Czesław Petelski (5 November 1922 – 19 September 1996) was a Polish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

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. He directed 25 films between 1953 and 1990. His 1963 film '' Black Wings'' was entered into the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film '' 8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * S ...

where it won a Silver Prize. In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the

4th Moscow International Film Festival The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film '' Twenty Hours'' directed by Zoltán Fábri. Ju ...

. His 1973 film ''

Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formula ...

'' was entered into the

8th Moscow International Film Festival The 8th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 10 to 23 July 1973. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film '' That Sweet Word: Liberty!'' directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius and the Bulgarian film ''Affection'' directed by L ...

where it won the Silver Prize. He often worked together with his wife Ewa Petelska.

Selected filmography

* '' Ogniomistrz Kaleń'' (1961) * '' Black Wings'' (1963) * ''

'' (1973)

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Czesław Petelski
at the ''Polish Film Academy'' 1922 births 1996 deaths Polish film directors People from Białystok People from Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939) 20th-century Polish screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Polish male writers {{Poland-film-director-stub