His Excellency Michał Waszyński
Abstract
In his book The man who wanted to be a prince (Człowiek, który chciał być księciem, 2008), Samuel Blumenfeld uncovers hitherto unknown facts about the life and work of Michał Waszyński, a film director, who in the period preceding the Second World War made forty box office hits. Blumenfeld concentrates on pre-war, Italian-Spanish period in Waszyński’s life. With inquisitiveness worthy of a private detective, he reconstructs successive stages of his life (e.g his time in gen. Anders’ Army, the “meta-morphosis” into a prince) and career (collaboration with William Wyler, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles; the creation, together with Samuel Bronstone, of a film empire in Spain). Blumenfeld reveals the carefully planned masquerade of Waszyński’s life, and clears up the gossip, often created by Waszyński himself.
Keywords:
Samuel Blumenfeld, review, Michał WaszyńskiReferences
Blumenfeld Samuel, Człowiek, który chciał być księciem, tłum. Maria Żurowska, Świat Książki, Warszawa 2008.
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Sebastian Jagielskikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Doktorant w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych UJ. Publikował w „Kinie” i „Filmie”.
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