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Krzysztof Zanussi, (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter.

He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is also a professor at the Silesian University in Katowice.

Krzysztof Zanussi

Krzysztof Zanussi Biography / Wiki

NameKrzysztof Zanussi
Also Know
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthWarsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Date of Birth1939-06-17
Age(as in 2022)83
Deathday

Krzysztof Zanussi Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Celluloid ManSelf2012-06-26Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built…
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof KieslowskiSelf2005-02-27Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker’s career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslo…
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg SentsovSelf2017-04-06August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he …
Camera BuffHimself1979-11-16Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it’s the first camera in town, he’s named official photographer by the local Part…
Meeting Andrei TarkovskyHimself2008-10-17In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky’s death, student filmmaker Dmitry Trakovsky sets out in search of his favorite director’s le…
Weekend Stories: The Soul Singskonferansjer1997-09-19A classical singer who put his career on hold to raise a family gets a big break when a major company hires him for a televised New Year’s Eve concert…
The GiftSelf2019-04-10After the release of “Nostalgia”, Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to work abroad: he has to go back home. But he understan…
Talking Heads 2021Self2021-09-23The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof KieÅ›lowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocu…
Solidarność, Solidarność…Self2005-08-31
Sodankylä ForeverSelf2010-08-05The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded …

Krzysztof Zanussi Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
A Year of the Quiet SunDirector1984-09-09Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both exp…
And a Warm HeartDirector2008-09-26
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted DiseaseDirector2000-09-08The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith and morality as his end is near, so he makes all efforts to find dignity in his im…
Black SunDirector2007-06-15After learning the identity of the man who killed her husband, a young widow struggles with whether to forgive the killer or avenge her husband’s deat…
InventoryDirector1989-10-23Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography…
IlluminationDirector1973-09-29Krzysztof Zanussi’s groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality …
Pope John Paul II.Director2004-01-01
From a Far CountryDirector1981-09-15The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some y…
CamouflageDirector1977-01-28A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is…
The Structure of CrystalDirector1969-10-14Two talented physicists used to work together in the frontline of academy in scientific discovery. One of them, Jan, gave everything up and went to a …
The Silent TouchDirector1992-09-30Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, wh…
The ContractDirector1980-11-17Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an “arranged” ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each othe…
ImperativeDirector1982-04-01Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982’s Imperative. The story concern…
Persona non grataDirector2005-04-01A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife….
The Constant FactorDirector1980-06-04The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the “emotional quotient”…
The SpiralDirector1978-06-04In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agit…
Family LifeDirector1971-09-24This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the aristocratic…
Wherever You Are…Director1988-09-11An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II….
A Woman’s DecisionDirector1975-01-21The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she won’t…
Life for Life: Maximilian KolbeDirector1991-04-01The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz….
At Full GallopDirector1996-04-01Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father’s decisio…
RevisitedDirector2009-04-01In this mixture of fiction and documentary Krzysztof Zanussi invites a number of Poland’s great actors—Maja Komorowowska, Daniel Olbrychski, and J…
VersuchungDirector1982-01-01
Foreign BodyDirector2014-10-17A dashing young Italian in Poland finds himself caught between two women — a novitiate nun and a ruthless corporate ladder-climber — in this lacer…
Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector2013-07-31Made for the Venice Film Festival’s 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t…
Das lange Gespräch mit dem VogelDirector1992-08-20
Weekend Stories: A Woman’s BusinessDirector1996-03-19A woman whose passport was denied under the previous Communist regime by a vindictive party secretary is given a chance to confront the woman and take…
The UnapproachableDirector1982-08-01
