CYCLE: DIRECTOR

From 12.03. To 19.03.2002.

Program of films by Roman Zaluski

Roman Zaluski

10.12.1936, Lida, Poljska

 

Director and screenplay writer. He studied production management and directing at the Film Academy in Łódź (1954-1958). His first work was a TV drama in 1960. His theatrical debut came in Kalisz in 1964. He started shooting short meters in 1956 and feature films in 1970. He is close to auteur film.

Filmography

- The Matrimonial Komedy (Komedia matrymonialna, 1994)
- Topsy Turvy (Galimatias, czyli kogel-mogel II, 1989)
- Hotch Potch (Kogel mogel, 1989)
- Pozegnanie cesarzy (1988) (TV)
- Glód serca (1986) (TV)
- Oh, Charles (Och, Karol, 1985)
- If We Find Each Other (Jesli sie odnajdziemy, 1983)
- The Emergency Escape (Wyjscie awaryjne, 1982)
- The Rust (Rdza, 1981)
- Mad Dog (Wsciekly, 1980)
- The Refuge (Azyl, 1978)
- Znaki szczególne (1976) (mini TV serija)
- Hour after Hour (Godzina za godzina, 1974)
- The Secret (Sekret, 1973)
- Anatomy of Love (Anatomia milosci, 1972)
- The Epidemic (Zaraza, 1972)
- Cardiogram (Kardiogram , 1971)
- Dom (1970) (TV)
- Sad (1958)
- Gluchoniemi (1957)
- Musze myslec o synku (1957)
- Patelnia (1956)
- Wegrzy wzywaja pomocy (1956)


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Films by this director

The Secret

(Sekret, 1973)

Directed by: Roman Zaluski
Synopsis:

After the death of professor Lewicki, his wife Stefania accidentally discovers that he had a studio apartment where he led a ‘parallel life’ hidden from his siblings. The widow finds his diary in which he wrote down detailed accounts of his intimate relations with women. The wife decides to follow the trail of the loving man for whom she believed had loved her too. She spoke to Lena, a friend from her youth, with whom her husband had cheated several days after the wedding. She found addresses of...

color

The Epidemic

(Zaraza, 1972)

Directed by: Roman Zaluski
PHOTOGRAPHY: Janusz Pawlowski
Synopsis:

It is the year 1963 in Wroclaw. Doctor Adam Rawicz diagnoses smallpox in one of his patients. Nobody believes his assessment so he sets out to establish the epidemiological chain on his own. Once the epidemic breaks out, the town forms a committee of doctors, town officials and army representatives to fight the disease. The doctors, however, are quite helpless despite their devotion and self-deprication. The disease continues to take its tall. Doctor Olczak, organizer and chief of the isolation ...

color, 95 min

The Anatomy of Love

(Anatomia milosci, 1972)

Directed by: Roman Zaluski
PHOTOGRAPHY: Janusz Pawlowski
Synopsis:

Ewa is a young artist disappointed with her marriage to an older man. After her husband’s death she meets an attractive architect, Adam, and they immediately get together. After an evening out, Ewa hopelessly waits for her lover to call her, however he is too busy spending time with his friend Barbara. An incidental meeting in the street gives them an opportunity to take their relationship to a higher level. Ewa meets Adam’s colleagues and gets involved in his professional and personal affairs. ...

color, 92 min

Cardiogram

(1971)

Directed by: Roman Zaluski
Synopsis:

Heart surgeon Dr. Adam Rawicz accepts a job in a small town. Although he is completely devoted to his patients, he feels alienated in the new surrounding. The only person he feels close to is Teresa, wife of the school principal, but they have to hide their relationship. When Wilinska’s child dies under suspicious circumstances, Adam wants to hand the case to the district attorney. The chaplain, director of the hospital and party secretary convince him that the case should be hushed up since the...

black and white, 88 min
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