With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV.
Andrzej Wajda Quotes
In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically.
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| Birth: | 6th March, 1926 |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Profession: | Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
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Andrzej Wajda was born in Suwałki, Poland. He is a Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial "Polish Film School". He is known especially for a trilogy of war films: A Generation, Kanał and Ashes and Diamonds. Four of his films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: The Promised Land, The Maids of Wilko, Man of Iron, and Katyń. Man of Iron won the Palme d'Or at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The Promised Land won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.
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