The Pianist
2003
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Lew Rywin (ur. 1945) to polski producent filmowy, okazjonalnie aktor, główny bohater afery Rywina. Został skazany na karę pozbawienia wolności za pomoc w płatnej protekcji i fałszowanie dokumentacji medycznej.
Lew Rywin is a Polish film producer who worked on Schindler's List, The Pianist and The Witcher. He was also involved in a corruption scandal in 2002, known as the Rywin affair.
Apr 27, 2004 · Lew Rywin, a leading Polish film executive whose company co-produced the Academy Award-winning movies “Schindler’s List” and “The Pianist” was found guilty of fraud Monday and sentenced to 2 1/2...
- Chain of Events
- Contradictory Conclusions
- Long-Term Impact on Political Culture
On 22 July 2002, Lew Rywin called at the office of Adam Michnik, editor of Poland's largest daily newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. Rywin sought a bribe of 17.5 million USD to arrange a change to a draft law aimed at limiting the print media's influence on radio and television, which would have been in Michnik's favour; the original draft would have prev...
In the meantime, the protracted hearings of the Sejm's special committee continued. On April 5, 2004 the committee officially finished proceedings. With a majority vote supported by the SLD and Samoobronadeputies to the committee, it came to the same conclusion as the penal court, according to which Rywin had been acting completely on his own. Howe...
Former dissident Adam Michnik's reputation was damaged, as he was suspected to be more deeply entangled in the scandal, although in what way remains unclear. His friendly relations with members of the former communist political establishment were exposed. This increased the numbers of Poles who are convinced that politicians and opinion-leaders are...
Apr 26, 2004 · WARSAW — Lew Rywin, the Polish co-producer of “Schindler’s List” and “The Pianist,” was convicted Monday of fraud and sentenced to 30 months in prison in a bribery scandal that has fueled public...
Apr 26, 2004 · Leading Polish film maker Lew Rywin was sentenced today to two-and-a-half years in jail for soliciting a bribe in the country's biggest corruption scandal since the 1989 fall of communism.
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Apr 26, 2004 · The Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning “Schindler’s List” and “The Pianist” was convicted Monday of fraud and sentenced to 2½ years in prison in a bribery scandal that has fueled public anger...
