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Ryszard Bugajski

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Ryszard Bugajski

Born April 27, 1943 in Warsaw, PolandDied June 7, 201910 films

Ryszard Karol Bugajski (27 April 1943 – 7 June 2019) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films and television shows since 1972. His 1982 film Interrogation starring Krystyna Janda and Adam Ferency, described as "the most anti-Communist film in the history of Polish People's Republic" was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival after being suppressed by the Polish communist authorities for several years.

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Interrogation posterFirst watchInterrogation19897.1In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been…View film

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Filmography

10 films as director
  1. 2016BlindnessDirector
  2. 2013The Closed CircuitDirector
  3. 2009General NilDirector
  4. 2006The Death of Captain PileckiDirector
  5. 2005Solidarność, Solidarność...Director
  6. 2002Like Father Like SonDirector
  7. 1995GraczeDirector
  8. 1991ClearcutDirector
  9. 1989InterrogationDirector
  10. 1980A Woman and a WomanDirector