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Kanał
''Kanał'' (, ''Sewer'') is a 1957 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The film is adapted from the story “They Loved Life” by Jerzy Stefan Stawinski. ''Kanał'' is the second film of Wajda's War Trilogy, preceded by ''A Generation'' and followed by ''Ashes and Diamonds''. The film was the winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Plot It is 25 September 1944, during the last days of the Warsaw Uprising. Lieutenant Zadra leads a unit of 43 soldiers and civilians to a new position amidst the ruins of the now isolated southern Mokotów district of Warsaw. The composer Michał manages to telephone his wife and child in another part of the city that is being overrun by the Germans. After a few words, she tells him that the Germans are clearing the building and that they ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of ''A Generation'' (1955), ''Kanał'' (1957) and '' Ashes and Diamonds'' (1958). He is considered one of the world's most renowned filmmakers whose works chronicled his native country's political and social evolution and dealt with the myths of Polish national identity offering insightful analyses of the universal element of the Polish experience – the struggle to maintain dignity under the most trying circumstances. Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: '' The Promised Land'' (1975), ''The Maids of Wilko'' (1979), ''Man of Iron'' (1981) and '' Katyń'' (2007). Early life Wajda was born in Suwałk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladek Sheybal
Vladek Sheybal (born Władysław Rudolf Zbigniew Sheybal; 12 March 1923 – 16 October 1992) was a Poles, Polish character actor, singer and director of both television and Theatre director, stage productions. He was well known for his portrayal of the chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster Kronsteen in the James Bond in film, James Bond film ''From Russia with Love (film), From Russia with Love'' (1963), a role for which he had been personally recommended by his friend Sean Connery, and as Otto Leipzig in ''Smiley's_People_(TV_miniseries), Smiley's People'' (1982). He became a British nationality law#British citizenship by naturalisation, naturalised British citizen, but remained "fiercely proud of his homeland and its culture." Life and career Sheybal was born in Zgierz, near Łódź, in the Second Polish Republic. The son of a university professor, he was attracted to acting at an early age. At the age of 16 he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camps, Nazi concentration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Cannes Film Festival
The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957. ''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, ''La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were entered for the Palme d'Or. They lost to '' Friendly Persuasion'' by William Wyler. The festival opened with ''Around the World in 80 Days'' by Michael Anderson. During the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, Dolores del Río was the first female member of the jury for the official selection. Jury The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1957 competition: Feature films *André Maurois (France) Jury President *Jean Cocteau (France) Honorary President *Maurice Genevoix (France) * Georges Huisman (France) (historian) *Maurice Lehmann (France) *Marcel Pagnol (France) *Michael Powell (UK) *Jules Romains (France) *Dolores del Río (Mexico) *George Stevens (USA) *Vladimír Vlček (Czechoslovakia) Short films *Claude Aveline (France) *Roman Karme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
The Jury Prize (french: Prix du Jury) is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the third-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix, and it was considered a "second place" award until after the latter award was introduced. According to American film critic Dave Kehr, the award is "intended to recognize an original work that embodies the spirit of inquiry." History The award was first presented in 1946. The prize was not awarded on 10 occasions (1947, 1949, 1953, 1967, 1974–79, 1981–82, 1984, and 2001). The festival was not held at all in 1948, 1950, and 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France. Also, the jury vote was tied, and the prize was shared by two films on 21 occasions (1957, 1960, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1973, 1987, 1991–93, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2021-22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Janczar
Tadeusz Janczar (; 25 April 1926 – 31 October 1997) was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983. Partial filmography * ''Zaloga'' (1952) - Brzozowski * ''Zolnierz zwyciestwa'' (1953) - Franek * ''Five Boys from Barska Street'' (1954) - Kazek Spokorny * ''A Generation'' (1955) - Jasio Krone * ''Kariera'' (1955) - Witek * ''Kanał (film), Kanał'' (1957) - Ens. Jacek 'Korab' * ''Farewells'' (1958) - Pawel * ''Bad Luck (1960 film), Bad Luck'' (1960) - Ens. Sawicki * ''Nafta'' (1961) * ''Jutro premiera'' (1962) - profesor Roman Witting scenograf * ''Dziewczyna z dobrego domu'' (1962) - Tadeusz Lokietek * ''Landscape After the Battle'' (1970) - Karol * ''Znaki na drodze'' (1970) - Michal Biel * ''Prawdzie w oczy'' (1970) - Bronek Kaczmarski * ''Zabijcie czarna owce'' (1972) - Tymon's Stepfather * ''Na krawedzi'' (1973) - Wojtek * ''Z tamtej strony teczy'' (1973) - Malarz, byly partner Teresy * ''Hubal'' (1973) - Capt. Maciej 'Kotwicz' Kalenkiewicz * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński (1 July 1921 – 12 June 2010) was a Polish screenwriter and film director. Beginning in 1957 he had written or co-written 29 films. He wrote a segment of the film ''Love at Twenty'', which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. He grew up in the Żoliborz district of Warsaw. When World War II broke out, Stawiński fought in the Polish Army. In 1940 he joined the partisans and in 1944 he fought in the Warsaw Uprising. He was eventually incarcerated in Oflag VII-A Murnau. After being liberated Stawiński volunteered for the Polish Army in the West and served in Italy in II Corps of Gen. Władysław Anders. He returned to Poland in 1947. Selected filmography * ''Man on the Tracks'' (1956) * ''Kanał'' (1957) * ''Heroism'' (1958) * '' Bad Luck'' (1960) * ''Love at Twenty'' (1962) * ''Andremo in città'' (1966) * ''Jutro idziemy do kina'' (2007) Honours and awards *2010: Eagle Polish Film Award for Lifetime Achievement *2006: Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes And Diamonds (film)
