Andrzej Zulawski
☼ Born on 22 marzo 1940, in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]
† Died on 17 marzo 2016, in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland, cause cancer
Biography:Born in Lvov, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to Czechoslovakia and later to Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. His feature debut Trzecia czesc nocy (1971) was an adaptation of his father's novel. His second feature El diablo (1972) was prohibited in Poland, and Zulawski went to France. After the success of his French debut Lo importante es amar (1975) in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making Na srebrnym globie (1988). The work on this film was brutally interrupted by the authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where became known for his highly artistic, controversial, and very violent films. Zulawski is well known for his ability to discover and "rediscover" actresses: Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani, Valérie Kaprisky and Sophie Marceau played their best roles in his films.
In the role of director
La posesión (1981) (16/12/2024)
La Posesión (1981): Un descenso a la locura y el horror emocional Introducción: Más que una película de terror Hay películas que perturban más allá de los sustos convencionales, que se meten bajo la piel y dejan una marca indeleble. La Posesión (1981), dirigida por Andrzej Żuławski, es una de esas películas. No es solo […]