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Krzysztof Zanussi

Polish producer and film director

2.78body-of-work score · ranked #395 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
June 17, 1939 · Warsaw
Nationality
Poland
Work
screenwriter, film producer, film director, writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    A Year of the Quiet SunRok spokojnego słońca

    1984 · Poland / Italy / West Germany · war, romance, drama

    Venice Golden Lion winner 1984 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    1.132 citations
  2. 2
    The IlluminationIluminacja

    1973 · Poland · drama

    Locarno Golden Leopard winner 1973

    0.751 citation
  3. 3
    A Woman's DecisionBilans kwartalny

    1975 · Poland · drama

    Ebert's annual top 10 1977 #4 · Sarris's annual top 10 1977 #6

    0.392 citations
  4. 4
    CamouflageBarwy ochronne

    1977 · Poland · comedy

    Sarris's annual top 10 1981 #3

    0.251 citation
  5. 5
    Kontrakt

    1980 · Poland · drama

    Kehr's annual top 10 1980 #3

    0.251 citation

Complete filmography

All 54 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1968Zaliczenie
  • 1969The Structure of Crystals
  • 1969Twarza w twarz
  • 1970Góry o zmierzchu
  • 1971Behind the Wall
  • 1971Family Life
  • 1973The Illumination
  • 1974The Catamount Killing
  • 1975A Woman's Decision
  • 1975Nachtdienst
  • 1977Anatomiestunde
  • 1977Camouflage
  • 1978La casa delle donne
  • 1978Spiral
  • 1979Ways in the Night
  • 1980Kontrakt
  • 1980The Constant Factor
  • 1981From a Far Country
  • 1981The Temptation
  • 1982Imperative
  • 1982The Unapproachable
  • 1984A Year of the Quiet Sun
  • 1984Blaubart
  • 1984Bluebeard
  • 1985Power of Evil
  • 1987Erloschene Zeiten
  • 1988Wherever You Are
  • 1989Stan posiadania
  • 1990Napoleon and Europe
  • 1991Zycie za zycie. Maksymilian Kolbe
  • 1992Long Conversation with a Bird
  • 1992The silent touch
  • 1996A Woman's Business
  • 1996At Full Gallop
  • 1996Danish Girls Show Everything
  • 1997Little Faith
  • 1997
  • 1997Our God's Brother
  • 1997The Soul Sings
  • 1998
  • 1998
  • 1998The Last Circle
  • 2000Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • 2000
  • 2002The Supplement
  • 2005Persona non grata
  • 2005Solidarność, Solidarność...
  • 2007Black Sun
  • 2008And a Warm Heart
  • 2009Revisited
  • 2014Foreign Body
  • 2018Ether
  • —Inner Voices
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