Andrzej ulawski - Polish film director, writer and screenwriter. He was born in Lviv in 1940, on November 22. He is the son of a poet and writer, as well as the grandson of a science fiction writer.
Biography
The Zhulavsky family went to France in 1945. Four years later she moved to Czechoslovakia. And in 1952 she returned to Poland. Andrzej Zhulavsky studied at the directing department at the Higher Cinematographic Institute. Graduated from it. The young man’s creative debut took place in Poland. It was there that he returned when the Second World War ended.
Creation
Andrzej Zhulawski acted as an assistant to
Andrzej Wajda during the filming of Samson in 1961. He became the second director when working on the films “Love of the Twenties”, as well as “Ashes”. In 1967, he created the medium-length television films Pavoncello and Song of Triumphant Love. His painting “The Third Part of the Night” in 1971 turned into a manifesto of the new Polish cinema. She was awarded the Andrzej Munch Prize.
A few words should be said about the censorship of that time. Films of Andrzej Zhulavsky did not always reach the viewer. In particular, the painting "Devil" was banned by Polish censorship. The corresponding order came from Moscow from Furtseva, Minister of Culture of the USSR. As a result, the film went on the shelf for a long 18 years. After the film was banned, the director received a proposal to create a film in France. The film "The main thing is to love", which starred Klaus Kinsky and Romy Schneider, brought him fame internationally. It happened in 1975.
After returning to Poland, the director began working on a fantastic film called “On a Silver Planet”. However, in 1977, by order of Janusz Wilhelmi, who was the deputy minister of culture in Poland, filming was minimized, costumes and scenery were destroyed. The director himself was forced to leave the country under the threat of criminal prosecution. The picture was shot only 80 percent. They managed to save the material that they managed to save and release it only after a series of political changes that took place in the country in mid-1989.
The next picture was Obsessed. Isabelle Adjani played in it. This work won the Golden Asteroid in the framework of the festival of science fiction films, held in Trieste. Further, the director made the film “Public Woman”. It was played by Valerie Capriski. This work won a special jury award at the Montreal Film Festival. The next picture was “Crazy Love”. The film was shot based on Dostoevsky’s novel The Idiot. The next work of the director was called "My nights are more beautiful than your days." He also directed the film Fidelity, which is based on the plot of the novel Princess Cleves, Madame de Lafayette.
It should be noted that Andrzej Zhulavsky and Sophie Marceau became a married couple. The chosen one was 26 years younger than her husband. Moreover, they had a son. But in mid-2001, the couple broke up.
But back to the creative work of the director. In Poland, in 1996, he made the film "The Shaman". The script of the picture was created by Manuela Gretkovskaya. The director’s last film was Cosmos. It was released in the summer of 2015. At the 68th Film Festival, held in Locarno, the picture received a prize for directing. Andrzej Zhulavsky passed away in 2016, February 17, after a long illness.
Confession
The director received the title of Commander and the star of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland in 2001. In 2002 he became a knight of the Legion of Honor.
Filmography
In 1971, he shot the film “The Third Part of the Night”. In 1972, he directed the film "The Devil." In 1975, he shot the picture "The main thing is to love." In 1981, Gudu was released on the screens of his film Obsessed. In 1984, he staged the painting "Public Woman." In 1985 he created the film "Crazy Love". In 1987, he worked on the film “On the Silver Planet”. In 1989, he created the painting "My nights are more beautiful than your days." Boris Godunov is a film shot by the director in 1989. In 1991 he put the picture "Blue Note". In 1996, he shot the film "The Shaman". In 2000, his film “Fidelity” was released. In 2015, he created the picture "Cosmos". The director’s favorite films include: The Wild Gang, Umberto D., The Cylinder, Sunrise, Hamlet, The Great Illusion, The Gold Rush, Adventure, Amarcord, Space 2001 Odyssey. "
Plots
"Boris Godunov" - a film by Andrzej Zhulavsky with Ruggiero Raymondi in the main role. The plot of the film almost completely repeats the contents of the opera. At the same time, the director changed the sequence of a number of scenes, and also gave a different interpretation of the events. So, in the picture there is a scene in which the innkeeper tries to seduce a monk. The director wanted Boris to be the lover of his own daughter Ksenia, but he had to abandon such an idea, as the directors required. The plot describes Moscow in 1598. Tsar Fedor died, without leaving an heir. Boris Godunov, his brother-in-law, ascends the throne. The main character is tormented by fears and doubts. It takes several years. In the cell of the monastery, Pimen the chronicler tells
Grigory Otrepiev , a young monk, that Boris Godunov is guilty of the death of Dmitry, the heir to the throne.