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Lew Rywin (born 10 November 1945 in a Nizhnyeye Alkeyevo,
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) is a Polish
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associated with Heritage Films (est. 1991). He has also been a member of the Polish Radio and TV committee and worked in an agency, Poltel, producing for Polish state-run TV. He participated in producing such films as
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's '' The Pianist'', Jan Jakub Kolski's ''
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. His last film was never produced. It was about the life of
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(with producers Harris Salomon and Abi Sirokh). The film was titled ''Love is a Survivor'' and was later changed to ''The Flower of the Fence''. Altogether, he has served in a producer role in the making of 27 movies.


Filmography

* 1997 : '' An Air So Pure'' (Executive Producer)


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Rywin affair The Rywin affair ( pl, afera Rywina) was a corruption scandal in Poland, which began in late 2002 while the post-communist government of the SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) was in power. It is named after Polish film producer Lew Rywin, who was a ...
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