Wajda, Andrzej 1926-

Overview

Works:	704 works in 1,704 publications in 9 languages and 14,156 library holdings
Genres:	Drama History Film adaptations Interviews Personal narratives Biography Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Motion pictures Comedy films
Roles:	Director, Interviewee, Author of screenplay, Performer, Actor, Film editor, Scenarist, fmd, Adapter, Dedicatee, Author of introduction, Narrator, Contributor, Other, Creator, Illustrator, Costume designer, Honoree
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1950 |

|2020

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Publications about Andrzej Wajda

Publications by Andrzej Wajda

Most widely held works about Andrzej Wajda

Double vision : my life in film by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
The theatre of Andrzej Wajda by Maciej Karpiński ( Book )
The cinema of Andrzej Wajda by Bolesław Michałek ( Book )
The cinema of Andrzej Wajda : the art of irony and defiance ( Book )
The political films of Andrzej Wajda : dialogism in Man of marble, Man of iron, and Danton by Janina Falkowska ( Book )

Andrzej Wajda : history, politics, and nostalgia in Polish cinema by Janina Falkowska ( Book )
Andrzej Wajda: Polish cinema; a BFI Education Department dossier by Colin McArthur ( Book )
Andrzej Wajda by Klaus Eder ( Book )
Wajda mówi o sobie : wywiady i teksty by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
Andrzej Wajda by Hadelin Trinon ( Book )
Wajda films by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
Wajda : [entretiens avec] Jean-Luc Douin by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
Andrzej Wajda by Michel Estève ( Book )
Kino i reszta świata by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
Andrzej Wajda--teatr by Maciej Karpiński ( Book )
Diament odnaleziony w popiele by Krzysztof Kąkolewski ( Book )
Podwójne spojrzenie by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
O polityce, o sztuce, o sobie by Andrzej Wajda ( Book )
Wajda : [portret mistrza w kilku odsłonach] by Tadeusz Lubelski ( Book )
Teatr Andrzeja Wajdy by Maciej Karpiński ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Andrzej Wajda

Danton by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
97 editions published between 1982 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 1,376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The film centers on Georges Danton ... the popular revolutionary leader, who returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Maximilien Robespierre ... and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." In direct opposition to the government and Robespierre, Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution. What begins as a public cause, soon turns into a personal conflict between Danton and Robespierre. Robespierre subsequently has Danton arrested for treason and France's one voice for peace faces the guillotine"--Cassette container

Katyn by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
30 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 944 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people (interned Polish officers as well as civilians accused of treason by the occupying Soviet forces) by the Soviet secret police at Katyń in the spring of 1940, and the cover-up that followed. Follows the fictional stories of four families, separated from one another in the confusion of September 1939, when the Soviets and Germans invaded Poland, through the Soviet occupation in 1945 when the truth of the massacre gets suppressed

Popiół i diament Ashes and diamonds ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in Polish and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rural Poland, on the last days of World War II. The Nazis have surrendered, and the Red Army has criss-crossed the country. With the battle against the Nazis over, a new struggle emerges against the communists. A group of Polish patriots boldy set out to assassinate a mid-level communist-party functionary. Macick is the trigger man, but when he spots a blonde behind the bar, his priorities change. The final film in what has come to be known as the director's 'war trilogy'

Człowiek z Marmuru ( Visual )
31 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Man of marble" is about the attempts of a zealous young woman filmmaker to make a documentary about Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who in the early days of the Communist revolution in Poland, was hailed by the States as a national hero for his productivity feats and became as famous as any film star, only to disappear mysteriously from the record books in 1952. The filmmaker is determined to reveal what happened to Birkut and why

Broken silence by Luis Puenzo ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five historical films about human courage, heroism, and triumph among the deepest of adversity during World War II

Kanał by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
50 editions published between 1956 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Polonia, septiembre de 1944. Los valientes soldados de un pequeño ejército de la Resistencia se ven forzados a ocultarse en los laberínticos canales de Varsovia tratando de escapar de la ofensiva nazi

Ashes and diamonds by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rural Poland, on the last days of World War II. The Nazis have surrendered, and the Red Army has criss-crossed the country. With the battle against the Nazis over, a new struggle emerges against the communists. A group of Polish patriots boldy set out to assassinate a mid-level communist-party functionary. Macick is the trigger man, but when he spots a blonde behind the bar, his priorities change

Korczak by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
30 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author who ran a home for Jewish orphans in 1930's Warsaw

Ashes and diamonds by Jerzy Andrzejewski ( Book )
10 editions published between 1958 and 1985 in English and held by 360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pokolenie A generation by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1954 and 2005 in Polish and No Linguistic content and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a cocky Polish youth who decides to fight the Nazis after he falls for a pretty resistance leader. As he and his friends help escapees during the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the innocence of a generation is lost under the grueling conditions of war

Człowiek z żelaza Man of iron by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
40 editions published between 1981 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Polish Solidarity strike takes place at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980. An alcoholic TV journalist is ordered to smear one of the Solidarity's key figures, coined the "man of iron."

Eine Liebe in Deutschland A love in Germany by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1983 and 2012 in German and Undetermined and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of a tragic love affair between a German shopkeeper's wife and a Polish prisoner of war, set in a small German village during World War II

Pan Tadeusz ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1999 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A finales del s. XVIII, el amor entre el joven Tadeusz y la bella Zosia es la última unión entre dos grandes familias polacas enfrentadas: los Soplica, aliados de los rusos y los Horeszko, partidarios de la independencia

Zemsta ( Visual )
20 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in Polish and Multiple languages and held by 211 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Two 17th century aristocratic families, due to decline in their ancestral legacies, inhabit separate parts of a crumbling castle and thrive on making each other miserable. The feuding noblemen try to outwit one another for romance and control over their extravagant realm while their family members pursue their selfish interests of greed and lust. Thwarted lovers, mistaken identity, closed-door couplings and long simmering feuds abound in this delightful farce!"--Container

Krajobraz po bitwie ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1970 and 2009 in Polish and Italian and held by 165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two Polish Holocaust survivors, a Gentile political prisoner and a headstrong Jewish girl, begin a romantic relationships in the days after their liberation by the Allies

Ziemia obiecana The promised land ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in Polish and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Three friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair."--Container

Kanal Canal ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1956 and 2008 in Polish and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Begins on the 56th day of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis during World War II. A ragtag group of trained and untrained Resistance fighters hold on to the front line. They try to live a relatively normal life, and even find time to play the piano. They achieve small victories, but must retreat into the sewers in order to survive

Wszystko na sprzedaż by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
13 editions published between 1968 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Inspired by the death of Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski, [the film] focuses on the behind-the-scenes lives of a director and his actors when they are disrupted by the mysterious murder of their leading man ... Film fiction mixes with reality as some of the actors play themselves"--Container

Ziemia obiecana ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1974 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Interpretation of a classic epic depicting the changes in values ushered in by the industrial revolution. Three friends build a factory in Lodz but are sidetracked by local politics and a dangerous love affair

Samson by Andrzej Wajda ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in Polish and held by 130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A psychological study of Jakub Gold, a Polish Jew imprisoned for killing a schoolmate in a brawl. He is released from prison at the outbreak of World War II, only to be confined to the Warsaw ghetto. Escaping the ghetto, he is confined--by the fear of being Jewish in a world hostile to Jews

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