THE FENCER
POLISH TITLE: FECHMISTRZ
Fencer is a documentary portrait of Władyslaw Kurpiewski, an eminent fencing coach and co-creator of numerous successes of Polish foilists. Combining poetic impression and documentary curiosity, Dziworski draws up a kind of an artistic credo for himself. The score includes amplified sounds of crossed epées and a waltz by Strauss that makes an excellent match for the champion’s light and nimble movements.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRYI:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 1980
- DIRECTING:
- Bogdan Dziworski
- SCRIPT:
- Bogdan Dziworski
- DOP:
- Krzysztof Tusiewicz
- EDITOR:
- Agnieszka Bojanowska
- PRODUCER:
- Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych
Bogdan Dziworski »
Documentary film director, cinematographer, photographer and university teacher born in 1941 in Lodz. A graduate of Lodz Film School (1965). An Ordinary Professor of Film and Photography and the Dean of the Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice. He has received a number of prestigious awards for his excellent documentary films, which focus primarily on arts or sports and include "Krzyz i Topor", "Hokej", "Olimpiada", "Kilka opowiesci o czlowieku" at festivals in Bilbao, Brussels, Leipzig, Marseilles, Oberhausen, San Sebastian and Krakow, among others.