Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze (born April 2, 1953 in Warsaw ; † December 24, 2014 there ) was a Polish film director and screenwriter .
Life
The son of the Polish actress Krystyna Karkowska graduated from the State Film School in Łódź in 1976 with a degree in camera direction and initially made short films as a film director in the 1980s . From 1988 Krauze made six feature films, all of which have won national and international awards. His greatest success was winning the main prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 for his film My Nikifor .
His film The Guilt , which contains the true story of the murder of two young businessmen against a blackmailer, received a lot of attention in Poland . The two young men were sentenced to life imprisonment and his film ensured that there was a broad discussion about their amnesty in Poland . Because of this committed film, Krauze received the important culture award Paszport Polityki from the weekly political magazine Polityka . The film also won all the major film awards in 1999 and 2000, including the Golden Lion at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia and the Polish Film Prize in the categories of Best Director and Best Screenplay.
After Mein Nikifor (2004) with Krystyna Feldman in the title role of the painter of the same name (1895–1968), Krauze completed the film Plac Zbawiciela in 2006 together with his wife Joanna Kos-Krauze , which takes place in the square of the same name in Warsaw. The drama focuses on a petty-bourgeois Warsaw family that breaks up because of the husband's unemployment and the resulting financial and interpersonal problems. The film was praised by critics, psychologists and sociologists as an empathetic portrait of society and once again won Krauze the Golden Lion of Gdynia and the Polish Film Prize.
Krauze died in December 2014 at the age of 61 from complications from prostate cancer .
Filmography (selection)
| Year of production | Movie title | Original title | Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | New York, 4 a.m. | Nowy Jork, czwarta rano | Anna Wojton , Janusz Józefowicz |
| 1996 | Street games | Gry uliczne | Redbad Klynstra , Robert Gonera |
| 1999 | The blame | Dług | Robert Gonera , Jacek Borcuch , Andrzej Chyra |
| 2004 | My Nikifor | Mój Nikifor | Krystyna Feldman |
| 2006 | Redeemer place | Plac Zbawiciela | Jowita Budnik , Arkadiusz Janiczek |
Web links
- Director of poignant films
- Krzysztof Krauze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ cf. Gnauck, Gerhard: Urban jungle war: the director couple Krauze show the new Polish helplessness in their film "Erlöserplatz" . In: Die Welt , January 6, 2007, issue 5/2007, features section, p. 29
- ↑ Celebrated film director Krzysztof Krauze dies (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krauze, Krzysztof |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 2014 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |