Krzysztof Zanussi — Director (31)

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Luke (1991)
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other title: Istota
Young homeless man Luke is not going to obey the laws established by his homeless colleagues, as well as the arbitrariness of the foreman when he finds himself in forced labor. But only resistance to his own kind does not give Luke anything: without housing and means of subsistence, and, finally, without basic rights to protect the individual, he no longer sees any light in this life.

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The Perfect Number (2022)
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other title: Liczba doskonała
The young mathematician David dedicated his whole life to the study of prime numbers. Getting to know his distant cousin, Joachim, causes the man to gradually reevaluate his priorities. This meeting will have a huge impact on both of them and will provoke a long discussion on the mysterious world order, the meaning of life and its passing.

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Danish Girls Show Everything (1996)
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other title: Danske piger viser alt
Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-to-back) on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers including Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes mix with other comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The picture includes one animated sequence (by Norgaard).

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周末故事 (1998)
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other title: Niepisane prawa z cyklu 'Opowiesci weekendowe' / Niepisane prawa …
Krzysztof Zanussi 监制的电视电影系列《周末故事》(Opowiesci weekendowe,1996-1997),它在精神上与《十诫》相近。 A handsome young chauffeur hired by a powerful and charismatic businesswoman discovers he has been made an unwitting party to fraud, but his moral outrage is complicated: the married man allowed himself to be seduced by the woman, who threatens to tell the man's wife.

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团结,团结…… (2005)
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other title: Solidarność, Solidarność...
The original movie prepared by the Polish Television for the celebration of August 80 events. Film consists 13 etudes realized by prominent Polish directors, who share their reflections connected with 25. anniversary of NSZZ "Solidarity". Every etude is the stand-alone artistic statement, different in form and the content. Some have documental character, other are plot based shorts, one is even realized as a video clip. Mockery shuffles with pathos, seriousness with grotesque, nostalgia and emotion with disappointment, sorrow and anger. They present rather bitter view on polish latest history. Distorted ideals, lost heroes, unnecessary symbols - it shouldn't be this way. But though the movement didn't stamped its influence on the society, and young generation think about the "Solidarity" more often in the category of careerists and dirty politics than democracy and justice, it was the time of social unity, hope and belief, which majority of us never before experienced, and probably won't never again. Juliusz Machulski - Sushi The movie is opened by kept in comedy tone Juliusz Machulski's etude "Sushi". Movie producer Marek (Marek Kondrat) receives the proposal of realizing short film about "Solidarity". He engages his friends (Katarzyna Herman, Robert Więckiewicz) - experts in advertisement to help him. They wonder, what exactly "Solidarity" gave them. Andrzej Jakimowski - Bag In the second short story, Andrzej Jakimowski's "Bag", in the train, two thieves (Krzysztof Kiersznowski, Rafał Guźniczak) steal a fellow-traveller's (Leszek Żurek) bag. To their disappointment, there are only "Solidarity" leaflets copied on the duplicator in it. Jerzy Domaradzki - Blackboards Jerzy Domaradzki's document "Boards" tales a history of the boards, on which - with help of two students (Bartek Turzyński, Daniel Zawadzki) - strikers from Danzig's Shipyard made a list of their postulates, and they hung it on a shipyard's gate. Jan Jakub Kolski - The Great Bear Action of Jan Jakub Kolski's short takes place in the summer of 1980 in Italian Alps. Three young Polish cavers, Janek (Maciej Zakościelny), Rudy (Cezary Łukaszewicz) and Staszek (Eryk Lubos), during exploration of the cave become imprisoned under the ground. While waiting for help, they find out from colleagues about signature of August agreements. It becomes pretext to conversation about socio-political situation in Poland, their hopes and dreams. One of them, student Janek, is the later director of this short. Piotr Trzaskalski - Ball pen The hero of "Ball pen", Janusz (Waldemar Czyszak), wants to earn on huge, plastic ball pens with pope's picture, however nobody wants to buy them. Filip Bajon - Petrol In etude "Petrol" in August 1980 two young men: Tomek (Maciej Stuhr) and Filip (Marcin Dorociński) meet in the train going to coast. Both read Tadeusz Konwicki's "Small Apocalypse". Filip transports with him a can of petrol. During a conversation Tomek gets to suspect that his fellow-traveller wants to commit suicide by the self-immolation. In fervent words he tries to stop him. Krzysztof Zanussi - Tanks In documental etude "Tanks" Krzysztof Zanussi comes back to time, when he realized John Paul II's biography - "From a Far Country" in the winter of 1981 in Cracow. The probability of Soviet armies entering Poland caused, that when in one scene extras had to put on Soviet and German uniforms, all hands drew out for German. Robert Glinski - Scenery Robert Gliński's "Scenery" portrays the Danzig Shipyard as a depressing metaphor of what happened with "Solidarity". Rusting halls, empty docks, litter raised by wind. Only foreign trips go around historical cradle of the union. Former workers are in the majority unemployed. Ryszard Bugajski - What Happened to Our Solidarity? Richard Bugajski proposed video clip " What Happened to Our Solidarity??", in which Grzegorz Markowski, together with two young rappers, (Bzyk and Guzik from Wu - Hae band), dramatically sing latest 40 years of Polish history. Jacek Bromski - And You Know What? In the short story "And you know what?" Roman, businessman and former political prisoner (Krzysztof Stroiński), goes to bank to apply for a credit. The president of bank, former party dignitary and procurator (Janusz Gajos), who arrested the opposition members, including Roman, will now again decide about his future. Nervous Roman's wife (Anna Romantowska) waits outside. Feliks Falk - Short Story of One Blackboard Feliks Falk prepared the black and white animated etude "Short Story of One Blackboard", realized by the technique of collage. It is about a white board with the characteristic, red letter name "Solidarity" written on. After the period of fight and the euphoria of victory the myths and the symbols go away in oblivion gradually. Andrzej Wajda - Man of Hope "Man of hope" is a record of the "Man of Iron" creator and main performers - Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz - with Lech Wałęsą in a great, empty hall of Danzig cinema Neptun. In 1980, while congratulating Andrzej Wajda his movie about August events Wałęsa encouraged him to film up next one - the "Man of hope". Film hasn't been yet made. What would it be about if filmed nowadays? Malgorzata Szumowska - Father Cycle of "Solidarity" etudes is closed by the fabularised document "Father" by Małgorzata Szumowska, in which archival materials set by her father, well-known documentalist are used. Thirty-year woman (Maja Ostaszewska) tells how "Solidarity" altered the life of her family, and especially father (Kazimierz Borowiec), idealist, who hasn't gained any profits and honors like many other oppositionists, but his daughter can live in a free country.

