Selected photos, posters and archival footage from the private collections of Roman Polański and his friends, Roman Polański: Actor, Director the exhibition showcases the filmmaker’s artistic accomplishments and his private life
A compilation of photographs, documents, screenplays, props, film highlights and posters which translate his success, an outstanding collection of archive materials from various film sets, materials gathered from the director's closest friends, including Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Kostenko, Gene Gutowski and Leopold Rene Nowak. Knife in the Water, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist Roman Polański’s fame and achievements as an actor and a director extend beyond the reputation of the these movies.
Roman Polański: Actor, Director exposes a collection of over 200 film posters from all around the world, and a compilation of images showing Roman Polański on film sets at work. Captured by the likes of Jerzy Lipman, Andrzej Kostenko, Witold Sobociński, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Guy Ferrandis and Piotr Bujnowicz, the photos were taken throughout Polański’s carreer: from his early etude films made at film school, finishing off with his most recent productions.
The exhibition also includes pictures and short videos of Roman Polański the young child actor. Performing in theatre pieces and lending his voice in radio broadcasts at the age 14. Later he played minor roles in the films of his friends: Andrzej Wajda’s Generation / Pokolenia, Lotna, Innocent Sorcerers / Niewinni czarodzieje, Revenge/ Zemsta, Andrzej Munk’s Bad Luck / Zezowate szczęście, Janusz Morgenstern’s See You, Tomorrow / Do widzenia do jutra. His acting also brought him roles alongside Gerard Depardieu in Giuseppe Tornatore’s A Pure Formality, Michel Blanc’s Dead Tired, Brett Ratner’s Rush Hour 3 and Antonio Luigi Grimaldi’s Silent Chaos.
Prepared by the Łódź Film Museum, the well-travelled exhibition comes to North America for the first time. Organised by the Polish Consulate in Toronto and the Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival, the exhibition takes place in the L Space Gallery. The series has already been presented in Kraków, Pottsdam, Prague, London, Budapest, Brussels, São Paulo and Berlin.
Sources: culture.pl, press materials, Łódź Film Museum
Editor: Marta Jazowska