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Witold Sobociński is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography Polonais born on 15 october 1929 at Ozorków (Pologne)
Witold Sobociński (né le 29 octobre 1929 à Ozorków et mort le 19 novembre 2018 à Konstancin-Jeziorna) est un chef opérateur du cinéma polonais.
Sorti de l'école nationale de cinéma de Łódź (la fameuse Filmowka) en 1955, Witold Sobocinski commence par travailler sur les films documentaires et éducatifs. Il travaille pour la Télévision polonaise (1955-1959), ensuite pour la maison de production Czołówka.
En février 1958, Witold Sobocinski devient père. Son fils, Piotr, deviendra également chef opérateur. Depuis 1963, Sobocinski collabore aux films de, entre autres, Kawalerowicz ; il devient chef opérateur à partir de 1967. Il a collaboré avec Andrzej Wajda (La ligne d'ombre, Ziemia obiecana) et Roman Polanski (Frantic, Pirates). Depuis 1980, il est professeur à la Filmowka.
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Nationality Pologne
Birth 15 october 1929 at Ozorków (Pologne)
Death 19 november 2018 (at 89 years)
Awards Medal for Merit to Culture
Birth 15 october 1929 at Ozorków (Pologne)
Death 19 november 2018 (at 89 years)
Awards Medal for Merit to Culture
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Entre 1948 et 1960, il est musicien de jazz (tromboniste et batteur).Sorti de l'école nationale de cinéma de Łódź (la fameuse Filmowka) en 1955, Witold Sobocinski commence par travailler sur les films documentaires et éducatifs. Il travaille pour la Télévision polonaise (1955-1959), ensuite pour la maison de production Czołówka.
En février 1958, Witold Sobocinski devient père. Son fils, Piotr, deviendra également chef opérateur. Depuis 1963, Sobocinski collabore aux films de, entre autres, Kawalerowicz ; il devient chef opérateur à partir de 1967. Il a collaboré avec Andrzej Wajda (La ligne d'ombre, Ziemia obiecana) et Roman Polanski (Frantic, Pirates). Depuis 1980, il est professeur à la Filmowka.
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Barrier (1966)
, 1h17Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Maria Malicka, Stefan Friedmann, Ryszarda Hanin, Janusz Gajos
Roles Waiter Breaking the Plates (uncredited)
Rating67%
Un jeune homme envisage de trouver une situation le plus rapidement possible, quel qu’en soit le moyen. Cependant une chauffeuse de tramway qu’il vient de rencontrer possède une vision toute différente de la sienne...
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Torrents of Spring (1989)
, 1h41Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski, Valeria Golino, William Forsythe, Urbano Barberini, Francesca De Sapio
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
En 1840, Dimitri Sanine, un jeune aristocrate russe tombe amoureux de Gemma Rosselli lors d'une halte à Mayence. Prêt à tout pour elle, il repousse son départ et veut épouser Gemma, qui rompt ses fiançailles pour lui.
Frantic (1988)
, 2hDirected by Roman Polanski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Yorgo Voyagis, Gérard Klein
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Dr. Richard Walker is a surgeon visiting Paris with his wife Sondra for a medical conference. At their hotel, she is unable to unlock her suitcase, and Walker determines that she has picked up the wrong one at the airport. While Walker is taking a shower, his wife mysteriously disappears from their hotel room.
Pirates (1986)
, 2h4Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Walter Matthau, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas, Olu Jacobs, Charlotte Lewis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red and his first mate, Frog, are stranded aboard a raft at sea. Close to death from starvation and dehydration, Red tries to kill and eat Frog, but they are rescued by a Spanish galleon and are forced into slavery. Red inspires the slaves to mutiny and takes control of the vessel. Frog falls in love with the niece of a Spanish colonial governor, and unsuccessfully romances her. Red covets a golden throne that the Spanish have taken from an Aztec king. Through several adventures, Red recruits a crew of cutthroats to steal the throne. Despite their efforts, Red and Frog are ultimately stranded on a raft again, where Red sits on his golden throne and urges Frog to "fatten up".
Hands Up! (1985)
, 1h30Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jerzy Skolimowski, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Bogumił Kobiela, Alan Bates, Jane Asher, David Essex
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Dix ans après la fin de leurs études de médecine, cinq jeunes gens se retrouvent à bord d'un train de marchandises. Ils y évoquent leur passé commun, le temps où la Pologne était régentée par le stalinisme intransigeant : à cette époque, ils avaient été chargés d'accoler des panneaux de papier afin d'ériger un immense portrait de Staline pour le défilé du premier mai. Or sur l'affiche, le despote avait été affublé de deux paires d'yeux.
, 1h25Directed by Piotr Szulkin
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Marek Walczewski, Jan Nowicki, Henryk Bista
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Situé dans un donjon souterrain habité par des êtres humains entassés et en haillons, après l'holocauste nucléaire. L'histoire suit les pérégrinations d'un héros à travers des situations de survie. Les gens attendent que l'Arche arrive et les sauve pendant que leur habitat s'effondre.
