2. Jerzy Andrzejewski, Reflection of WWII
Ashes and Diamonds – post-war Poland
Holy Week – Warszaw ghetto uprising
Both made into film adaptations by Andrzej Wajda
Strong supporter of Solidarity, anti-communist movement

3. Andrzej Wajda, filmed classical Polish novels, reflected WWII and communist regime
* 1926
Movie maker and dramatician
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
Topics from WWII
2000 – Oscar winner for the life work
Warszaw ghetto:
Generation, 1950´s
The Holy Week, 1990´s
Uprising, 2001
Wedding,
Pan Tadeusz,

4. Andrzej Wajda
Katyn, 2007
1940 – Stalin ordered execution of Polish army and police officers, intellectuals and clergy
His father Jakub Wajda, aged 43, was among the Polish officers – Soviet Army prisoners – shot from the back af the head in the Katyn forest
1990 Moscow admitted Stalin´s responsibility

5. Agnieszka Holland Born in Warszaw 1948
Jewish grandparents perished in the Warszaw ghetto, mother was part of the Warszaw uprising
Angry Harvest, Oscar nomination
Europa, Europa, „Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon“, Salomon Perel
Korczak, 1990
In Darkness, 2011

6. Agnieszka Holland https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13tewa

7. Roman Polanski, Reflexion of WWII
* 1933 in Paris in a Polish Jewish family
In 1937 his family moved to Cracow
Escaped from the Cracow ghetto at the age of ten ( Jews since the 13th C.)
Rosemary´s Baby, 1968
Chinatown
The Pianist, 2002
Wladyslaw Szpilman