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The first film show
The first film show by using Edison's gear (cynetograf) took place in Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw. -
And not a lot of time later...
The first film show by using Lumière Brothers gear (cinemathograph) took place in Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków. The film was pulled together by 12 short scenes in 20 minutes long programme. -
The first cinema
The first permament cinema was created in Łódź by Krzemińscy Brothers but it was working for only 3 months. A show was consisted in 4 films and some enterteining brakes - in total about 50 minutes. -
The first films (silent films)
Cinema was a mass enterteiment. In Poland it was cheaper to make a new film than bring a film from abroad. Polish cinematography was following west productions like comedy, horrors etc. Film directors was looking for inspirations also in literature. Literary adaptation became very popular as well. -
Polish contribution
Kazimierz Prószyński (4 April 1875 – 13 March 1945), born in Warsaw was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinema. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph (in Polish spelling: Pleograf), and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company, as well as invent the widely used hand-held Aeroscope camera. -
The sound appeared
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The 2nd World War
During the IIWW cinemas were used in popularization of fascism by German occupiers. -
After war
After war polish cinematography had to start from the bottom. There weren't any specialists or technical base. Poland was completely different country after IIWW. The new goverment respected the power of cinematography and it helped te re-build it but unfortunately in communism way. For example films were censored. -
"Zakazane piosenki" - "Forbidden songs"
The first post war film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. The film was about people who lived in Warsaw during occupation. -
Early 50s.
By the mid 1950s, following the end of Stalinism in Poland, Film production was organised into film groups. A film group was a collection of filmmakers, led by an experienced film director and consisting of writers, film directors and production managers. They would write scripts, create budgets, apply for funding off the Ministry of Culture and produce the picture. They would hire actors and crew, and use studios and laboratories controlled by Film Polski. -
Polish Film School
Polish Film School in Łódź (Polish: Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors (Roman Polanski, Andrzej Wajda) and screenplay writers active between 1955 and approximately 1963. The most important were humans and worlds truth. Acting was free and unaffected.
Pfoto: "Ashes and diamonds: by Andrzej Wajda with Zbigniew Cybulski -
The third Polish cinema
Unexpected 70s talents started to succeed in Polish cinema were called the third Polish cinema. -
The biggest adaptations
After Stalins death films were mainly about the biggest literary works like "Pan Wołodyjowski" or "Lalka". -
The cinema of young culture 1969-1975
Year 1975 ended an era in Polish cinematography. The government was changed and democratic opposition started functioning. It was the beginning of new opportunities for filmmakers.
Photo: "Rejs" is considered as a masterpiece by many and as the earliest cult film in Polish cinema. -
After transformation
After 1989 financial and manufacturing structure of Polish cinematography changed suddenly. There wasn't any censure and everyone could be a producer. Film became a commercial product. -
"Dług" - "The debt" by Krzysztof Krauze
Polish brutal reality in raising capitalism in 90s. -
Andrzej Wajda - the best polish film director
Four of Wajda's works ("The Promised Land", "The Maids of Wilko", "Man of Iron", and "Katyn") have been nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for best foreign language film.
In 2000, Wajda received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Wajda said: "My fervent hope is that the only flames people will encounter will be the great passions of the heart-love, gratitude and solidarity".
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To be continued
