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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 (CieÅ„, 1956) and Night Train (PociÄ…g, 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 BolesÅ‚aw 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.
Jerzy Kawalerowicz Biography / Wiki
| Name | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Also Know | Ежи Кавалерович |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Gwozdziec, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Hvizdets, Ukraine] |
| Date of Birth | 1922-01-19 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 85 |
| Deathday | 2007-12-27 |
Jerzy Kawalerowicz Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Steel Hearts | German Officer (uncredited) | 1948-05-10 | 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 t… |
| Devil’s Ravine | (uncredited) | 1950-01-01 | … |
Jerzy Kawalerowicz Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Pharaoh | Director | 1966-03-10 | Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt’s clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious p… |
| Austeria | Director | 1983-03-28 | During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks…. |
| Night Train | Director | 1959-09-06 | Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also … |
| Quo Vadis | Director | 2001-08-30 | Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian comman… |
| The Hostage of Europe | Director | 1989-09-29 | 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… |
| Maddalena | Director | 1971-11-19 | The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest…. |
| Cellulose | Director | 1954-04-27 | 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 en… |
| Bronstein’s Children | Director | 1991-12-05 | … |
| Shadow | Director | 1956-05-01 | 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 … |
| Why? | Director | 1996-04-18 | A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality…. |
| Death of a President | Director | 1977-10-10 | 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 Nationa… |
| Under the Phrygian Star | Director | 1954-10-30 | With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-a… |
| The Game | Director | 1969-05-20 | Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of deat… |
| The Real End of the Great War | Director | 1957-10-10 | 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 week… |
| Gromada | Director | 1952-04-29 | 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 th… |
| Mother Joan of the Angels | Director | 1961-02-09 | Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly possessed … |
| The Last Stage | First Assistant Director | 1948-03-28 | Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of in… |
| Chance Meeting on the Atlantic | Director | 1980-09-11 | Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontation… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Quo Vadis | Writer | 2001-08-30 | Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian comman… |
| The Hostage of Europe | Writer | 1989-09-29 | 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… |
| Maddalena | Writer | 1971-11-19 | The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest…. |
| Night Train | Writer | 1959-09-06 | Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also … |
| Austeria | Writer | 1983-03-28 | During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks…. |
| Cellulose | Screenplay | 1954-04-27 | 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 en… |
| Under the Phrygian Star | Screenplay | 1954-10-30 | With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-a… |
| Death of a President | Writer | 1977-10-10 | 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 Nationa… |
| The Game | Writer | 1969-05-20 | Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of deat… |
| Gromada | Writer | 1952-04-29 | 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 th… |
| Pharaoh | Writer | 1966-03-10 | Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt’s clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious p… |
| Mother Joan of the Angels | Screenplay | 1961-02-09 | Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly possessed … |
| Why? | Screenplay | 1996-04-18 | A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality…. |
| Chance Meeting on the Atlantic | Writer | 1980-09-11 | Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontation… |
Credit: TMDB
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