Polanski 'overwhelmed' by support since arrest

Roman Polanski is “overwhelmed” by the support he has received since being arrested in Switzerland.

Roman Polanski is “overwhelmed” by the support he has received since being arrested in Switzerland.

The 76-year-old film director – who is under house arrest in Switzerland awaiting a decision over whether he will be extradited to America over a conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 – says he was given strength by the letters he was sent after being arrested in Switzerland in September.

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