Roman Polanski
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1933-08-18
Locus Natus: Paris, France
Et ut: Roman Polański, 로만 폴란스키, Роман Поляньскі, Ρόμαν Πολάνσκι, Raymond Roman Thierry Liebling, Роман Полянский, Роман Поланский, Роман Поланскі
The Fearless Vampire Killers
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
release : 1967.11.13popularis : 15.238
Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to...
release : 1974.06.20popularis : 28.16
Rush Hour 3
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the...
release : 2007.08.08popularis : 48.819
Playboy: The Story of X
The Story Of X takes you to the earliest days of adult films when men peddled stag reels and projectors out of the trunks of their cars, then through...
release : 1998.01.01popularis : 7.256
Quiet Chaos
Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he...
release : 2008.02.08popularis : 5.326
An Officer and a Spy
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
release : 2019.09.30popularis : 11.15
The Magic Christian
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be...
release : 1969.12.12popularis : 6.689
The Tenant
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
release : 1976.05.26popularis : 19.627
Knife in the Water
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the...
release : 1962.03.09popularis : 9.705
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different...
release : 1967.09.26popularis : 1.31
A Generation
Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to...
release : 1955.01.26popularis : 5.226
Close Up
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and...
release : 2012.09.30popularis : 3.603
Innocent Sorcerers
A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals...
release : 1960.12.17popularis : 4.137
A Pure Formality
Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a...
release : 1994.05.15popularis : 7.055
What?
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.
release : 1972.12.07popularis : 9.119
The Family
Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande Bouffe, We won’t grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now,...
release : 2023.05.17popularis : 4.342
Wraki
Diver Antoni Barnat is falsely accused of causing an accident underwater that almost led to his fellow diver's death. Interestingly enough, they are...
release : 1957.09.02popularis : 2.51
The Lamp
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding...
release : 1959.01.01popularis : 5.435
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
Who is Alfred Lepetit? Unknown by the general public but glorified by all the movie industry, Alfred is about to receive a lifetime achievement award...
release : 2000.02.16popularis : 0.927
When Angels Fall
The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in...
release : 1959.12.31popularis : 4.097
Bad Luck
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by...
release : 1960.04.04popularis : 2.191
Kanal
During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in...
release : 1957.04.20popularis : 9.339
Manson: Music From an Unsound Mind
The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his...
release : 2019.08.13popularis : 3.397
Nikodem Dyzma
Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the...
release : 1956.10.29popularis : 2.36
Con bravura
Originally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker...
release : 1972.07.01popularis : 0.965
The Fat and the Lean
A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in...
release : 1961.01.01popularis : 2.622
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Françoise Dorléac et Catherine Deneuve were nearly twins. Only 18 months separated these sisters who liked to say “Both of us...
release : 1996.12.12popularis : 2.39
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which...
release : 2014.08.24popularis : 8.093
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussing his life and work.
release : 2012.10.09popularis : 5.123
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
release : 2008.01.18popularis : 11.077
Seduced and Abandoned
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of...
release : 2013.05.20popularis : 5.952
Weekend of a Champion
An entertaining vérité look at world champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart as Roman Polanski follows his attempt to win the Monaco Grand...
release : 1972.02.24popularis : 1.945
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
The documentary profiled the final and last days of Sharon Tate Polanski, a beloved actress and model, who was killed in 1969 by a cult in Los...
release : 1999.07.25popularis : 3.165
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of...
release : 2015.05.16popularis : 4.056
Il falso bugiardo
Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became...
release : 2008.07.03popularis : 1.541
Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective
Straight-forward production stories from the Hollywood players who made the movie happen.
release : 2000.10.03popularis : 1.088
Mia and Roman
Mia and Roman is a 1968 23-minute documentary film which was shot during the making of Rosemary's Baby.
release : 1968.07.09popularis : 0.663
Ciao, Federico!
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
release : 1970.10.28popularis : 2.849
Last Pictures
Andrzej Munk was one of the leading directors in Polish cinema. Friends and collaborators share their memories about this stunning artist and his...
release : 2000.01.02popularis : 0.657
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
A follow-up to the 2008 documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired", focusing on the filmmaker's successful battle to avoid extradition in to...
release : 2012.09.09popularis : 1.691
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful,...
release : 1960.05.25popularis : 4.42
Blood for Dracula
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of...
release : 1974.08.13popularis : 10.576
Weekend of a Champion
Filmmaker Roman Polanski spends a weekend with world champion driver Jackie Stewart as he attempts to win the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, offering an...
release : 2013.10.09popularis : 1.645
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski speaks frankly about his childhood in the Warsaw ghetto, his mothers death, his beginnings in filmmaking, his tragic marriage to...
release : 1984.01.01popularis : 0.306
Carnage
After 11-year-old Zachary Cowan strikes his classmate across the face with a stick after an argument, the victim's parents invite Zachary's parents...
release : 2011.09.16popularis : 11.888
Françoise Dorléac, une promesse
A portray of French actress Françoise Dorléac
release : 2018.07.10popularis : 1.641
Two Men and a Wardrobe
A short Polish black and white silent movie directed by Roman Polański. The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large...
release : 1958.04.22popularis : 3.682
Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda...
release : 2011.07.02popularis : 2.871
Back in the USSR
A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase through Moscow.
release : 1992.02.07popularis : 2.968
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
Sharon Tate is a rising young star before her life ends in a shocking murder.
release : 2002.10.29popularis : 2.771
Two Gangsters and an Island
A short documentary about the making of the 1966 film 'Cul-de-sac'.
release : 2003.08.25popularis : 2.086
The New Cinema
Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s,...
release : 1968.01.01popularis : 2.777
Repulsion
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen,...
