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Daniel Szczechura

Born July 11, 1930 · Wilczogęby, Poland (age 96)

Daniel Szczechura is a Polish director and screenwriter of animated films, set designer and pedagogue. Daniel Szczechura is a renowned Polish director, screenwriter, and set designer, celebrated for his contributions to animated cinema. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Cinematography Department at the National Film School in Łódź. Szczechura's work is characterized by its…

Known For

ProblemProblem · 1977
Problem
1977
MovieAnimation
A humorous grotesque about an average man who asks himself a basic philosophical question about the meaning of existence.
DobranockaDobranocka · 1997
Dobranocka
8.01997
MovieAnimation
The protagonist of the film is a rabbit (hare), who experiences various adventures, meets strange people and strange situations. The film begins with a sequence of dreams, but the dream events are repeated in the real world and have their continuation. Everything ends well. This is how the plot looks like in a nutshell. But the mood and atmosphere of the film is difficult to verbalize, because it is assumed to be ambiguous, just as the painting of Stasys Eidrigevičius is ambiguous.
HobbyHobby · 1968
Hobby
6.81968
MovieFantasyAnimation
A woman takes a break from her knitting to snare hapless winged men and deposit them in oversized birdcages.
JourneyJourney · 1970
Journey
6.91970
MovieAnimation
Seemingly, nothing happens in the film; At most, a man forgets something at home and must return. The viewer watches his train journey, the rhythm of the soundtrack determined by pylons whooshing by his cabin window.
KarolKarol · 1966
Karol
1966
MovieAnimation
Movie joke about a man painting slogans on a wall and the law enforcement officers who try to prevent him from doing so....
GraphGraph · 1966
Graph
1966
MovieAnimation
Animated parable in which a man chases after an unreachable point.
SkokSkok · 1978
Skok
1978
MovieAnimation
Morning. Cold interior of an apartment in a block of flats. The hero gets up, carefully does hi morning rituals, eats breakfast, reads the newspaper, gets dressed, adjusts his tie, looks at his watch, it's 7:50... He'll probably go to work soon. He is in a hurry not to be late... And suddenly, instead of going to the door, he directs his steps to the window. He jumps...
The ChairThe Chair · 1963
The Chair
6.11963
MovieAnimation
A story about the fight for power told with the help of simple graphics. The huge building, the huge column hall, one chair around the chairman's board table is empty. We observe the fight for that chair: little men run and fight, all tricks are allowed.

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