1922Nominee
Best Director
Chłopi
Eugeniusz Modzelewski
Director · Writer
Biography
Eugeniusz Modzelewski, a pioneer of Polish silent cinema, disappeared during World War II and likely did not survive. Historical sources indicate that, as an opera singer and filmmaker, he was imprisoned in the German Auschwitz concentration camp (camp number 18521).
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