''From a Night Porter's Point of View'' ( pl, Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera) is a 1977

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filmmaker

Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (; 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for ''Dekalog'' (1989), ''The Double Life of Veronique'' (1991), and the ''Three Colours'' trilogy (1993 –1994) ...

. It won the Grand Prix at the nineteenth

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in 1979. The 17-minute film consists of an interview with Marian Osuch, a minor security official. Most of the footage is of Osuch performing the various duties of his job, while he narrates his opinions on various subjects. Osuch talks mostly about his position, how he personally enjoys enforcing various

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rules, arresting petty offenders, and confiscating fishing rods. He also details his support for the government and

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, saying that criticism of the government should be silenced, and that criminals should be hanged in public. English-subtitled versions of the film are included on Polskie Wydawnictwo Audiowizualne's double-disc survey of Kieślowski's non-fiction work ''Polish School of the Documentary: Krzysztof Kieślowski'' (Region 0 PAL) and as an extra on the Artificial Eye DVD of Kieślowski's ''

A Short Film About Killing ''A Short Film About Killing'' ( pl, Krótki film o zabijaniu) is a 1988 drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, and Jan Tesarz. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the fil ...

'' (Region 2 PAL). A sequel to the film titled ''Views of a Retired Night Porter'', starring the same night porter, Marian Osuch, was directed by Andreas Horvath in 2006.Views of a Retired Night Porter
on IMDb

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* Films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski 1977 films Polish short documentary films 1970s short documentary films 1977 documentary films Documentary films about Poland 1970s Polish-language films {{Poland-film-stub