Andrzej Żuławski

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Andrzej Żuławski

Born November 22, 1940 · Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Died February 17, 2016 · aged 75

Andrzej Żuławski (November 22, 1940 – February 17, 2016) was a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. His second feature The Devil (1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. Af…

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PossessionPossession · 1981
Possession
★ 7.31981
MovieHorror
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
The Night of the GeneralsThe Night of the Generals · 1967
The Night of the Generals
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerMystery
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Mad LoveMad Love · 1985
Mad Love
★ 5.71985
MovieDramaCrime
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
The Public WomanThe Public Woman · 1984
The Public Woman
★ 6.01984
MovieDrama
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.
On the Silver GlobeOn the Silver Globe · 1989
On the Silver Globe
★ 7.61989
MovieScience FictionDrama
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.
FidelityFidelity · 2000
Fidelity
★ 5.92000
MovieDrama
A talented photographer who lands a lucrative job in Paris with a scandal-mongering tabloid and becomes romantically involved with an eccentric children's book publisher while resisting the sexual advances of another photographer.
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your DaysMy Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days · 1989
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
★ 6.11989
MovieDramaRomance
Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradually losing his memory. Shortly after that he meets Blanche who acts as a medium in a bizarre traveling show. Dying Lucas follows her to the sea resort where they spend together several days and nights.
That Most Important Thing: LoveThat Most Important Thing: Love · 1975
That Most Important Thing: Love
★ 7.01975
MovieDramaRomance
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.

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