A Warsaw court ruled today that the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning film Schindler’s List must immediately start serving his two-year prison term for his role in a bribery scandal that touched the highest levels of government, a court official said.

LEW RYWIN, the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List and The Pianist, was found guilty of fraud charges in a bribery scandal in Warsaw and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Lew Rywin, the Polish co-producer of the Oscar-winning Schindler’s List and The Pianist, was found guilty of fraud charges in a bribery scandal in Warsaw and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Poland’s embattled prime minister categorically denied any involvement in a murky scandal that has gripped the nation as he testified today before a parliamentary panel investigating allegations that a leading film producer attempted to solicit a bribe for lobbying the government.