From Polish ghetto to Oscar-winning director

ROMAN Polanski grew up in the Krakow ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland.

From Polish ghetto to Oscar-winning director
Wed, 20 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

In his early 20s, he appeared in Andrzej Wajda’s film, A Generation (1954), about Polish resistance against the Nazis.

He studied at the Polish film school in Lodz, winning awards for his short films, including Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958).

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