Peter Solan
Peter Solan ( April 25, 1929 in Banská Bystrica - September 21, 2013 in Bratislava ) was a Slovak film director , screenwriter and documentary filmmaker .
life and work
Solan graduated from the Prague Film Academy and graduated in 1953. He is assigned to the Czechoslovak New Wave .
In 1962 he wrote and directed the highly acclaimed film Boxer a smrť ( The Boxer and Death ), which portrayed the survival of the Polish boxer Tadeusz Pietrzykowski in the Auschwitz concentration camp . The boxer's name in the film is Ján Komínek . The script was based on Bokser i śmierć , a Polish novel by Józef Hen . The main actors in the film are Štefan Kvietik and Manfred Krug . In 1989 Robert M. Young directed the Hollywood flick Triumph des Geistes , which was based on the life story of the Greek boxer Salamo Arouch , but was sometimes viewed as a remake of Solan's film.
Solan has received several awards. In 1994 he received the Igric Award of the Art Film Fest for his life's work, and in 2004 the Prize of the Slovak Ministry of Culture for special services to Slovak film.
Filmography (selection)
As a screenwriter:
- 1953: Vianočný dar
- 1963: The Boxer and Death (Boxer a smrť)
- 1968: Dialog 20-40-60
As a director:
- 1953: Vianočný dar
- 1959: The Man Who Did n't Return (Muz, ktorý sa nevrátil)
- 1963: The Boxer and Death (Boxer a smrť)
- 1965: Kým sa skončí táto noc
- 1976: Vsetko ma svoj cas
- 1979: And then I'll run to the end of the world (A pobezim az na kraj sveta)
- 1981: Sed 'a pod'
- 1985: The dark side of fame (O sláve a tráve)
Web links
- Peter Solan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Režisér Peter Solan - Najlepšie roky som stratil , interview with SME Kultúra, May 14, 2009 (Slovak)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Kanúch: Peter Solan: The Case of Barnabáš Kos (Prípad Barnabáš Kos) in 1964 . In: KinoKultura . 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2016. Translated by Martin Votruba.
- ^ Adam Cyra: Bokser i śmierć ( Memento from January 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , Miejsce Pamięci i Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau, accessed on March 8, 2016
- ^ Annette Insdorf: Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust . Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 9780521016308 , pp. 55-.
- ↑ SLOVAK FILMS AT 48TH KARLOVY VARY IFF - AIC . Slovak Film Institute . June 27, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solan, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Banská Bystrica |
| DATE OF DEATH | 21st September 2013 |
| Place of death | Bratislava |