Krzysztof Krauze

02.04.1953, Warsaw, Poland - 24.12.2014, Warsaw, Poland

 

Director
Photo: Slawek's flickr ( CC BY-SA 2.0)
Krauze is a Polish director and screenwriter. He graduated from the film school in Lodź in 1978. He began his film career with documentaries and short films such as Deklinacja (Declination, 1979), Robactwo (Vermin, 1983), Jest (It is). He made his first feature film in 1987, Nowy Jork, czwrta rano (New York, 4 am) that brought him the award for Best debut at the Polish film festival in 1988. he also made Gry uliczne (Street Games, 1996), Dług (The Debt, 1999), short TV film Wielkie rzeczy: Gra (2000) and Mój Nikifor (My Nikifor, 2004) that won the Golden Globe and the award for Best Director at the international film festival in Karlovy Vary in 2005.

Filmography

Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017)


Films by this director

My Nikifor

(Mój Nikifor, 2004)

Directed by: Krzysztof Krauze
PHOTOGRAPHY: Krzysztof Ptak
Synopsis:

This film tells the life story of a real person, a naïve polish painter, Nikifor who spent his life roaming round and painting in poverty. The story begins when Nikifor arrives to the painter Marian Włosiński’s studio. At first he tries to get rid of Włosiński, but soon they become friends… Krystyna Feldman won the award for Best actress at Polish film festival in 2004.

color, 100 min

The Debt

(Dług, 1999)

Directed by: Krzysztof Krauze
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bartek Prokopowicz
Synopsis:

In January 1999 in Warsaw the police find two bags with headless bodies in the river Vistula. The investigation shows that the murders are connected to the Russian underground and three friends, Adam, Stefan and Gerard. The story is based on real events, and this film won the Golden Lion at the Polish film festival in 1999.

color, 107 min

Papusza

(Poland, 2013)

Directed by: Krzysztof Krauze
PHOTOGRAPHY: Krzysztof Ptak
Synopsis:

Bronislawa Wajs, poznatija kao Papusza, bila je prva Romkinja koja je pisala i objavljivala poeziju, čime se suprotstavljala tradicionalnom statusu žena u romskoj zajednici. Samouka umjetnica poljsko-romskog podrijetla rođena u čergi, Papusza je kao djevojčica ušla u dogovoreni brak, a pratimo njezin život prije, za vrijeme i nakon Drugog svjetskog rata, kada je u tadašnjoj komunističkoj Poljskoj doživjela represiju, ali i život u siromaštvu u gradskoj sredini. Sudbinu joj j...

feature film, 131'
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