The Orchestra Conductor

The Orchestra Conductor
Directed by	Andrzej Wajda
Written by	Andrzej Kijowski
Starring	John Gielgud
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak
Edited by	Halina Prugar-Ketling
Release date	24 March 1980 (1980-03-24)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Poland
Languages	Polish English

The Orchestra Conductor (Polish: Dyrygent, and also known as The Conductor) is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Andrzej Seweryn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.^[1] It was also shown at the 1980 New York Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

John Gielgud - John Lasocki
Krystyna Janda - Marta
Andrzej Seweryn - Adam Pietryk
Jan Ciecierski - Marta's Father
Maria Seweryn - Marysia
Józef Fryzlewicz - Governor
Janusz Gajos - High Official
Mary Ann Krasinski - Marta's Friend
Anna Lopatowska - Anna
Mavis Walker - Lilian
Tadeusz Czechowski - Tadzio
Marek Dabrowski - Official
Stanislaw Górka - Bass Player
Wojciech Wysocki - Kwiatkowski
Stanislaw Zatloka - Rysio
Andréa Ferréol
Jerzy Kleyn
Elzbieta Strzalkowska
Jerzy Szmidt

References

^ "Berlinale 1980: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
^ "FILM: ANDRZEJ WAJDA'S 'ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR'". The New York Times. 14 December 1982. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

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Films directed	A Generation (1955) Towards the Sun (1955) Kanał (1957) Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Lotna (1959) Innocent Sorcerers (1960) Samson (1961) Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962) Love at Twenty (1962) The Ashes (1965) Gates to Paradise (1968) Przekładaniec (1968) Everything for Sale (1969) Hunting Flies (1969) The Birch Wood (1970) Landscape After the Battle (1970) Pilate and Others (1972) The Wedding (1972) The Promised Land (1975) The Shadow Line (1976) Man of Marble (1977) Without Anesthesia (1978) The Maids of Wilko (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Man of Iron (1981) Danton (1983) A Love in Germany (1983) A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (1986) The Possessed (1988) Korczak (1990) The Crowned-Eagle Ring (1993) Nastasja (1994) Holy Week (1995) Miss Nobody (1996) Sir Thaddeus (1999) The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos (2000) The Revenge (2002) Katyń (2007) Sweet Rush (2009) Walesa: Man of Hope (2013) Afterimage (2016)
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1976–2000	Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976) An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) Alambrista! (1978) Autumn Marathon (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Demons in the Garden (1982) Entre Nous (1983) Rumble Fish (1984) Yesterday (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Wedding in Galilee (1987) On the Black Hill (1988) Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989) Letters from Alou (1990) Butterfly Wings (1991) A Place in the World (1992) The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993) Dias contados (1994) Margaret's Museum (1995) Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996) The Swindle (1997) Wind with the Gone (1998) What's Life? (1999) The Ruination of Men (2000)
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