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Walerian Borowczyk

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Animator | * 09/02/1923 († 82, 02/03/2006) | Kwilcz (Poland)
Walerian Borowczyk (21 October 1923 – 3 February 2006) was a Polish film director described by film critics as a "genius who also happened to be a pornographer". He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. Borowczyk settled in Paris in 1959. As a film director, he worked mainly in France. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Animation | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master. ...

Blanche

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1972 | 3.1/5 | 1h 34min
History, Drama
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"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of loosely connected scenes, much like a vaudeville program, i ...

Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.1/5 | 1h 20min
Animation, Comedy
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In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery. ...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

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1981 | 2.8/5 | 1h 32min
Horror
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Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Borowczyk relates the plight of a servant girl who killed and buried her child in the garden. ...

Rosalie

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1966 | 3.2/5 | 15min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Walerian Borowczyk

Sitges Film Festival Best Director Award
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Movies with Walerian Borowczyk as Actor(3)

as Self (archive footage)2018 Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
2015 The Making of 'The Beast'
as himself2013 Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk

Movies with Walerian Borowczyk as Crew(92)

Crew/In Memory Of2009 Gas Guzzling Ghoulie
Camera/Director of Photography1990 Almanac of Addresses of the Ladies of Paris
Directing/Director1990 Almanac of Addresses of the Ladies of Paris
Editing/Editor1990 Almanac of Addresses of the Ladies of Paris
Writing/Writer1990 Almanac of Addresses of the Ladies of Paris
Directing/Director1987 Love Rites
Writing/Writer1987 Love Rites
Directing/Director1987 Emmanuelle 5
Writing/Screenplay1987 Emmanuelle 5
Directing/Director1984 Infernal Symphony
Visual Effects/Animation1984 Infernal Symphony
Writing/Writer1984 Infernal Symphony
Directing/Director1983 The Art of Love
Writing/Writer1983 The Art of Love
Art/Production Design1981 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Directing/Director1981 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Writing/Screenplay1981 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Art/Production Design1980 Lulu
Directing/Director1980 Lulu
Writing/Writer1980 Lulu
Directing/Director1979 L'armoire
Writing/Writer1979 L'armoire
Directing/Director1979 Happy Toy
Directing/Director1979 Immoral Women
Writing/Writer1979 Immoral Women
Directing/Director1979 Private Collections
Writing/Writer1979 Private Collections
Directing/Director1978 Behind Convent Walls
Editing/Editor1978 Behind Convent Walls
Writing/Writer1978 Behind Convent Walls
Directing/Director1978 The Greatest Love of All Time
Directing/Director1976 The Margin
Directing/Director1975 Venus on the Half-Shell
Directing/Director1975 The Beast
Editing/Editor1975 The Beast
Writing/Writer1975 The Beast
Directing/Director1975 Letter from Paris
Editing/Editor1975 Letter from Paris
Sound/Sound1975 Letter from Paris
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Letter from Paris
Writing/Writer1975 Letter from Paris
Directing/Director1975 The Story of Sin
Writing/Writer1975 The Story of Sin
Art/Production Design1973 Immoral Tales
Directing/Director1973 Immoral Tales
Editing/Editor1973 Immoral Tales
Writing/Screenplay1973 Immoral Tales
Directing/Director1972 A Private Collection
Writing/Writer1972 A Private Collection
Art/Set Decoration1972 Blanche
Directing/Director1972 Blanche
Editing/Editor1972 Blanche
Writing/Adaptation1972 Blanche
Writing/Scenario Writer1972 Blanche
Writing/Dialogue1972 Blanche
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Gunpoint
Editing/Editor1972 Gunpoint
Directing/Director1969 Goto, Island of Love
Writing/Dialogue1969 Goto, Island of Love
Writing/Screenplay1969 Goto, Island of Love
Directing/Director1969 The Phonograph
Writing/Writer1969 The Phonograph
Directing/Director1967 Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal
Directing/Director1967 Gavotte
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Diptych
Directing/Director1967 Diptych
Directing/Director1966 Rosalie
Directing/Director1966 Le Petit Poucet
Directing/Director1965 Joachim's Dictionary
Visual Effects/Animation1965 Joachim's Dictionary
Directing/Director1964 The Games of Angels
Writing/Screenplay1964 The Games of Angels
Directing/Director1964 Le musée
Directing/Director1963 Renaissance
Visual Effects/Animation1963 Renaissance
Directing/Director1963 Grandma's Encyclopaedia
Directing/Director1963 Holy Smoke!
Writing/Writer1963 Holy Smoke!
Directing/Director1962 The Concert
Visual Effects/Animation1962 The Concert
Writing/Writer1962 The Concert
Directing/Director1959 The Astronauts
Visual Effects/Animation1959 The Astronauts
Writing/Writer1959 The Astronauts
Directing/Director1958 School
Writing/Screenplay1958 School
Directing/Director1958 Love Requited
Directing/Director1958 House
Writing/Scenario Writer1958 House
Writing/Writer1957 Street Art
Directing/Director1957 Banner of Youth
Directing/Director1957 Once Upon a Time

Full Name: Walerian Borowczyk
Citizenships: France, Poland
Born: Sunday, 09/02 1923 (September) in Kwilcz (Poland)
Died: Friday, 02/03 2006 (February) in Paris (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: Polish (PL)
Spouses (current/former): Ligia Branice
Other names for Walerian Borowczyk (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Boro"
Walerian Borowczyk frequently works together with these people:
Claude Blondel (9x, Crew)
Guy Durban (9x, Crew)
Noël Véry (8x, Crew)
Ligia Branice (6x, Actress)
Dominique Duvergé (6x, Crew)
Piet Bolscher (5x, Crew)
Jacques Forgeot (5x, Crew)
Jan Lenica (5x, Crew)
Marina Pierro (5x, Actress)
Bernard Daillencourt (4x, Crew)
Khadicha Bariha (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:620770, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/26/2024