NachtdienstDirector1975-01-01
Haus der FrauenDirector1978-03-08
HipotezaDirector1973-10-31Short Drama…
Behind the WallDirector1971-10-19Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compas…
Ways in the NightDirector1979-09-09Friedrich is a wealthy, handsome German soldier fighting in World War II. His unit is stationed in Poland and occupies the estate of Countess Elzbieta…
Power Of EvilDirector1985-08-01An unsuspecting student thinks that the wife of an arms dealer is unhappy, but in reality she appears as cynical as her capitalist man….
The Death of a ProvincialDirector1966-10-15Young and lively artist lives at the monastery while restoring the interiors and pays attention to the very old monk who is going to pass away soon….
ExaminationDirector1968-04-01A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor’s house to beg to be allowed to take it….
Face to FaceDirector1967-04-01The film depicts a moral dilemma of a clerk who has to face a choice: whether to save a stranger or to pretend that he hasn’t seen anything, so that h…
Mountains at DuskDirector1970-04-01An old professor and his student go mountain climbing together….
The SupplementDirector2002-04-01An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee. Follow up to “Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease” …
BlaubartDirector1984-10-27
The CatamountDirector1974-12-31A banker troubled by both business and personal problems is transferred to a small town. There he meets and seduces an older woman. Together, they dec…
Pittsville – Ein Safe voll BlutDirector1975-11-12
Krzysztof PendereckiDirector1968-06-22A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki…
A Plane from BudapestDirector1961-01-01Here we see short scenes from a random day at the airport. We have flying planes, landings, passport checking scenes, passengers waiting for their rel…
Weekend Stories: Deceptive CharmDirector1998-03-24An idealistic scientist is encouraged by his wife to use his good looks to get ahead, but his new job carries with it temptations and traps….
Weekend Stories: The Last CircleDirector1998-03-31An aging ballet legend who defected to France years before returns home to Poland for the first time to appear in a charity performance, and he immedi…
Weekend Stories: The Hidden TreasureDirector2001-01-26Rose, an older woman living in Paris was born in Poland as a daughter of an aristocratic family. Her family house is now an impoverished home for the …
Weekend Stories: Little FaithDirector1997-03-24A rational young man and his devoutly Catholic wife believe their sickly son may have leukemia. As they await further tests over a weekend they both s…
Weekend Stories: Dilatory LineDirector1998-04-14A young TV producer struggles with his conscience when he becomes convinced that his TV program is covering up a lie, but the more he tries to reveal …
Weekend Stories: Unwritten LawDirector1998-04-28A handsome young chauffeur hired by a powerful and charismatic businesswoman discovers he has been made an unwitting party to fraud, but his moral out…
Weekend Stories: The Soul SingsDirector1997-09-19A classical singer who put his career on hold to raise a family gets a big break when a major company hires him for a televised New Year’s Eve concert…
StudentsDirector1962-06-01This is a short story woven into the scenery of Kraków’s students’ festival. The camera is always at the center of events and is accompanied by the …
Danish Girls Show EverythingDirector1996-01-01Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-t…
The Wrong AddressDirector1995-05-19A film by Krzysztof Zanussi inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Lady with an Ermine”. The director takes us to the Museum Czartoryski …
Recepta dla JohnaDirector1960-01-01A spy named John learns the importance of sports and health from Nowa Huta citizens…
Our God’s BrotherDirector1997-06-08In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless….
Solidarność, Solidarność…Director2005-08-31
EtherDirector2018-11-30At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman –…
The Perfect NumberDirector2022-09-14The young mathematician David dedicated his whole life to the study of prime numbers. Getting to know his distant cousin, Joachim, causes the man to g…

Krzysztof Zanussi Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
At Full GallopProducer1996-04-01Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father’s decisio…
SpoorProducer2017-02-24A story about Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is …
RoseCo-Producer2012-02-03This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm…
EtherProducer2018-11-30At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman –…
Our God’s BrotherProducer1997-06-08In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless….
WeiserProducer2001-01-18The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of my…
Close-UpsProducer2014-10-2437-year-old Marta gets married and wants to have a baby. But her toxic relationship with overbearing mother complicates her life in many ways….
Under Electric CloudsCo-Producer2015-02-10Russia 2017. The world could be on the verge of a great war. People are anxious that things could fall apart. Evolving around an unfinished building, …

