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Andrzej Wajda

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Andrzej Wajda

  • Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
  • Room 2: Wajda and the Fine Arts
  • Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle
  • Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)
  • Room 2: Wajda and the Fine Arts
  • Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle

Andrzej Wajda

Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)

Wajda Portrait

Introduction (Andrzej Wajda)

Trained as a painter and always attentive to the poetry of words and images, Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) was a constantly developing stylist and the great chronicler of Poland's twentieth-century history. This room features a portrait film of Wajda's widow and closest collaborator, costume and production designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda. The many questions addressed in the film shape the structure of what follows. Room two explores Wajda's enduring relationship with the Fine Arts (especially painting) from the period of socialist realism through the end of his career. Room three instead proceeds through a a series of linked thematic clusters, from Wartime Memories to A Usable Past, Movement and Montage, and finally The Spirit of Solidarity.

Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda Interview

Portrait film of Wajda's widow and closest collaborator, costume and production designer Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda

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Room 2: Wajda and the Fine Arts

Ruszczyc Old house

Wajda and Painting

Old House (Ferdynand Ruszczyk, 1903, National Museum in Warsaw)

Captive Minds

Man of Marble (Andrzej Wajda, 1977)

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Room 3: Wajda's Polish Chronicle

Wartime Memories

Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)

A Usable Past

Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958)

Movement and Montage

The Wedding (Andrzej Wajda, 1973)

The Spirit of Solidarity

Man of Iron (Andrzej Wajda, 1981)

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