Krzysztof Zanussi Hand Prints - Krakow, Poland
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 50° 03.216 E 019° 55.974
34U E 423610 N 5545134
This is one of a series of hand prints in a pedestrian path next to the River Vistula and below Wawel Castle. The path is known as Krakow Star Alley.
Waymark Code: WMT7VB
Location: Małopolskie, Poland
Date Posted: 10/11/2016
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The hand prints are organised by NETIA Off Camera, an annual independent film maker festival held in Krakow.
This plaque was laid in 2016 to commemorate Krzysztof Zanussi.
"Krzysztof Zanussi is a film director, producer and scriptwriter. He studied physics at Warsaw University and philosophy at Jagiellonian University.
Director of many award-winning, internationally acclaimed films (awarded in Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Moscow, Chicago, Montreal, Berlin, Tokio): "The Structure of Crystal" (1968), "Illumination" (1973), "Camouflage" (1976), "Constant Factor" (1980), "The Year of Quiet Sun" (1984), "Wherever You Are If You Are" (1988), "In Full Gallop" (1996), "Persona Non Grata" (2004), "Revisited" (2009), "Foreign Body" (2014). Krzysztof Zanussi is also a theatre director staging productions all around the world. He has authored several books.
Member of the European Film Academy Board, the Pontifical Commission of Culture at the Vatican and ex-president of the EUROVISIONI Association. He has an honorary doctorate of many renowned universities and gives lectures all around the world.
President of Tor Film Production, producer of the films by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Agnieszka Holland and many others."
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