Death of a President (1977)
, 2h24Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Zdzisław Mrożewski, Marek Walczewski, Henryk Bista, Jerzy Duszyński
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
The Shadow-Line (1976)
, 1h40Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Actors Marek Kondrat, Tom Wilkinson, Bernard Archard, John Bennett, Martin Wyldeck, Stanisław Tym
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
The Promised Land (1975)
, 2h59Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Anna Nehrebecka, Kalina Jędrusik, Franciszek Pieczka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Karol Borowiecki (Daniel Olbrychski), a young Polish nobleman, is the managing engineer at the Bucholz textile factory. He is ruthless in his career pursuits and unconcerned with the long tradition of his, now financially declined, family. He plans to set up his own factory with the help of his friends Max Baum (Andrzej Seweryn), a German and heir to an old handloom factory, and Moritz Welt (Wojciech Pszoniak), an independent Jewish businessman. Borowiecki's affair with Lucy Zucker (Kalina Jędrusik), wife of another textile magnate, gives him advance notice of a change in cotton tariffs and helps Welt to make a killing on the Hamburg futures market. But more money has to be found, so all three characters cast aside their pride to raise the necessary capital.
The Catamount Killing (1975)
Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Horst Buchholz, Ann Wedgeworth, Louise Caire Clark, Polly Holliday, Aleksander Bardini
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Aux États-Unis, Mark Kalvin, directeur d'une agence bancaire provinciale, s'enfuit avec sa petite amie et complice après avoir dévalisé la chambre forte. Leur cavale vers le bonheur devient un mauvais rêve après qu'un homme ait été abattu.
The Wedding (1973)
, 1h42Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Ewa Ziętek, Andrzej Łapicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Franciszek Pieczka, Marek Perepeczko
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
A poet marries a peasant girl. Their wedding reception follows. The celebration of the new marriage moves on from the church to the villager's house. In the rooms adjoining that of the wedding party, guests continually burst into arguments, make love, or simply rest from their merriment, dancing and feasting. Interspersed with the real guests are the well-known figures of Polish history and culture, who represent the guilty consciences of the characters. The two groups gradually begin a series of dialogues. The Poet (played by Andrzej Łapicki) is visited successively by the Black Knight, a symbol of the nation's past military glory; the Journalist (played by Wojciech Pszoniak), then by the court jester and conservative political sage Stańczyk; and the Ghost of Wernyhora (Marek Walczewski), a paradigm of leadership for Poland. Wernyhora presents the Host with a golden horn symbolizing the national mission, and calls the Polish people to a revolt. One of the farm hands is dispatched to sound the horn at each corner of Poland, but he loses the horn soon after.
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
, 2h4Directed by Wojciech Has
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Jan Nowicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Jerzy Przybylski, Ludwik Benoit, Jerzy Trela, Tadeusz Schmidt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
Joseph (Jan Nowicki) travels through a dream-like world, taking a dilapidated train to visit his dying father, Jacob, in a sanatorium. When he arrives at the hospital, he finds the entire facility is going to ruin and no one seems to be in charge or even caring for the patients. Time appears to behave in unpredictable ways, reanimating the past in an elaborate artificial caprice.
The Third Part of the Night (1972)
, 1h41Directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Horror, Historical
Actors Małgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszyński, Jan Nowicki, Marek Walczewski, Jerzy Stuhr, Tadeusz Janczar
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
The film is set during the occupation of Poland during World War II. German soldiers slaughter Michal's wife, son and mother. Michal and his father avoid death by remaining in the forest. Michal decides to join the resistance but before his first meeting, the Gestapo kill his go-between and chase him. During his escape he gets into an apartment of a pregnant woman and helps her with the childbirth. The woman appears to be a doppelganger of his murdered wife. Michal gets a job in the typhus center, where he is guinea pig for lice after being immunized to make more vaccine. He goes to the hospital to end a misery of a man mistaken by him and tortured where he seems to see his own body and is finally reconciled with himself.
Family Life (1971)
, 1h28Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
Genres Drama
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Maja Komorowska, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Bińczycki, Anna Nehrebecka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Un jeune ingénieur, Wit, est appelé par télégramme au chevet de son père malade. Il s’avère cependant que son père veut que Wit revienne s’occuper de la famille et de leur petite usine. Il n’y consent pas, alors que sa cousine Bella et Marek, un camarade qui l’accompagne dans ce voyage, nouent une relation amoureuse.
Everything for Sale (1969)
, 1h34Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Actors Beata Tyszkiewicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Andrzej Łapicki, Bogumił Kobiela, Elżbieta Kępińska
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Un homme court sur le quai d'une gare pour essayer d'attraper un train en marche, manque le marchepied, trébuche et meurt écrasé sous les roues du wagon. C'est ainsi que commence la première séquence d'un film dont le tournage vient de débuter sous la direction du metteur en scène ‘Andrzej'. Mais l'acteur qui devait jouer cette scène est absent et a dû être doublé.