POLAND: ESSENTIAL FILMS

In year order, a starter pack first.

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5 DIRECTORS

WALERIAN BOROWCZYK
Born in Kwilcz, September 2, 1923, Walerian Borowczyk studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, then devoted himself to painting and lithography, including the creation of posters for the cinema, which earned him a national prize in 1953. In 1959, he settled in Paris.

His early films were surreal animations, some only a few seconds long, including several comic abecedaria. His most acclaimed early films were Był sobie raz (Time Upon a Once) (1957) and Dom (House) (1958, with Jan Lenica). In 1959, he worked with Chris Marker...