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28.12.2007
POLISH DIRECTOR KAWALEROWICZ DIES AT 85.
Warsaw - According to news released by Polish Radio, famous Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz died on December 27, 2007 at the age of 85, in Warsaw.
Kawalerowicz was one of the founding fathers of Poland's Film Industry after World War II. Since 1956, he headed the important and influential production company Kadr, which worked with such great talents as Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Munk or Kazimierez Kutz.
In his career, Kawalerowicz directed a total of 17 movies, which won prizes in Cannes, Venice and Berlin. His most famous works include "Mother Joan of the Angels" (Matka Joanna od aniolow, 1961), which was awarded a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the monumental "Pharaoh" (Faraon, 1965), which was based on the famous novel by Boreslaw Prus and received an Academy Award Nomination.
atlas international has been working with and for Jerzy Kawalerowicz since 1967, selling the epic "Pharaoh" all over the world. The award winning movie, which was recently restored and remastered, continues to be a great example of Kawalerowicz' exceptional directing skills and remains one of the most expensive Polish movies ever made.