Movie Details
Original Language:Polish
Production Companies:Jaroslaw Manka Film TVP
Cracow by Polanski
25 minDocumentary
Roman Polanski lived in CracowKrakow during 19361955 almost 20 years of his life These years formed him to become one of the most popular film directors of the world The title of the documentary refers to Roman Polanskis autobiography Roman by Polanski By the end of 1930s CracowKrakow 250 000 inhabitants about 50 000 were Jews It was one of the happiest time in young Romans life WWII made him leave the Cracow ghetto and he was hidden by a Polish family near the city After the war till 1955 it was not only the hard Stalins time but also the time when young Roman discovered his passion for art especially the cinema In these times he played in social realistic plays in Young Spectator Theatre and in puppet plays in Groteska Theatre Cracow Finally he left Cracow for Lodz in 1955 to study directing at the Film Academy
