The 1960-s Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Polish Cinema in the 1960-s Polish film export and international reputation grow. Film periodicals appear (Kino, Kultura Filmowa, Kamera). The Association of Polish Film-makers founded (1966). Television films produced (ex., A stake Higher than Life, 1968).
Poland and Polish Cinema in the 1960-s Andrzej Munk and Zbigniew Cybulski die. The political crisis of 1968 (“March events”). Student riots and repressions against intellectuals. Mass emigration. Re-evaluation of history; contemporary themes.
Jerzy Kawalerowicz ( ) Born in Ukraine, son of a postmaster. Had to go hiding during the Occupation under a false name. Studied art in Kraków before graduating from Kraków film institute. In , artistic director of the Kadr film production unit. A major figure of the Polish Film School.
Jerzy Kawalerowicz In 1962, a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. In , president of the Polish Film-Makers' Association. In 1983, signed a report authorized by the Communist party denouncing film-makers who were supporters of the Solidarity movement. Ostracized by his peers.
Kawalerowicz: His Major Films in the 1960s Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniołów, 1961) won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes). Starring: Mieczysław Voit and Lucyna Winnicka. Mother Joan of the Angels Pharaoh (Faraon, 1966), after a novel of Bolesław Prus. Pharaoh