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Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, ten César Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as a Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or.
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Born 18 August 1933 · Q51552
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2026· 9 entries
“the judge could no longer be trusted”
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“have been made to suffer injuries and affronts”
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“I am familiar with many of the workings of the apparatus of persecution shown in the film... I can see the same determination to deny the facts and condemn me for things I have not done. Most of the people who harass me do not know me and know nothing about the case.”
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“you must live in a Communist country to really understand how bad it can be. Then you will appreciate capitalism.”
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The Guardian: The Burnham bounce is eclipsing the Green surge – and Zack Polanski’s radical hope is being tested | Gaby Hinsliff
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The Guardian: What links cricket clothing, Delta music and Polanski? The Saturday quiz
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The Guardian: What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?
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The Guardian: Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim
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2024· 11 entries
New York Post: Roman Polanski avoids trial for alleged 1973 sexual assault of minor as settlement reached
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The Guardian: Roman Polanski: lawsuit alleging director raped teenager in 1973 settled and dismissed
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Rolling Stone: Roman Polanski Reaches Settlement Over Alleged Sexual Assault of Minor in 1973
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The Guardian: Roman Polanski acquitted of defamation by French court
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New York Daily News: Roman Polanski didn’t defame actress who said he raped her as a teen: French court
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The Guardian: Roman Polanski to face civil trial in LA next year for alleged 1973 rape of teen
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Hartford Courant: Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a minor
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Yahoo: Roman Polanski Rape Trial Set For Next Year; Director Accused Again Of Assaulting A Minor In 1970s, Oscar Winner Served At His Paris Home
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Los Angeles Times: Roman Polanski civil trial set for August 2025 in child rape case
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radaronline: Disgraced Director Roman Polanski Hit With New Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit, Attorney Gloria Allred Reveals
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The Guardian: Roman Polanski tried in France for alleged defamation of British actor
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Palace review – Roman Polanski’s tacky hotel farce is the worst party in town
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Yahoo: Roman Polanski’s Producer Defends Working With the Director: ‘I Know the Real Story’
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: Roman Polanski rape case testimony can be unsealed, LA prosecutor says
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2020· 3 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Adaptation for An Officer and a Spy (2020).
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Awarded César Award for Best Director for An Officer and a Spy (2020).
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Winslet said she regretted working with Polanski
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2019· 1 entry
Polanski was asked about Charlotte Lewis' accusations, to which he responded "It's an odious lie
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2017· 2 entries
Digital Spy: Roman Polanski denies new claims that he "sexually victimised" a teenager in the '70s
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Snopes rated the claim “Meryl Streep applauded for Roman Polanski at the Academy Awards in 2003.” True.
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Director for Venus in Fur (2014).
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Lumière Award (2011).
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Awarded César Award for Best Director for The Ghost Writer (2011).
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2010· 6 entries
Earned Silver Bear for Best Director for The Ghost Writer (2010).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for The Ghost Writer (2010).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for The Ghost Writer (2010).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Director for The Ghost Writer (2010).
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Winning six awards, including best movie, director, actor and screenplay
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Lawyer Gloria Allred appeared in a press conference with British actress Charlotte Lewis, where she stated that Polanski had forced himself on her while she was auditioning for Pirates in Paris in 1983, which she was lat
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2008· 2 entries
The documentary film by Marina Zenovich, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, was released in Europe and the United States where it won numerous awards
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Stated, "I don't wish for him to be held to further punishment or consequences
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
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2004· 1 entry
Polanski sued Vanity Fair magazine in London for libel
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Director for The Pianist (2003).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Pianist (2003).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Pianist (2003).
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2001· 1 entry
Polanski filmed The Pianist, an adaptation of the World War II autobiography of the same name by Polish-Jewish musician Władysław Szpilman
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Łódź (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (1999).
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Lewis had an interview with the UK's News of the World where she asserted that she had a six-month tryst with Polanski when she was 17
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1997· 1 entry
Polanski directed a stage version of his 1967 film The Fearless Vampire Killers, which debuted in Vienna followed by successful runs in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, and Budapest
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1994· 1 entry
Polanski directed a film of the acclaimed play Death and the Maiden starring Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver
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1993· 1 entry
Polanski agreed to settle with his victim
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1992· 1 entry
Polanski followed with the dark psycho-sexual film Bitter Moon
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1991· 1 entry
The film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and it is frequently listed as among the best
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1989· 1 entry
Polanski married French actress Emmanuelle Seigner
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1981· 1 entry
Polanski directed and co-starred (as Mozart) in a stage production of Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus, first in Warsaw, then in Paris
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded César Award for Best Director for Tess (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
Polanski gave a controversial interview with novelist Martin Amis in which, discussing the case, he said "If I had killed somebody, it wouldn't have had so much appeal to the press, you see
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1978· 6 entries
Learned that the judge would likely reject the proffered plea bargain, so he fled the U
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“Opis: w odpowiedzi na pytanie francuskiego dziennikarza, jakie to uczucie być uciekinierem ze Stanów Zjednoczonych (w 1978).”
