Janusz Nasfeter

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Janusz Nasfeter (15 August 1920 in Warsaw – 1 April 1998 in Warsaw) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and writer.[1] A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź (1951). Mostly known for films addressed to children but with a universal meaning, for which he received numerous awards at the film festivals in Gdańsk, San Sebastián, Moscow, Belgrade, Venice, Tehran and many others[2]

In the 1960s, he succeeded also in making a war film Ranny w lesie (1964), a psychological war drama Weekend z dziewczyną (1968), as well as a crime film Zbrodniarz i panna (1963) with Zbigniew Cybulski and Niekochana (1966) with Elżbieta Czyżewska.

Nasfeter was originally buried at the Służew Old Cemetery, but his remains were moved to a family grave in the Powązki Cemetery in 2018.

Selected filmography[edit]

  • Królowa pszczół (1977) (Queen of Bees)
  • Nie będę cię kochać (1974) (I will not love you)
  • Motyle (1973) (Butterflies)
  • Ten okrutny, nikczemny chłopak (1972) (This Cruel, Wicked Boy)
  • Abel, twój brat (1970) (Abel, Your Brother)
  • Weekend z dziewczyną (1968) (Weekend with a Girl)
  • Niekochana (1966) (Unloved)
  • Ranny w lesie (1964) (The Wounded in the Forest)
  • Zbrodniarz i panna (1963) (The Criminal and the Maiden)
  • Kolorowe pończochy (1960) (Coloured stockings)
  • Małe dramaty (1958) (Small Dramas)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Janusz Nasfeter at the Polish Film Academy
  2. ^ Janusz Nasfeter at the Filmpolski Database (in Polish)

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