Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic (2012)

The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera shots, colour lights and shooting at minimum exposure. Reminiscences of his colleagues and friends, including Andrzej Wajda and Piotr Szulkin, show a gifted artist and a modest man who valued his work above all.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Zygmunt Samosiuk

Self (archive footage)

Andrzej Wajda

Self

Piotr Szulkin

Self

K

Krzysztof Gradowski

Self

Janusz Majewski

Self

Bogdan Dziworski

Self

Irena Karel

Self

Daniel Olbrychski

Self

Z

Zygmunt Malanowicz

Self

M

Marian Marzynski

Self

R

Renata Pajchel

Self

H

Haakon Sandøy

Self

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