A one-time physics scholar, Polish-born Krzysztof Zanussi began making amateur movies in the late '50s, after chancing to take a film course at the University of Warsaw. He graduated the Lodz film school with Death of a Provincial (1966), which won an award at the Venice Film Festival. He emerged as a director/screenwriter in the late '60s and early '70s, primarily working for Polish television, until the '80s, when his association with the Solidarity movement forced him into exile in West German and Swiss productions. One of his films, The Catamount Killing (1974), was shot in English, and his work since the mid-'80s has seen wider international financing and distribution. Zanussi's work is defined by its devotion to ideas at the expense of emotionalism, and intellectualism without overt passions, which did not prevent his fall from grace with the government during Solidarity's temporary defeat in the mid-'80s.
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Revisited
Director |
2009 | |||
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And A Warm Heart
Co-producer, Director, Screenwriter |
2008 | |||
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Boisko Bezdomnych
Producer |
2008 | |||
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Black Sun
Director |
2007 | |||
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Persona non grata
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
2005 | |||
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Solidarity, Solidarity
Director, Screenwriter |
2005 | |||
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The Welts
Producer |
2004 | |||
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Suplement
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
2002 | |||
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The Healer
Executive Producer |
2001 | |||
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Weiser
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure
Director, Screenwriter |
2000 | |||
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Zycie Jako Smiertelna Choroba Przenoszona Droga Plciowa
Director, Screenwriter |
2000 | |||
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Feuerereiter
Co-producer |
1999 | |||
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Our God's Brother
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1997 | |||
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Weekend Stories: The Last Circle
Director, Screenwriter |
1997 | |||
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100 Lat W Kinie
Executive Producer |
1996 | |||
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Cwal
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Danske Piger Viser Alt
Director |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories
Director |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: Little Faith
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: The Dilatory Line
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Director, Screenwriter |
1996 | |||
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The Silent Touch
Director |
1992 | |||
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Zycie Za Zycie
Director, Screenwriter |
1991 | |||
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And the Violins Stopped Playing
Executive Producer |
1989 | |||
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Stan Posiadania
Director, Screenwriter |
1989 | |||
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Cienie
Art Director |
1988 | |||
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Gdzieskolwiek Jest, Jeslis Jest...
Director, Screenwriter |
1988 | |||
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Cudowne Dziecko
Producer |
1987 | |||
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Paradigma
Director, Screenwriter |
1985 | |||
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A Year of the Quiet Sun
Director, Screenwriter |
1984 | |||
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Blaubart
Director, Screenwriter |
1984 | |||
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Die Unerreichbare
Director, Screenwriter |
1982 | |||
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Imperativ
Director, Screenwriter |
1982 | |||
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Versuchung
Director, Screenwriter |
1982 | |||
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Z Dalekiego Kraju
Director, Screenwriter |
1981 | |||
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Constans
Director, Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Kontrakt
Director, Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Camera Buff
Actor |
1979 | |||
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Wege in der Nacht
Director, Screenwriter |
1979 | |||
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Spirala
Director, Screenwriter |
1978 | |||
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Anatomie Stunde
Director, Screenwriter |
1977 | |||
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Barwy Ochronne
Director, Screenwriter |
1977 | |||
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Haus Der Frauen
Director |
1977 | |||
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Bilans Kwartalny
Director, Screenwriter |
1975 | |||
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Nachtdienst
Director |
1975 | |||
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Pittsville - Ein Safe voll Blut
Director, Screenwriter |
1974 | |||
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Iluminacja
Director, Screenwriter |
1973 | |||
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Hipoteza
Director, Screenwriter |
1972 | |||
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Die Rolle
Director, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Za Sciana
Director, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Zycie Rodzinne
Dialogue Writer, Director, Screenwriter |
1971 | |||
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Gory O Zmierzchu
Director |
1970 | |||
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Struktura Krysztalu
Director, Screenwriter |
1969 | |||
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The Death of a Provincial
Director |
1966 |

