Kazimierz Kutz
Kazimierz Julian Kutz (16 February 1929 – 18 December 2018) was a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland.
Biography
Kazimierz Kutz was born on 16 February 1929 in
His film debut was , as well as several plays for the Polish television. In 1972, he founded the Silesia Film Company in Katowice and, until 1978, was its Artistic Director.
In the 1970s he became the main director of the
For his involvement in the matters of Silesia, and for his films depicting the traditions and problems of that part of Poland, he was considered by some the spokesman of all Silesians. In a plebiscite organised by
His 1995 film Reverted was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]
In 1997 Kutz took part in the elections to the Senate of Poland (from the list of Freedom Union party, Katowice constituency) and was supported by approximately 500,000 Silesians. In 2001 he was elected for his second term as a non-partisan candidate, and in 2005 re-elected for the third term. Recently, he was the deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland. For his social involvements he was awarded with many of the highest Polish awards.
Kazimierz Kutz was married to Iwona and had two sons (Gabriel and Tymoteusz) and two daughters (Wiktoria and Kamila).
Filmography
- 1958 - Krzyż walecznych
- 1960 - Nikt nie woła
- 1961 - Tarpany
- 1961 - Ludzie z pociągu
- 1963 - Milczenie
- 1964 - Upał
- 1966 - Ktokolwiek wie...
- 1967 - Skok
- 1969 - Salt of the Black Earth (Sól ziemi czarnej)
- 1971 - Pearl in the Crown (Perła w koronie)
- 1974 - Linia
- 1975 - Znikąd donikąd
- 1979 - The Beads of One Rosary (Paciorki jednego różańca)
- 1983 - Na straży swej stać będę
- 1986 - Wkrótce nadejdą bracia
- 1993 - Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza
- 1994 - Reverted (Zawrócony)
- 1994 - Śmierć jak kromka chleba
- 1995 - Colonel Kwiatkowski (Pułkownik Kwiatkowski)
- 1997 - Sława i chwała
- 2004 - Stare srebra
References
- ^ "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
External links
- Official webpage
- Kutz's biography on the page of the Senate of Poland
- Kazimierz Kutz at IMDb
- Kazimierz Kutz at Culture.pl
- A Kind Mocker: Kazimierz Kutz's 10 Most Important Works at Culture.pl