2. The 1960-s Jerzy Kawalerowicz

3. Polish Cinema in the 1960-s  Polish film export and international reputation grow.  Film periodicals appear (Kino, Kultura Filmowa, Kamera).  The Association of Polish Film-makers founded (1966).  Television films produced (ex., A stake Higher than Life, 1968).

4. Poland and Polish Cinema in the 1960-s  Andrzej Munk and Zbigniew Cybulski die.  The political crisis of 1968 (“March events”). Student riots and repressions against intellectuals. Mass emigration.  Re-evaluation of history; contemporary themes.

5. Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922-2007)  Born in Ukraine, son of a postmaster. Had to go hiding during the Occupation under a false name.  Studied art in Kraków before graduating from Kraków film institute.  In 1955-1968, artistic director of the Kadr film production unit.  A major figure of the Polish Film School.

6. Jerzy Kawalerowicz  In 1962, a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival.  In 1968-1978, president of the Polish Film-Makers' Association.  In 1983, signed a report authorized by the Communist party denouncing film-makers who were supporters of the Solidarity movement.  Ostracized by his peers.

7. Kawalerowicz: His Major Films in the 1960s  Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniołów, 1961) won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes). Starring: Mieczysław Voit and Lucyna Winnicka. Mother Joan of the Angels  Pharaoh (Faraon, 1966), after a novel of Bolesław Prus. Pharaoh