The prisoner / Więzień

Running time: 40'

POL, GBR 1990, 40'

A documentary impression on Jurek Orłowski – a draughtsman-amateur with no hands. We are observing him in his prison cell, doing time for theft, and after he gets out of prison. For him, each and every little everyday activity is a fight for fitness and dignity.
Source: filmpolski.pl

 

Authors:

  • Bogdan Dziworski

    Born on the 8th of December 1941 in Łódź. One of the most important figures of Polish documentary film, cameraman, director, screenwriter, photographer, professor of film art and fine-art photography. He worked with the greatest minds of Polish cinema, with time becoming one of them himself. He graduated from the Leon Schiller Theatre and Film School in Łódź (now PWSFTViT). Cameraman for Polska Kronika Filmowa, he also worked for Wytwórna Filmów Oświatowych in Łódź and for Przedsiębiorstwo Realizacji Filmów “Zespoły Filmowe” in Warsaw. Dean of the Radio and TV Department at Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Silesian University in Katowice. Winner of many prestigious awards, author of over fifty films, as well as numerous exhibitions and photo albums.

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