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And A Warm Heart (2008)
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克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 鲍格丹·斯图普卡 / 斯齐蒙·博布鲁夫斯基 …
other title: 热心肠 / Serce na dłoni
"With a warm heart" is a dark comedy about Konstanty, a rich businessman, who finds out he has been suffering from a serious heart disease and only a quick transplant can save his life. While in the hospital Konstanty meets a young man named Stefan. Stefan has lost interest in living because of a job loss and an unhappy love life. Suicidal Stefan is an ideal donor and all he needs is a little help to leave this world. 这是一部悲喜剧,讲述的是有钱的商人Konstanty发现自己已经身患严重的心脏病,只有通过心脏移植才可以活命。在医院, Konstanty认识了一个年轻人 Stefan,后者因为事业和爱情的不顺心而感觉活着毫无乐趣。轻生的Stefan是再合适不过的捐赠者,他所需要的只是给他一个离开这个世界的理由……

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The Contract (1980)
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Krzysztof Zanussi actor: 莱斯莉·卡伦 / 马娅·科莫罗夫斯卡
other title: 合约 / Kontrakt
波兰名导克日什托夫·扎努西作品。故事发生在一个富裕的医生别墅里,正值举行婚礼之际。这对年轻夫妇在民政局宣誓过后,女孩却在教堂仪式中跑了出来,因为对方对孩子不感兴趣,一门心思扑在工作上。这个家庭有位年迈的亲戚,是昔日的明星芭蕾舞演员,与她相处不欢的女儿来华沙参加婚礼。新郎苦苦哀求,新娘不予接受,两人一起离开了教堂。剩下的人们移步到别墅去庆祝了,在桑拿浴室开裸体派对,腐败官员之间进行着不可告人的交易。影片结尾,新郎因企图自杀被送往医院。

