Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts.pdf

Title: Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts)
Author: Marek Haltof
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press
Publication Date: 2007-09-28
Number Of Pages: 320
Quality: Excellent
Language: English
Format: .pdf
Size: 2mb

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In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Prószynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow (Powrót Birbanta). Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work, ranging from patriotic melodramas and epic adaptations of the national literary canon to Yiddish cinema and films portraying the corrupted side of communism. Poland has produced several internationally known films, including Andrzej Wajda's war trilogy, A Generation (1955), Kanal (1957), and Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water (1962), and Andrzej Munk's The Passenger (1963). Often performing specific political and cultural duties for their nation, Polish filmmakers were well aware of their role as educators, entertainers, social activists, and political leaders.