''Ashes and Diamonds'' (Polish: ''Popiół i diament'') is a 1958 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski. Starring Zbigniew Cybulski and Ewa Krzyżewska, it completed Wajda's war films trilogy, following '' A Generation'' (1954) and '' Kanal'' (1956). The action of ''Ashes and Diamonds'' takes place in 1945, shortly after World War II. The main protagonist of the film, former Home Army soldier Maciek Chełmicki, is acting in the anti-Communist underground. Maciek receives an order to kill Szczuka, the local secretary of the Polish Workers' Party. Over time, Chełmicki increasingly doubts if his task is worth doing. ''Ashes and Diamonds'', although based on the novel that directly supported the postwar Communist system in Poland, was subtly modified in comparison with the source material. Wajda sympathized with the soldiers of the Polish independence underground; thus, he devoted most of the attention to Chełmick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Generation
''A Generation'' ( pl, Pokolenie) is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel ''Pokolenie'' by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script. It was Wajda's first film and the opening installment of what became his Three War Films trilogy set in the Second World War, to be followed by '' Kanal'' and ''Ashes and Diamonds''. Plot ''A Generation'' is set in Wola, a working-class section of Warsaw, in 1942 and tells the stories of two young men at odds with the German occupation of Poland. The young protagonist, Stach (Tadeusz Łomnicki), is living in squalor on the outskirts of the city and carrying out wayward acts of theft and rebellion. After a friend is killed attempting to heist coal from a German supply train, he finds work as an apprentice at a furniture workshop, where he becomes involved in an underground communist resistance cell. He is guided first by a friendly journeyman there, who in turn introduces Stach to the beautiful Dorota (Urszula M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KADR (studio)
KADR (since 1989 Studio Filmowe Kadr) is a major Polish film production and distribution company, founded in 1955 and still producing films as of 2016. Between its founding and 2003, KADR released 150 films in total, including many classics of Cinema of Poland, Polish cinema. History "Arguably the most important Polish film studio," Kadr was founded on May 1, 1955, by filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and its initial output is closely associated with him. Along with Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and Tadeusz Konwicki, Kawalerowicz was a primary influence on the development of the Polish Film School in the 1950s. With a few exceptions, its landmark films were produced at Kadr. The organization began as one of a few "film units" (''zespoły filmowe'') set up as state enterprises, and with close connections to the establishment National Film School in Łódź. By 1968 Kadr was a major studio, producing perhaps four titles annually, including the big-budget three-year period production of ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led by the Polish resistance Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa). The uprising was timed to coincide with the retreat of the German forces from Poland ahead of the Soviet advance. While approaching the eastern suburbs of the city, the Red Army temporarily halted combat operations, enabling the Germans to regroup and defeat the Polish resistance and to Planned destruction of Warsaw, destroy the city in retaliation. The Uprising was fought for 63 days with little outside support. It was the single largest military effort taken by any European Resistance during World War II, resistance movement during World War II. The Uprising began on 1 August 1944 as part of a nationwide Operation Tempest, launched at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Maciejewski
Maciej Maciejewski (1 October 1914 – 17 May 2018) was a Polish screen and stage actor. Personal life Maciej Maciejewski was born in Augustów. He made his debut in 1938 in Halka. He was employed at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw. Maciejewski turned 100 in October 2014. Maciejewski died in Warsaw in May 2018 at the age of 103. Filmography * 1951: '' Youth of Chopin'' * 1953: '' Żołnierz zwycięstwa'' * 1954: ''Pod gwiazdą frygijską'' * 1955: ''Podhale w ogniu'' * 1957: ''Kanał'' * 1957: '' The Real End of the Great War'' * 1960: '' Rzeczywistość'' * 1970: ''Epilog norymberski'' * 1984: ''Polonia Restituta'' * 1988: ''A Short Film About Killing'' * 1998: '' Klan'' * 2000: ''Egoiści'' * 2002: ''Samo życie'' Polish dubbing * 1959: ''12 Angry Men'' as Juror #6 * 1971: '' Elizabeth R'' as Gardiner * 1986: '' Peter the Great'' as Patriarch Adrian of Moscow See also * List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers) The following is a list of centenarians – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Karewicz
Emil Karewicz (13 March 1923 – 18 March 2020) was a Polish actor. Early life His acting career began in Wilno, at the local theatre, where he played the role of a monkey in the "Quartet" by Ivan Krylov. During World War II he served in the Polish Army. He fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. Career After the war, he graduated from Iwo Gall Theatrical Studio (along with Ryszard Barycz, Bronisław Pawlik and Barbara Krafftówna). He played on stages in Łódź, mostly in the Jaracz Theatre and the New Theatre. Since 1962 he performed in Warsaw, in the Ateneum Theatre (''Teatr Ateneum im. Stefana Jaracza w Warszawie''), the Dramatic Theatre (''Teatr Dramatyczny w Warszawie''), and the New Theatre (''Teatr Nowy w Warszawie 1947-2005''). He retired in 1983. He died on 18 March 2020, five days after turning 97. Fame He earned popularity while performing roles of SS-Sturmbannführer Hermann Brunner in TV Series ''Stawka większa niż życie'' and SS-Obersturmführer in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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