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Edward Kłosiński RIP

The distinguished Polish cinematographer (and husband of Krystyna Janda) Edward Kłosiński died on Saturday at the age of 65.

As you can see from his IMDB filmography, he was the director of photography on a huge range of important Polish films, including Andrzej Wajda’s Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana, 1975), Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976), Rough Treatment (Bez znieczulenia, 1978), The Young Ladies of Wilko (Panny z Wilka, 1979) and Man of Iron (Człowieka z żelaza, 1981), Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog Two (Dekalog, dwa, 1988) and Three Colours: White (Trzy kolory: Biały, 1994) and Krzysztof Zanussi’s Illumination (Illuminacja, 1973), Camouflage (Barwy ochronne, 1977), Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową, 2000), Supplement (Suplement, 2002) and Persona Non Grata (2005), amongst many others.

Culture.pl has a good career overview in English.

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