Jan Batory

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Jan Batory (born August 23, 1921 in Kalisz , † August 1, 1981 in Warsaw ) was a Polish film director and screenwriter .

Life

From 1951 Batory studied directing at the Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa (PWSF) in Łódź . In 1956 he received his directorial diploma there. As early as 1953 he had (together with Henryk Hechtkopf ) as an assistant director Wanda Jakubowska at Żołnierz Zwycięstwa worked, in 1955, he turned, co-directed with Hechtkopf, his first film mountains burn ( Podhale w ogniu ) over the peasant uprising of Aleksander Kostka Napierski in 17th century Poland.

In 1961, the children's film His Great Friend was made , with which Batory won the Director's Prize and the Silver Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival that same year .

His next film, The Two Moon Thieves ( O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc , 1962) won the Grand Prize at the Gijón International Film Festival in 1964 and a prize at the Tehran Film Festival in 1966. The children's film based on the novel of the same name by Kornel Makuszyński is about the greedy and greedy twins Jacek and Placek (played by the twelve-year-old twin brothers Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński ) who want to catch the moon with a fishing net and sell it. More than 40 years later, the film regained popularity when the Kaczyński Twins ruled the Republic of Poland as President and Prime Minister.

This was followed by other successful films for children ( The Stallion Karino / The Foal Karino with Claudia Rieschel in the leading role of the young veterinarian, 1974 initially as a 13-part television series, 1976 as a theatrical version), but also crime films ( The Passenger is Death , 1963; ransom , 1981), espionage thrillers ( Meeting a Spy , 1964), comedies ( Cures for Love , 1966) and melodramas ( Con amore , 1976).

Filmography

  • 1955: Berge brennen (Podhale w ogniu) - screenplay and direction with Henryk Hechtkopf
  • 1961: His great friend (Odwiedziny prezydenta)
  • 1962: The two moon thieves / Of two who stole the moon (O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc) - also screenplay with Jan Brzechwa
  • 1963: The passenger is called Death / Death of a Taxi Driver (Ostatni course) - also screenplay with Joe Alex
  • 1964: meeting a spy (Spotkanie ze szpiegiem)
  • 1966: Remedies Against Love / Medicine Against Love (Lekarstwo na miłość) - also screenplay with Joanna Chmielewska
  • 1968: Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera - also screenplay with Andrzej Brycht
  • 1969: The Last Witness (Ostatni świadek)
  • 1972: The Lake of Curiosities (Jezioro osobliwości) - also screenplay with Krystyna Siesicka
  • 1974: The Stallion Karino ( Karino ) (TV series) - also screenplay with Jan Dobraczyński
  • 1976: Con amore (Con amore)
  • 1976: The foal Karino / Karino, the champion (Karino) - also script with Jan Dobraczyński
  • 1979: Skradziona kolekcja - also screenplay with Joanna Chmielewska
  • 1981: Ransom (Zapach psiej sierści) - also screenplay with Wojciech Żukrowski

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personal data
SURNAME Batory, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalisz
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1981
Place of death Warsaw