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
A Year of the Quiet SunWriter1984-09-09Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both exp…
InventoryWriter1989-10-23Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography…
IlluminationWriter1973-09-29Krzysztof Zanussi’s groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality …
CamouflageWriter1977-01-28A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is…
Behind the WallWriter1971-10-19Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compas…
HipotezaWriter1973-10-31Short Drama…
The SpiralWriter1978-06-04In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agit…
From a Far CountryWriter1981-09-15The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Some y…
A Woman’s DecisionWriter1975-01-21The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she won’t…
The Constant FactorWriter1980-06-04The main character in this effective, convincing drama is Witold (Tadeusz Bradecki) who is high in what later would be termed the “emotional quotient”…
Ways in the NightWriter1979-09-09Friedrich is a wealthy, handsome German soldier fighting in World War II. His unit is stationed in Poland and occupies the estate of Countess Elzbieta…
The ContractWriter1980-11-17Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an “arranged” ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each othe…
VersuchungWriter1982-01-01
Power Of EvilWriter1985-08-01An unsuspecting student thinks that the wife of an arms dealer is unhappy, but in reality she appears as cynical as her capitalist man….
ImperativeWriter1982-04-01Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982’s Imperative. The story concern…
And a Warm HeartScreenplay2008-09-26
The SupplementWriter2002-04-01An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee. Follow up to “Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease” …
At Full GallopWriter1996-04-01Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father’s decisio…
The Structure of CrystalScreenplay1969-10-14Two talented physicists used to work together in the frontline of academy in scientific discovery. One of them, Jan, gave everything up and went to a …
Persona non grataWriter2005-04-01A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife….
Black SunScreenplay2007-06-15After learning the identity of the man who killed her husband, a young widow struggles with whether to forgive the killer or avenge her husband’s deat…
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted DiseaseWriter2000-09-08The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith and morality as his end is near, so he makes all efforts to find dignity in his im…
Foreign BodyWriter2014-10-17A dashing young Italian in Poland finds himself caught between two women — a novitiate nun and a ruthless corporate ladder-climber — in this lacer…
Wherever You Are…Writer1988-09-11An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II….
RevisitedScreenplay2009-04-01In this mixture of fiction and documentary Krzysztof Zanussi invites a number of Poland’s great actors—Maja Komorowowska, Daniel Olbrychski, and J…
Pittsville – Ein Safe voll BlutWriter1975-11-12
Krzysztof PendereckiWriter1968-06-22A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki…
Family LifeWriter1971-09-24This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the aristocratic…
Mountains at DuskWriter1970-04-01An old professor and his student go mountain climbing together….
Life for Life: Maximilian KolbeWriter1991-04-01The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz….
Weekend Stories: The Hidden TreasureWriter2001-01-26Rose, an older woman living in Paris was born in Poland as a daughter of an aristocratic family. Her family house is now an impoverished home for the …
Weekend Stories: The Last CircleWriter1998-03-31An aging ballet legend who defected to France years before returns home to Poland for the first time to appear in a charity performance, and he immedi…
Weekend Stories: Unwritten LawWriter1998-04-28A handsome young chauffeur hired by a powerful and charismatic businesswoman discovers he has been made an unwitting party to fraud, but his moral out…
Weekend Stories: The Soul SingsWriter1997-09-19A classical singer who put his career on hold to raise a family gets a big break when a major company hires him for a televised New Year’s Eve concert…
Weekend Stories: Dilatory LineWriter1998-04-14A young TV producer struggles with his conscience when he becomes convinced that his TV program is covering up a lie, but the more he tries to reveal …
Weekend Stories: Little FaithWriter1997-03-24A rational young man and his devoutly Catholic wife believe their sickly son may have leukemia. As they await further tests over a weekend they both s…
My Beloved EnemyOriginal Story2018-10-04professor saves the life of an injured hit man who, in return, promises to find and kill an enemy of his. Although the professor says not to have any …
The Wrong AddressScreenplay1995-05-19A film by Krzysztof Zanussi inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Lady with an Ermine”. The director takes us to the Museum Czartoryski …
Our God’s BrotherWriter1997-06-08In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless….
Solidarność, Solidarność…Writer2005-08-31
EtherWriter2018-11-30At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman –…
Podróżni jak inniWriter1969-03-27
Das lange Gespräch mit dem VogelWriter1992-08-20
Weekend Stories: A Woman’s BusinessWriter1996-03-19A woman whose passport was denied under the previous Communist regime by a vindictive party secretary is given a chance to confront the woman and take…
NachtdienstWriter1975-01-01
The Perfect NumberWriter2022-09-14The young mathematician David dedicated his whole life to the study of prime numbers. Getting to know his distant cousin, Joachim, causes the man to g…

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