release : 1965.06.01popularis : 11.561
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer...
release : 2014.09.23popularis : 1.481
Polanski Meets Macbeth
A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.
release : 1972.01.01popularis : 2.419
Empire of the Censors
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
release : 1995.05.28popularis : 2.597
Apartment To Let
Interview conducted in 2019 with actor and director Roman Polanski about the production of The Tenant (1976).
release : 2019.01.01popularis : 3.238
Faye
Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her...
release : 2024.05.15popularis : 5.876
Polanski par Polanski
Roman Polanski hasn't given an interview for many years. However, in the conversation from 2006 with the author Pierre-André Boutang,...
release : 2006.12.03popularis : 0.634
Lotna
Set in the beginning of Wold War II, when the Polish cavalry still fought with lances against German troops. LOTNA is about a white thoroughbred...
release : 1959.09.27popularis : 1.715
Polanski y los ojos del mal
Documentary that describes and analyzes the characteristics, themes and central concerns of Roman Polanski's cinema.
release : 2002.04.16popularis : 1.399
The Revenge
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the...
release : 2002.10.04popularis : 6.177
Dead Tired
Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of...
release : 1994.05.18popularis : 5.255
Samson
The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right...
release : 1961.09.11popularis : 1.202
Koniec nocy
A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious...
release : 1957.12.21popularis : 2.187
Three Stories
The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.
release : 1953.04.24popularis : 2.924
Magical Bicycle
The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win,...
release : 1955.12.25popularis : 0.763
Bicycle
An unfinished student short by Roman Polanski. Due to a mix-up in the laboratory, only part of the film was processed and returned to Polanski; the...
release : 2008.11.22popularis : 0.4
Chassé-croisé
Passionate about music, Julien nevertheless works with a sculptor. One day, he meets young Hermine at a religious bookseller.
release : 1982.03.24popularis : 2.242
Ciné regards: Tess: Roman Polanski
Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film, Tess.
release : 1979.09.01popularis : 0.844
Remembering 'Rosemary's Baby'
Retrospective documentary on the making of 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968).
release : 2012.01.01popularis : 2.491
Light Keeps Me Company
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the...
release : 2000.08.26popularis : 2.113
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
The making of Jerzy Kosinski. The BBC documentary on the life and art of enigmatic novelist Jerzy Kosinski. Through interviews with his second wife...
release : 1995.04.11popularis : 2.762
Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards From the Ghetto
Filmmaker Roman Polanski and photographer Ryszard Horowitz meet in Kraków, Poland, where, strolling the streets, they share memories of their...
release : 2021.08.20popularis : 1.242
A British Horror Film
A documentary on the making of Roman Polanski's 1965 film "Repulsion," featuring interviews with Polanski, producer Gene Gutowski, and...
release : 2003.01.01popularis : 1.321
The Nomad
An interview with film director Roman Polanski, recorded for BBC TV in 1967.
release : 1967.02.27popularis : 0.379
Grand écran: Roman Polanski Directs in London
A television documentary filmed on the set of Roman Polanski's 1964 film "Repulsion" with rare footage of Polanski and actress Catherine Deneuve at...
release : 1964.10.24popularis : 0.416
A Special Day
At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
release : 2012.05.16popularis : 2.332
Dracula: The True Story
The Irish novelist, Bram Stoker, gave the world Dracula in 1897. This documentary explores the historical figure behind the fictional figure of...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 0.655
The Evolution of Snuff
Mockumentary about a pornographic film starlet who commits suicide during the filming of a documentary about the adult film business, leading to the...
release : 1978.11.30popularis : 2.372
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat is one of the most famous film music composer of today. Innovative artist with a singular expression, he is the successor of french...
release : 2020.08.13popularis : 1.809
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
The maiden cruise of the ocean liner Italia travels from Italy to California for the premiere of the motion picture "Valley of the Dolls."
release : 1967.12.20popularis : 1.674
Tess: The Experience
A documentary that interviews the cast and crew of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
release : 2004.09.28popularis : 2.769
Filming 'Tess'
Documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
release : 2004.09.28popularis : 1.695
Tess: From Novel to Screen
Documentary about Roman Polanski's film adaptation of the 1891 novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy.
release : 2004.09.28popularis : 4.309
The South Bank Show: Roman Polanski
A documentary first presented on the South Bank Show in 1980 about the career of film director Roman Polanski.
release : 1980.05.25popularis : 0.588
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
release : 2002.08.16popularis : 7.465
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Having struggled to crack his brief, Dennis Hopper decides the only honourable act is to throw himself off a roof. Before this final act, Sir Peter...
release : 2000.02.01popularis : 2.412
Trzy starty
Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a...
release : 1955.10.25popularis : 2.293
Cracow by Polanski
Roman Polanski lived in Cracow/Krakow during 1936-1955 - almost 20 years of his life. These years formed him to become one of the most popular film...
release : 2010.06.28popularis : 1.41
Memories of a Young Pianist
Interview with the italian composer Claudio Gizzi about his lifetime and work as part or the extras of the Blu-Ray edition from What? (Che?) (1972)...
release : 2009.11.03popularis : 1.855
Henri Langlois vu par...
Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.
release : 2014.07.27popularis : 1.761
Twist by Polanski
Roman Polanski looks back at the making of "Oliver Twist."
release : 2006.01.24popularis : 0.917
The Best of Twist: Sets, Costumes & Photography
Short behind-the-scenes documentary on Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist."
release : 2006.02.13popularis : 0.867
Frantic
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops,...
release : 1988.02.19popularis : 11.185
Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
release : 2007.03.16popularis : 1.707
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our...
release : 2010.04.11popularis : 1.789