Wojciech Kilar: not just film music

If one were to search for the distinguishing feature in Wojciech Kilar’s music among the achievements of other eminent 20th-century Polish musicians, one could point to its diversity. For Kilar was not only the author of numerous, well-known and appreciated musical film illustrations – through the prism of which he is mostly remembered today –…


Człowiek z żelaza / Man of Iron

This feature drama directed by Andrzej Wajda was made in early 1981 on the basis of a script by Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski, as a continuation of the celebrated and outstanding Man of Marble (1976). To this day, it is the most famous feature film telling the story of the strikes of August 1980 and the birth…