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Andrzej Wajda is a directorial star in the firmament of film history and stands as Poland’s foremost director. With a keen eye for balance between intellect and emotions and always provocative, Wajda has been a barometer of Poland’s political and economic trajectory for the last 50 years. He is one of the great storytellers and a most versatile director who created romantic films, comedies and epics, as well as dramas. This Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set includes eight classic films by Andrzej Wajda:
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In 1999, Polish director Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Academy Award® for his body of work—more than thirty-five feature films, beginning with A Generation in 1955. Wajda’s second film, Kanal—the first ever made about the Warsaw uprising—secured him the Special Jury Prize at Cannes and started him on the path to international acclaim, secured with the release of his masterpiece, Ashes and Diamonds, in 1958. These three groundbreaking films ushered in the “Polish School” movement and later became known as the “War Trilogy.” But each boldly stands on its own—testaments to the resilience of the human spirit, the struggle for personal and national freedom, and Wajda’s unique contribution to his homeland and to world cinema. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this director-approved edition, with new transfers of all three films and extensive interviews with the director and his colleagues.
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Andrzej Wajda shot this extraordinary film in Yugoslavia, during a period of self-imposed political exile. Fury Is a Woman ranks with Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood as one of the most successful screen translations of Shakespeare ever made. "Not only has the director succeeded in catching the spirit of the time and the place; he has ... managed to create the sense of timelessness inherent to the tragedy" (Richard Roud, Sight & Sound). With Olivera Markovic and Ljuba Tadic. In Serbo-Croation with English subtitles. Yugoslavia, 1961, 93 mins.
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The great films of Polish director Andrzej Wajda are being honored by the Cannes Classics film heritage program with the screening of a restored print of Kanal. This feature-length black-and-white film, shot in 1956, is the story of the final days of the Warsaw rebellion of late September 1944. Do not expect a portrayal of Polish heroism: this is a heart-breaking tale of frustrated courage of epic proportions, and one of the most tragic chapters in the history of Poland.
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Polish director Andrzej Wajda tells a beautiful and fatalistic story of love found in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Based on the writings of Tadeusz Borowski, an Auschwitz survivor who committed suicide at the age of 29, the film follows two concentration camp survivors who have an affair while waiting repatriation after WWII. DVD includes Spanish subtitles. In Polish with English subtitles. Poland, 1979, 101 mins.
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Oscar winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda , left, receives the first Czeslaw Milosz award from U.S. ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 18, 2007. The Czeslaw Milosz award named after Polish poet Milosz was presented to Wajda for promoting improved communication, closer cooperation, and greater understanding between the people of the United States and Poland.
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