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Andrzej Leszczyc
Andrzej Leszczyc is a fictional character created and performed by Jerzy Skolimowski. He appears in three Skolimowski's early movies: '' Identification Marks: None'' (''Rysopis'', 1964), ''Walkover'' (''Walkower'', 1965) and '' Hands Up!'' (''Ręce do góry'', completed 1967, released 1981). Description Andrzej Leszczyc is a young, about 26 years old, intelligent man, past ichthyology Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ... student. He is lost in his life. Iwona Grodź wrote in Skolimowski's biography that "uncertainty about Leszczyc's own plans denies his maturity. He doesn't know, what he wants to do in his life”. Leszczyc sometimes has been described as Skolimowski's alter ego. Skolimowski about Leszczyc Skolimowski said about the role: "Obviously, I didn't want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wykol'' (''The Menacing Eye''). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his film '' Le départ''. Among his other notable films is '' Deep End'' (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown. He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to film making as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with '' Cztery noce z Anną'' (''Four Nights with Anna'') in 2008. He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. Early life Skolimowski was born in Łódź, Poland, the son of Maria (née Postnikoff) and Stanisław Skolimowski, an architect. He often recognized indications in his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
None
None may refer to: *Zero, the mathematical concept of the quantity "none" *Empty set, the mathematical concept of the collection of things represented by "none" *''none'', an indefinite pronoun in the English language Music * ''None'' (Meshuggah EP), a 1994 EP by Swedish heavy metal band Meshuggah * ''None'' (Cloak of Altering EP), a 2013 EP by Dutch group Cloak of Altering Other uses * None (liturgy), the ninth hour of the traditional Christian liturgy *None, Piedmont, a commune in the province of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont *Irreligion, a lack of religious affiliation *None of the above, a political expression for rejecting all available candidates See also *Nones (other) *Nothing (other) *Zero (other) *Nun (other) A nun is a member of a religious community of women. Nun, Nuns or NUN may also refer to: * Nun (band), an Australian music group * Nun (biblical figure) * Nun (letter), in many Semitic alphabets * Nun languages, a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkover (film)
''Walkover'' ( pl, Walkower) is a 1965 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Plot This second feature film directed by Skolimowski continues the story of his alter ego, Andrzej Leszczyc, from '' Rysopis''. Young Andrzej Leszczyc, a dropout from engineering school, comes to a small city where he meets a former classmate, Teresa Karczewska, now a manager at the energy plant. She get him a job at the factory but Andrzej is also a veteran boxer and has come to participate in a local, amateur boxing tournament. Cast * Aleksandra Zawieruszanka as Teresa Karczewska * Jerzy Skolimowski as Andrzej Leszczyc * Krzysztof Chamiec as factory chief * Elżbieta Czyżewska as girl on the station * Andrzej Herder as Marian Pawlak * Stanisław Marian Kamiński * Andrzej Jurczak * Franciszek Pieczka Reception Jean-Luc Godard, in the essays collected in ''Godard on Godard'', wrote that this was one of the three films that he’d most want to write about if he were still a workin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ręce Do Góry
''Ręce do góry'' (known in its subtitled English version as ''Hands Up!'') is a Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It is the fourth of a series of semi-autobiographical films in which Skolimowski himself plays his alter ego Andrzej Leszczyc.''Jerzy Skolimowski'', booklet published by Wydawnictwo Telewizji Kino Polske to accompany DVD release, 2009 (in Polish) At the time it was banned in Poland, under the Communist regime, for 18 years because it depicted the Stalinist past. The film was originally made in 1967 in monochrome by :pl:Zespół Filmowy Syrena studio. In a 20-minute section (filmed in colour) added by Skolimowski in 1981 he explains how the original was withheld by Polish censors of the time and that this was a principal cause of his leaving his country; however following liberalisation in Poland, he was invited to resuscitate it. The introduction includes, apart from some fictional apocalyptic passages, shots of Beirut ruined by the civil wars of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichthyology
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of October 2016, with approximately 250 new species described each year. Etymology The word is derived from the Greek words ἰχθύς, ''ikhthus'', meaning "fish"; and λογία, ''logia'', meaning "to study". History The study of fish dates from the Upper Paleolithic Revolution (with the advent of "high culture"). The science of ichthyology was developed in several interconnecting epochs, each with various significant advancements. The study of fish receives its origins from humans' desire to feed, clothe, and equip themselves with useful implements. According to Michael Barton, a prominent ichthyologist and professor at Centre College, "the earliest ichthyologists were ''hunters and gatherers'' who had learned how to obtain the most use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazeta Wyborcza
''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first Polish daily newspaper after the era of "real socialism" and one of Poland's newspapers of record, covering the gamut of political, international and general news from a liberal perspective. History and profile The ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' was first published on 8 May 1989, under the rhyming masthead motto, "''Nie ma wolności bez Solidarności''" ("There's no freedom without Solidarity"). The founders were Andrzej Wajda, Aleksander Paszyński and Zbigniew Bujak. Its founding was an outcome of the Polish Round Table Agreement between the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland and political opponents centred on the Solidarity movement. It was initially owned by Agora SA. Later the American company Cox Communications partially bought the daily. The paper was to serve as the voice of the Solidarity movement during the run-up to the 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kino Polska
Kino Polska is a television channel which broadcasts Polish movies and series. For a while, the TV station aired Polish animated shows including '' Hip-Hip and Hurra'', which made its debut there. References External links * Television channels in Poland Television channels and stations established in 2003 {{Poland-tv-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
