad por el emperador.
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Siglo I d.C.. El oficial romano Marco Vinicio regresa de la guerra en Asia Menor y visita a su tío Petronio, amigo del emperador Nerón. Vinicio le confiesa que se ha enamorado de una joven misteriosa, Ligia, a quien ha conocido en la casa del general Aulus Plaucius. En una fiesta, Vinicio trata de aprovecharse de Ligia, pero su protector, el gigantesco Ursus, la saca de palacio y la lleva al lugar donde se reúnen los cristianos. Cuando Ligia es acusada de haber asesinado a la hija de Nerón, Vinicio la busca en las catacumbas. Pero la vida de los cristianos peligra al ser acusados de haber provocado el incendio de Roma, ordenado en realidad por el emperador.
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A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality.
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A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality.
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On the island of Saint Helena, a prisoner Napoleon resisted allies who, through the voice of the English governor, Hudson Lowe, tried to humiliate him, break him, poison him in the figurative sense of the word, and perhaps literally.
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On the island of Saint Helena, a prisoner Napoleon resisted allies who, through the voice of the English governor, Hudson Lowe, tried to humiliate him, break him, poison him in the figurative sense of the word, and perhaps literally.
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La acción se desarrolla en una localidad al este del Imperio Austro-Húngaro en los primeros días de la I Guerra Mundial. En la austera (taberna) del viejo judío Tag se esconden judíos de varias capas sociales amenazados por las tropas cosacas...
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La acción se desarrolla en una localidad al este del Imperio Austro-Húngaro en los primeros días de la I Guerra Mundial. En la austera (taberna) del viejo judío Tag se esconden judíos de varias capas sociales amenazados por las tropas cosacas...
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Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. Neither of them was willing to admit their differences from the college days. The meeting torments the doctor enough to start him drinking and dying of a heart attack.
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Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. Neither of them was willing to admit their differences from the college days. The meeting torments the doctor enough to start him drinking and dying of a heart attack.
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After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
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After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
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Una mujer morena llamada Maddalena quiere satisfacer sus deseos sexuales y terminará haciendo dudar de su fe a un párroco joven y apuesto. Por otro lado, una mujer rubia, también llamada Maddalena, se reúne con su marido (de quien busca únicamente la protección económica) y se aprovecha de que él está enamorado hasta tal punto que no le importa concederle el divorcio que pide, con la condición de que siga siendo su amante en lugar de su esposa, y continúe acostándose con él.
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Una mujer morena llamada Maddalena quiere satisfacer sus deseos sexuales y terminará haciendo dudar de su fe a un párroco joven y apuesto. Por otro lado, una mujer rubia, también llamada Maddalena, se reúne con su marido (de quien busca únicamente la protección económica) y se aprovecha de que él está enamorado hasta tal punto que no le importa concederle el divorcio que pide, con la condición de que siga siendo su amante en lugar de su esposa, y continúe acostándose con él.
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Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of death, she doubts her attachment to her husband. It turns out that in marriage, too, he only plays his part, with greater or lesser conviction.
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Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of death, she doubts her attachment to her husband. It turns out that in marriage, too, he only plays his part, with greater or lesser conviction.
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Imperio Nuevo. Egipto se encuentra en una difícil coyuntura. Por una parte, los asirios amenazan con invadir el país y, por otra, el empobrecimiento del pueblo es cada vez mayor. Una vez proclamado faraón, el joven Ramsés XIII (faraón inexistente) decide poner remedio a esta situación sirviéndose de las riquezas de la casta sacerdotal, que concentra en sus manos el poder económico, religioso y, de hecho, también el político. Prueba de ello es que el faraón fue derrotado y sus reformas nunca se llevaron a cabo.
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Imperio Nuevo. Egipto se encuentra en una difícil coyuntura. Por una parte, los asirios amenazan con invadir el país y, por otra, el empobrecimiento del pueblo es cada vez mayor. Una vez proclamado faraón, el joven Ramsés XIII (faraón inexistente) decide poner remedio a esta situación sirviéndose de las riquezas de la casta sacerdotal, que concentra en sus manos el poder económico, religioso y, de hecho, también el político. Prueba de ello es que el faraón fue derrotado y sus reformas nunca se llevaron a cabo.
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En el siglo XVII, un alto dignatario de Roma acude al convento de una pequeña ciudad polaca para exorcizar a la directora del mismo. (FILMAFFINITY)
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En el siglo XVII, un alto dignatario de Roma acude al convento de una pequeña ciudad polaca para exorcizar a la directora del mismo. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Un joven, que quiere ser doctor, se sube a un tren en el que conoce a una joven secretaria... Considerada la mejor película de su realizador junto (Faraón), un thriller de intriga que homenajea a Hitchcock.
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Un joven, que quiere ser doctor, se sube a un tren en el que conoce a una joven secretaria... Considerada la mejor película de su realizador junto (Faraón), un thriller de intriga que homenajea a Hitchcock.
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Roza marries a promising young architect, Juliusz ; for a few months, they have a blissful life together. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Roza abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Roza starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
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A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
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With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.
Director
With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny and the charismatic Madzia, as the ill-fated pair fall in love amid the social and political upheaval of their homeland.
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Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
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Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
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The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
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The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
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German Officer (uncredited)
In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...
First Assistant Director
Polonia, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Martha Weiss, una mujer judía, llega al campo de exterminio de Auschwitz con su familia. A ella se le asigna el papel de intérprete, pero sus seres queridos son mucho menos afortunados.
