Janusz Zaorski

Born: 1947-09-19

Janusz Zaorski (born 19 September 1947) is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral anxiety (Polish: kino moralnego niepokoju), trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comedies and TV series. Zaorski graduated National Film School in Łódź in 1969. He made his own individual film director debut in 1970. In 1987 Zaorski was selected as a chairman of the Polish Federation of Film Societies (Polska Federacja Dyskusyjnych Klubów Filmowych). He was also an art director of the Film Group "Dom" (since 1988), member of the Cinematography Committee (1987–1989), president of the Radio & Television Committee (1991–1992), president of The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji; 1994–1995), member of the European Film Academy.


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Man of Iron

as Mundek
Released: 1981-07-27

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig...

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Night Silence

as uncredited
Released: 2024-10-31

Lucjan, a retired and prestigious actor about to turn 80, is admitted by his son to a nursing...

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E=mc²

as prorektor
Released: 2002-08-23

The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of...

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Soccer Poker

as (uncredited)
Released: 1989-03-31

Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years...

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Escape to the Silver Globe

as Self
Released: 2021-09-05

A documentary project about what the filmmakers claim to be the greatest, unfulfilled dream of...

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Panny i wdowy

as uncredited
Released: 1991-09-12

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The Finger of God

as uncredited
Released: 1973-08-03

The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams...

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Hacker

as uncredited
Released: 2002-09-27

Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the...

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Screen Tests

as Receptionist
Released: 1977-05-16

Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a...

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The Smaller Sky

as Dr. Barcz
Released: 1981-09-21

A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad...

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Panny i wdowy

as kupujący książki w księgarni polskiej w Paryżu
First aired: 1992-11-11

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