Documentary and feature film director and screenplay writer Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941–1996) was born in Warsaw. After graduating from the National Film School in Łódź he worked until 1983 at the WFD Documentary Film Studio but his focus shifted increasingly to features. Kieślowski made his first film for TV in 1973, and achieved his international breakthrough in 1988, with the television drama cycle Dekalog.

Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera – From a Night Porter's Point of View

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Poland 1977, 35mm, col, 16 min

The documentary film portrays a night porter’s desire for total control over society.

 


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Härlig är jorden – World of Glory, Roy Andersson, Sweden 1991, 35mm, col, 15 min
Abraham - ein Versuch, Hans Lechleitner & David Marc Mantell & Paul Matussek, Germany 1970, 16mm, b/w, 48 min

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