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Inventory (1989)
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克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 克里斯提娜·杨达 / 亚特·祖米卓斯基 …
other title: 清单 / Stan posiadania
Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography student. He lives with his mother Zofia, a sensitive, practicing Catholic, like her son. When he meets Julia, a depressed woman older than he, he first tries to comfort her, then invites her to stay with him and his mother. Tomek makes a trip to West Berlin to visit his well-off father. He refuses to take money from him and looks for work as a house painter. Julia ends up in a rest home for treatment, while Tomek is trying to make their relationship work.

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人性诱惑 (2014)
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★ 4.8 8 ratings
克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 里卡多·莱昂内利 / 阿格涅兹卡·格罗乔斯卡 …
other title: Obce ciało / 异物 …
女友天主入血,潜心修道,安哲罗从皮靴国追到波兰修道院,更为了方便施展哦功,去了就近大公司打工,没想到送羊入虎口。上司是绝色美女,却如虎向上爬,似饿狼好色。天使与魔鬼天天跟安哲罗同在。他抵住色诱、淫威和辣手,女上司不甘老鼠拉龟,派他出差俄国做不道德交易,铁下心肠要毁灭他。赞禄西(34 届焦点导演)的寓言太夸张?但身历其境有更厉害的,他在辩证,也旨在尖锐挑衅:自由,令波兰可以去到几尽?后共产企业异常凶勐,传统道德防线告急哩。

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Spirala (1978)
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克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 扬·诺维茨基 / 马娅·科莫罗夫斯卡 …
other title: 螺旋 / Spirale …
A stranger who turns up at a resort hotel in midwinter, behaves rudely towards other guests and disappears the next day. Found half-frozen in the snow he is taken to hospital where his story is gradually revealed.

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Camouflage (1977)
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★ 6.4 7 ratings
克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 皮厄特勒·加里克奇 / 比涅尤·扎塔西奇斯 …
other title: 黑幕风云 / Barwy ochronne …
A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.

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A Woman's Decision (1975)
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克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 马娅·科莫罗夫斯卡 / 彼得·弗龙切夫斯基 …
other title: 波兰式出轨 / Bilans kwartalny …
The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she won't be needed much at home as the boy grows up and the relationship with her husband crumbles. It's only when an embezzlement is discovered at the office and she stands up to her management, that she realizes life has more to offer. She meets a well-off former classmate, married to an American. Then she meets Jacek and starts contemplating possibilities of a new start. She discovers love for the first time, but turns to old ways rather than to break loose.

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不受欢迎的人 (2005)
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克日什托夫·扎努西 actor: 比涅尤·扎塔西奇斯 / 尼基塔·米哈尔科夫 …
other title: Persona non grata
在妻子海伦娜的葬礼上,波兰驻乌拉圭大使维克多遇见久未谋面的老朋友,俄国人奥列格。维克多疑心妻子与奥列格有私情,后者承诺日后去乌拉圭与其面谈。 丧事完毕,维克多返回使馆,居心叵测的下属设下一个个圈套,令他备尝生活的苦涩与荒谬。奥列格来到乌拉圭,俩人见面后,多年友谊从此破裂。维克多将被奥列格撕碎的老照片偷来,从残片中看到妻子与奥列格状似亲密。在对患绝症的爱犬实施安乐死后,维克多将妻子的骨灰撒入大海,然后回到使馆将自己反锁于房间。此时,他已拿到照片的另一半,上面是三个并肩欢笑的老友:维克多、海伦娜和奥列格。待工作人员赶到时,维克多已在钢琴旁悄然离世。 获奖情况: 2005年波兰电影节最佳男配角及评委会大奖 2006年波兰电影奖最佳剪辑,最佳配乐,最佳音效,最佳男配角