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    Roman Polanski

    French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

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  1. Roman Polanski (born 1933) is a Polish-French filmmaker. Filmography. Feature films. As director. Year Title ... TV movie 1992 Back in the USSR: Kurilov 1994

  2. 5. The Fearless Vampire Killers. 1967 1h 31m Approved. 7.0 (34K) Rate. 56 Metascore. A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. Director Roman Polanski Stars Jack MacGowran Roman Polanski Alfie Bass.

  3. 19 Videos. 99+ Photos. Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933. His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years before World War II began.

    • January 1, 1
    • 1.60 m
    • Paris, France
    • Carnage (2011) “Carnage,” a black comedy based on Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage,” presents a meeting of two middle-aged couples (John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet), who gather in order to discuss the situation where one of their children hit another couple’s child with a hockey stick in the face.
    • The Ninth Gate (1999) On paper, “The Ninth Gate” should be the next Polański masterpiece. The popular novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, “The Club Dumas,” where a “book detective” searches for a novel written by Lucifer himself, should be a perfect ground for a movie adaptation, one that would be a combination of the noir sensitivity of “Chinatown” and a Satanic horror movie like “Rosemary’s Baby.”
    • Oliver Twist (2005) At first glance, Polański isn’t a typical choice to direct Charles Dickens’ literary classic “Oliver Twist.” But considering the director’s biography, particularly his rough childhood during World War II, there is a visible parallel between the cases of the young Oliver Twist fighting for his honor on the streets of London during the Industrial Revolution, and young Polański, who was caught up with his family in the ghettos, then hiding from the Nazis in a Polish province.
    • The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) “The Fearless Vampire Killers” is the first movie by Polański shot in color. The story happens in the 19th century and is about an eccentric professor named Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his awkward assistant Alfred (played by Polański himself), who arrives in a small Transylvanian town in order to find the evidence for existence of the legendary bloodsuckers called vampires.
  4. Director Roman Polanski Stars Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon. 3. The Pianist. 2002 2h 30m R. 8.5 (926K) Rate. 85 Metascore. During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.

  5. Lowest Rated: 10% The Palace (2023) Birthday: Aug 18, 1933. Birthplace: Paris, France. A Best Director Oscar winner for "The Pianist" (2002), Roman Polanski also made the seminal films "Rosemary's ...

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  7. Roman Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer and actor. Born in Paris to Polish parents, Polański relocated with his family to Poland in 1937. After surviving the Holocaust, he continued his education in Poland and became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polański's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water ...

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