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After he fled the United States, limiting his movements to France, Switzerland, and Poland
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After learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, he fled to Paris
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Polanski became a fugitive from American justice and could no longer work in countries where he might face arrest or extradition
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“Opis: odpowiedź na zarzut dziennikarza „Le Nouvel Observateur” (w 1978) że uprawiał seks z 13-latką.”
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1977· 2 entries
Polanski was arrested in the United States for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Chinatown (1975).
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1973· 25 entries
“I like young women, let's put it this way. I think most of men do. (ang.)”
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“My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.”
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“Opis: zapytany przez dziennikarkę Katarzynę Janowską, czy zgadza się z tezą, że Polacy byli wspólnikami Trzeciej Rzeszy w Zagładzie Żydów.”
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“Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.”
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“Opis: fragment rozmowy z Faye Dunaway na planie Chinatown.”
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“Najciekawszą rzeczą, jaką zobaczyłem w więzieniu, był widok sali, w której więźniowie obierali cebulę w okularkach do pływania.”
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“Nawet gdy wałęsałem się po Paryżu bez grosza, nie miałem ani chwili wątpliwości w powodzenie.”
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“Opis: reakcja na zarzut, że w swoich filmach mści się na kobietach po tym, jak został porzucony przez pierwszą żonę.”
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To direct Chinatown (1974) for Paramount Pictures
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“Drobni oszuści, nieuczciwi spryciarze. Włosi kochają takich drani. Trącają się łokciami i mówią: patrz, ale on ich wszystkich wykiwał.”
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“diretor de O Pianista, filme indicado para o Oscar que relata sua infância de judeu na Polônia ocupada pelos nazistas”
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“ao participar do Festival Rio BR”
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“She was the least hypocritical woman you could ever meet: once, when an executive told her that we should ask for single cabins in the transatlantic that brought us to the United States, she simply said, "Why? Everybody knows that we live together.”
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“I'm forced to mix with people of this industry and I can swear that is really difficult to meet people with her nature and her spirit. Generally, everybody is opportunistic here. Sharon had grace and charm; she knew how to make anybody's life easier. When somebody was busy, she was there in a discreet manner to serve you a drink or a coffee.”
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“Without her I feel lost, I can't explain this in words. However there are things that I just can't stand thinking of; the way she and our son died.”
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“I don't know that you can speak of shock … Nothing is too shocking for me. I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it's like telling a dirty joke and leaving out the punch line.”
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“I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition. When he meets the weird sisters and hears their prophecy, he's like the man who hopes to win a million — a gamble for high stakes.”
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“If I had killed somebody, it wouldn’t have had so much appeal to the press, you see? But… fucking, you see, and the young girls. Judges want to fuck young girls. Juries want to fuck young girls. Everyone wants to fuck young girls!”
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“You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.”
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“Opis: spytany, dlaczego wspomnienia Władysława Szpilmana tak bardzo go poruszyły.”
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“Byłem zawsze najgorszy w całej klasie, ale nauczyciele przepychali mnie, bo uważali, że jestem zdolny.”
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“Jeśli lubi się kino, często lubi się stereotypy.”
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“Kocham kino, kocham wszystkie rodzaje filmów, chciałbym kręcić i westerny, i filmy policyjne, i psychologiczne.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na wykorzystanie seksualne 13 letniej Samanthy Geimer.”
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“Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.”
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1969· 2 entries
“It was wonderful to find that people knew me and my work, and I made many friends ... it was a very creative place to work, extraordinary for me. I recall those years as the best of my life.”
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Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, was murdered, along with four friends by members of the Manson Family in an internationally notorious case
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1968· 2 entries
On 20 January 1968, Polanski and Tate married in London.
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Settled in the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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1966· 1 entry
Polanski co-produced the short film G
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1959· 1 entry
Polanski married actress Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
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1945· 1 entry
A fifth of the Polish population had been killed, the vast majority being civilians
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1943· 1 entry
And survived with the help of some Polish Roman Catholics, including a woman who had promised Polanski's father that she would shelter the boy
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1933· 1 entry
Born 1933-08-18.
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