Andrzej Wajda ( anhören (help·info)) (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is perhaps the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active circa 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanal (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).
A major figure of world and Central European cinema after World War II, Wajda made his reputation as a sensiti...
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Andrzej Wajda ( anhören (help·info)) (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is perhaps the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School" (active circa 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanal (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).
A major figure of world and Central European cinema after World War II, Wajda made his reputation as a sensitive and uncompromising chronicler of his country's political and social evolution. He is currently listed as the 97th greatest director of all-time by film website They Shoot Pictures Don't They, with four of his movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Land of Promise (1975), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyń (2007).
A major figure of world and Central European cinema after World War II, Wajda has made his reputation as a sensitive and uncompromising chronicler of his country's political and...
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