Kazimierz Kutz was born February 16, 1929, in Szopienice, since 1960 district of Katowice, to a railway worker and a former partisan of the Silesian Uprisings. After the World War II Kutz graduated from gymnasium in MysÅ‚owice and in 1949 was admitted to the Åódź Film School. After finishing his studies in 1954 he started working as an assistant to Andrzej Wajda.
His film debut was Cross of Valor (1959). Since then he finished more than 20 pictures, including six about his home region – Silesia. He is also famous for directing theatre plays on some of the most prominent scenes of Poland, including the Teatr Stary in Kraków and National Theatre in Warsaw, as well as several plays for the Polish television. In 1972, he founded the Silesia Film Company in Katowice and, until 1978, was its Artistic Director.
In the 1970s he became the main director of the Polish Television branch in Katowice. He was also working for several branch and cultural organisations. After the Martial Law had been imposed in Poland in 1981 Kutz was interned by the communist authorities, but was released soon afterwards. Between 1981 and 1983, lectured in the Radio and Television Faculty at Silesian University in Katowice, and, between 1985 and 1991, taught directing at the Higher Theatre School in Kraków. Since 1987, was Principal Director in the Polish Television Centre in Katowice and, between 1990 and 1991, headed the Centre. After the peaceful transition to democracy in 1989 Kutz became the head of the Polish TV branch in Kraków (until 1991).
For his involvement in the matters of Silesia, and for his films depicting the traditions and problems of that part of Poland, he is considered by some the spokesman of all Silesians. In a plebiscite organised by Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper he was chosen the third most famous Silesian ever and the first among the living people. In 1997 he was awarded with the title of doctor honoris causa by the University of Opole. He is currently a promotor and patron of several Silesia-based cultural feasts and societies, including the Festiwal Filmów Kultowych, Festiwal Sztuki Reżyserskiej, Cultural Congress of the Upper Silesia, Council of Culture of the Silesian Voivodship, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice and Committee for the Construction of Silesian Museum. He is also one of the supporters of development of the Silesian language.
His 1995 film Reverted was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1997 Kutz took part in the elections to the Senate of Poland (from the list of Freedom Union party, Katowice constituency) and was supported by approximately 500,000 Silesians. In 2001 he was elected for his second term as a non-partisan candidate, and in 2005 re-elected for the third term. Currently he is the deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland. For his social involvements, he was awarded with many of the highest Polish awards.
Kazimierz Kutz is married to Iwona and has two sons (Gabriel and Tymek) and two daughters (Wiktoria and Kamila).
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Kazimierz Kutz Biography / Wiki
| Name | Kazimierz Kutz |
| Also Know | Kazimierz Julian Kuc, Казимеж Куц |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Szopienice (obecnie Katowice), Polska |
| Date of Birth | 1929-02-16 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 89 |
| Deathday | 2018-12-18 |
Kazimierz Kutz Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| I Have Lived Seventeen Times | himself | The main character of “Å»yÅ‚em siedemnaÅ›cie razy” reflects on his childhood in Gwoździec and tells a story about the beginning of his career as a fi… | |
| Puppet Masters | Himself | 2010-03-15 | Unfulfilled promises of politicians, victims of the system, backstage of election campaign…. |
| Kanal | powstaniec w kanale (nie wystÄ™puje w napisach) | 1957-04-20 | During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the… |
| A Generation | CzÅ‚onek GL (niewymieniony w czołówce) | 1955-01-26 | Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to th… |
Kazimierz Kutz Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Cross of Valor | Director | 1959-03-27 | Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he fi… |
| Nobody’s Calling | Director | 1960-10-31 | “In 1960 Kazimierz Kutz’ second film NIKT NIE WOLA / NOBODY’S CALLING, based on a Jozef Hen novel that was never published in Poland, described the fa… |
| Reverted | Director | 1994-05-03 | Young democracy activist is being chased by police in a very funny way…. |
| The Beads of One Rosary | Director | 1980-03-24 | The crusty hero, Habryka, is an old miner who has won many worker medals and is now retired with his youngest son and latter’s family living with him…. |
| Heat | Director | 1964-10-02 | Musical directed by Kazimierz Kutz…. |
| Pearl in the Crown | Director | 1972-01-27 | Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920’s. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. T… |
| Silence | Director | 1963-04-01 | Set in a small Polish town just after the war, the story of an unruly teenager who constantly taunts the old priest. One day the youth has a horrible … |
| The Taste of the Black Earth | Director | 1970-03-06 | During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands…. |
| The People from the Train | Director | 1961-05-11 | A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees p… |
| Colonel Kwiatkowski | Director | 1996-05-10 | … |
| Death as a Slice of Bread | Director | 1994-05-07 | … |
| ZnikÄ…d donikÄ…d | Director | 1975-08-15 | … |
| Word of Honor | Director | 1953-04-01 | Kazimierz Kutz’s student film. While playing soldier a boy is told to stand guard, but his friends finish the game, forget all about him, and go home…. |
| Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza | Director | 1994-01-04 | … |
| Tarpany | Director | 1962-02-14 | … |
| Na straży swej stać bÄ™dÄ™ | Director | 1984-10-08 | Set during the World War II. Story follows a young officer, returning home after lost September 1939 campaign, who organizes an underground network, b… |
| Skok | Director | 1969-06-10 | … |
| Ktokolwiek wie… | Director | 1966-10-14 | … |
| Linia | Director | 1975-03-07 | Young PZPR activist gets in conflict with corrupt district party dignitaries… |
| Director | Adaptation of the once very loud, today somewhat forgotten book of Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz . “Fame and Glory” is the most extensive novel by the author … | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Reverted | Screenplay | 1994-05-03 | Young democracy activist is being chased by police in a very funny way…. |
| The Beads of One Rosary | Writer | 1980-03-24 | The crusty hero, Habryka, is an old miner who has won many worker medals and is now retired with his youngest son and latter’s family living with him…. |
| Cross of Valor | Writer | 1959-03-27 | Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he fi… |
| Death as a Slice of Bread | Writer | 1994-05-07 | … |
| Pearl in the Crown | Writer | 1972-01-27 | Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920’s. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. T… |
| Tarpany | Writer | 1962-02-14 | … |
| Skok | Writer | 1969-06-10 | … |
| Na straży swej stać bÄ™dÄ™ | Writer | 1984-10-08 | Set during the World War II. Story follows a young officer, returning home after lost September 1939 campaign, who organizes an underground network, b… |
| The Taste of the Black Earth | Writer | 1970-03-06 | During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands…. |
| Silence | Writer | 1963-04-01 | Set in a small Polish town just after the war, the story of an unruly teenager who constantly taunts the old priest. One day the youth has a horrible … |
| Linia | Writer | 1975-03-07 | Young PZPR activist gets in conflict with corrupt district party dignitaries… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Hourglass Sanatorium | Art Department Manager | 1973-12-12 | A young man named Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob. On his arrival, a sinister doctor informs him that his father had st… |
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