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Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Director, Screenwriter Born: June 27, 1941 in Warsaw, Poland Death: March 13, 1996 in Lake Mazury, Poland Biography:A towering figure of Eastern European cinema, "Krzysztof Kieslowski" was born in Warsaw, Poland, on June 27, 1941. His formative years, spent under the specters of Hitler and Stalin, were nomadic; his father suffered from tuberculosis, and the family traveled from one sanatorium to another. At the age of 16, Kieslowski entered Fireman's Training College. His stay was short-lived, instilling in him a lifelong loathing of uniforms and disciplines. To avoid military service, he returned to school, later attending the Warsaw College for Theatre Technicians. In 1965, after several previous rejections, he was finally accepted into the famed Lodz Film School -- the same institution which launched the careers of "Roman Polanski", "Andrzej Wadja", "Jerzy Skolimowski", and "Krzysztof Zanussi" -- and made his first short feature, Tramwaj (The Tram), the following year.
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