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Andrzej Żuławski

Director

Andrzej Żuławski

Born November 22, 1940 in Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]Died February 17, 201616 films

Andrzej Żuławski (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of That Most Important Thing: Love in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making The Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for controversial and violent art-house films. Zulawski is also known for his work with certain specific actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.

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On the Silver Globe posterFirst watchOn the Silver Globe19897.7A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Possession poster7.3Possession1981That Most Important Thing: Love poster7.0That Most Important Thing: Love1975The Devil poster7.2The Devil1972The Third Part of the Night poster7.0The Third Part of the Night1972Cosmos poster6.5Cosmos2015My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days poster6.1My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days1989Szamanka poster6.0Szamanka1996The Public Woman poster6.0The Public Woman1984

Filmography

16 films as director
  1. 2015CosmosDirector
  2. 2000FidelityDirector
  3. 1996SzamankaDirector
  4. 1991The Blue NoteDirector
  5. 1989Boris GodounovDirector
  6. 1989My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your DaysDirector
  7. 1989On the Silver GlobeDirector
  8. 1985Mad LoveDirector
  9. 1984The Public WomanDirector
  10. 1981PossessionDirector
  11. 1975That Most Important Thing: LoveDirector
  12. 1972The Third Part of the NightDirector
  13. 1972The DevilDirector
  14. 1969The Song of Triumphant LoveDirector
  15. 1967PavoncelloDirector
  16. 1958La SorcièreDirector