Portrait of Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Directing

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Career

Active from 1952 to 2001, busiest in 1954 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Night Train
Night Train
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jerzy Kawalerowicz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Polish Cinema 4
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Bleak 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 62
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis (2001)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay, Director

1990s

3 titles
Why?
Why? (1996)

Screenplay, Director

Bronstein's Children
Bronstein's Children (1991)

Director

Powrót
Powrót (1991)

Assistant Director, Storyboard Assistant

1980s

3 titles · average score 70
The Hostage of Europe
The Hostage of Europe (1989)

Writer, Director

Austeria
Austeria (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Writer

Chance Meeting on the Atlantic
Chance Meeting on the Atlantic (1980)

Director, Writer

1970s

2 titles · average score 60
Death of a President
Death of a President (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

Maddalena
Maddalena (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

1960s

3 titles · average score 77
The Game
The Game (1969)

Director, Screenplay

Pharaoh
Pharaoh (1966)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

Mother Joan of the Angels
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
GoodWatch score 78

Director, Screenplay

1950s

7 titles · average score 73
Night Train
Night Train (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

Writer, Director

The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War (1957)

Director, Screenplay

Shadow
Shadow (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Cellulose
Cellulose (1954)

Screenplay, Director

Under the Phrygian Star
Under the Phrygian Star (1954)

Director, Screenplay

Gromada
Gromada (1952)

Storyboard, Director

Devil's Ravine
Devil's Ravine (1950)

as (uncredited)

1940s

3 titles · average score 72
The Last Stage
The Last Stage (1948)
GoodWatch score 73

First Assistant Director

The Steel Hearts
The Steel Hearts (1948)

as German Officer (uncredited)

Forbidden Songs
Forbidden Songs (1947)
GoodWatch score 71

Assistant Director