FILM DIRECTOR

Wojciech Smarzowski

1963 - Today

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Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, The Wedding (not to be confused with the Andrzej Wajda film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wojciech Smarzowski has received more than 81,944 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wojciech Smarzowski is the 1,703rd most popular film director (down from 1,496th in 2019), the 1,336th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,136th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wojciech Smarzowski ranks 1,703 out of 2,041Before him are Espen Sandberg, Bill Pope, Joseph Cedar, Zhang Yuan, Tatsuya Ishihara, and Callie Khouri. After him are John Francis Dillon, Lee Daniels, D. J. Caruso, Simon Wells, Carlos Reygadas, and Ursula Meier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Wojciech Smarzowski ranks 646Before him are Martín Fiz, Torben Piechnik, Zhang Yuan, Philip Glenister, Zemfira Meftahatdinova, and Cynthia Gibb. After him are Ahmed Al-Maktoum, Adrián Fernández, Audrey Niffenegger, Hugo Pérez, Lina Kačiušytė, and Jsu Garcia.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wojciech Smarzowski ranks 1,336 out of 1,694Before him are Janusz Wójcik (1953), Michał Żewłakow (1976), Jacek Krzynówek (1976), Andrzej Iwan (1959), Marian Dudziak (1941), and Sebastian Szymański (1999). After him are Zdzisław Kapka (1954), Roman Giertych (1971), Roman Totenberg (1911), Krystyna Kuperberg (1944), Dariusz Dziekanowski (1962), and Anja Rubik (1983).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Wojciech Smarzowski ranks 31Before him are Kazimierz Kutz (1929), Juliusz Machulski (1955), Paweł Edelman (1958), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), Piotr Szulkin (1950), and Jerzy Stefan Stawiński (1921). After him are Krzysztof Krauze (1953), Władysław Pasikowski (1959), and Małgorzata Szumowska (1973).

Filmography

Clergy
Director
A few years back tragic events tied the fate of three Catholic priests. From then on they meet on every anniversary of the disaster to celebrate their survival. On an everyday basis they have their ups and downs. Lisowski works at the curia in a big city, has a career and is dreaming of the Vatican. Problem is, archbishop Mordowicz, an opulent church official who uses his political influence to build the largest sanctuary in Poland, gets in his way. The second priest, Trybus, is a village parson. He ministers to a poor community and gives in to human weaknesses more and more often. Kukuła is not faring well either. Despite his fervent faith, he loses the trust of his parishioners actually overnight. Soon the stories of the three clergymen are going to join once again.
Hatred
Director
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
The Dark House
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Poland, 1978. Edward Srodon, a zootechnician, makes an accidental stop at the Dziabas family farm, located in the remote area of the Bieszczady Mountains. Years later, on a winter day during Martial Law, a People's Militia investigation team examines a crime scene.