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Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director.
His first three films were A Generation[?] (1954), Kanal[?] (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds[?] (1958). The three films comprise a trilogy about the effects of World War II on Poland, and gained Wajda international acclaim.
He was born in Suwalki[?], Poland.
Other well-known movies by Andrzej Wajda :
- Brzezina The Birch Wood[?]
- Krajobraz po bitwie Landscape After the Battle[?]
- Wesele The Wedding[?]
- Ziemia obiecana The Promised Land[?]
- Smuga cienia The Line of Shadow[?]
- Czlowiek z marmuru The Man of Marble[?]
- Bez znieczulenia Rough Treatment[?]
- Panny z Wilka The Maids from Wilko[?]
- Dyrygent The Orchestra Conductor[?] (1980)
- Czlowiek z zelaza The Man of Iron[?] (1981)
- Danton (1983)
- Panna Nikt Miss Nothing[?] (1996)
- Pan Tadeusz (1998)
In 2000 he was awarded the Honorary Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
See also: Polish film history
- Andrzej Wajda's official website (http://www.wajda.pl/en/Default)
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