KADR (since 1989, doing business as Studio Filmowe Kadr"Kadr" translates into the English word "frame") is a major Polish film production and distribution company, founded in 1955 and still producing films as of 2016. Between its founding and 2003, KADR released 150 films in total, including many classics of Polish cinema.
History
"Arguably the most important Polish film studio," Kadr was founded on May 1, 1955, by filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and its initial output is closely associated with him. Along with Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and Tadeusz Konwicki, Kawalerowicz was a primary influence on the development of the Polish Film School in the 1950s. With a few exceptions, its landmark films were produced at Kadr.
The organization began as one of a few "film units" (zespoły filmowe) set up as state enterprises, and with close connections to the establishment National Film School in Łódź. By 1968 Kadr was a major studio, producing perhaps four titles annually, including the big-budget three-year period production of Pharaoh, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.
The studio was closed in the political turmoil of March 1968, and re-established three years later on January 1, 1972. Kawalerowicz continued as artistic director from the founding until his death in 2007.
Pursuant to the Order of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of 3 September 2019, on 1 October 2019, the KADR studio merged with the Tor, Zebra, Studio Miniatur Filmowych studios and the "old" WFDiF, on the basis of which the new Warsaw Documentary Film Studio was established, it continues to be a label and standalone subsidiary of Documentary and Feature Film Studios.
Films Following is a partial list of films released by Kadr:
Pokolenie (A Generation), directed by Andrzej Wajda, 1955 Cień (Shadow), directed by Kawalerowicz, 1956 Człowiek na torze (Man on the Tracks), directed by Andrzej Munk, 1956 Kanał (Canal), directed by Andrzej Wajda, 1956 Deszczowy lipiec (Rainy July), directed by Leonard Buczkowski, 1958 Eroica, directed by Munk, 1958 Krzyż walecznych (Cross of Valor), directed by Kazimierz Kutz, 1958 Ostatni dzień lata (The Last Day of Summer), directed by Tadeusz Konwicki, 1958 Popiół i diament (Ashes and Diamonds), directed by Wajda, 1958 Lotna, directed by Wajda, 1959 Orzeł (The Eagle), directed by Buczkowski, 1959 Pociąg (Night Train), directed by Kawalerowicz, 1959 Nikt nie woła, directed by Kutz, 1960 Do widzenia, do jutra... (Goodbye Until Morning), directed by Janusz Morgenstern, 1960 Niewinni czarodzieje (Innocent Sorcerers), directed by Wajda, 1960 Czas przeszly (Time Past), directed by Buczkowski, 1961 Matka Joanna od Aniołów (Mother Joan of the Angels), directed by Kawalerowicz, 1961 Samson, directed by Wajda, 1961 Zaduszki (All Souls' Day), directed by Konwicki, 1962 Faraon (Pharaoh), directed by Kawalerowicz, 1965 Salto, directed by Konwicki, 1965 Marysia i Napoleon (Mary and Napoleon), directed by Buczkowski, 1966 Gniazdo (The Cradle), directed by Jan Rybkowski, 1974 Noce i dnie (Nights and Days), directed by Jerzy Antczak, 1975 (nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) Śmierć prezydenta (Death of a President), directed by Kawalerowicz, 1977 Vabank, directed by Juliusz Machulski, 1981 Seksmisja (Sexmission), directed by Malchulski, 1983 Kingsajz, directed by Malchulski, 1987 Quo Vadis, directed by Kawalerowicz, 2001 Rewers (Reverse), directed by Borys Lankosz, 2009 Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room), directed by Jan Komasa, 2011 Piłsudski, directed by Michał Rosa, 2019
References
External links Classic Polish Films on YouTube