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Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda, (1926 -2016) was a Polish film and theater director and a member of the so-called Polish Film School. He received an Honorary Oscar and a Palme d'Or during his extensive career.

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Andrzej Wajda on the set of 'The Promised Land'

Andrzej Wajda's most important films

Here are some of the most memorable works of Andrzej Wajda, who chronicled the upheavals of his country.
FilmOctober 10, 2016
Deutschland, Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda's most important films

Here are some of the most memorable works of Andrzej Wajda, who chronicled the upheavals of his country.
FilmOctober 10, 201611 images
Regisseur Andrzej Wajda

Oscar-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda dies

Polish director Andrzej Wajda dies aged 90
FilmOctober 10, 2016
Two German officers over a partly-emptied mass grave in the Katyn Forest

Katyn massacre

The 1940 massacre of Polish officers still strains relations between Warsaw and Moscow.
April 6, 2010