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Walerian Borowczyk
Writer 1923 - 2006

Walerian Borowczyk

Kwilcz, Poland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walerian Borowczyk (September 2, 1923 – February 3, 2006) was a Polish film director. He directed 40 films between 1946 and 1988. His career as a film director was mainly in France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walerian... Read full bio →

Filmography

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17 titles
Emmanuelle 5

Emmanuelle 5

Walerian Borowczyk 1987 1h 25m 4.0

Emmanuelle, the sexiest woman in the world, endures a streak of bad luck that begins when she's stripped by a mob of adoring fans at an international film festival. Emmanuelle's lousy luck continues when she's abducted from her yacht off the South of France and forced to submit to the erotic desires of an Arab sheik.

Cérémonie d'amour

Cérémonie d'amour

Walerian Borowczyk 1987 1h 40m

Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no idea she has more in mind than Hugo bargained for.

Ars amandi

Ars amandi

Walerian Borowczyk 1983 1h 32m

Young student Claudine has a dream in which the Roman student Cornelius, fascinated by the beautiful wife of the commander, attends lectures on the art of love of great Ovid. Ancient tragedy repeats itself in a few centuries ...

Docteur Jekyll et les femmes

Docteur Jekyll et les femmes

Walerian Borowczyk 1981 1h 32m 5.0

In 19th century London, a sex maniac sneaks into the engagement party of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osbourne, turning the event into a nightmarish whirlpool of murder and debauchery.

Les héroïnes du mal

Les héroïnes du mal

Walerian Borowczyk 1979 1h 49m 4.0

Three erotic tales: 1) Raphael's muse poses as his lover, witnessing his final moments. 2) A young girl's disturbing obsession with a stuffed rabbit. 3) A wealthy woman is kidnapped, and her dog attempts a rescue mission.

Collections privées

Collections privées

Just Jaeckin, Shūji Terayama 1979 1h 43m 6.0

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits?

Interno di un convento

Interno di un convento

Walerian Borowczyk 1978 1h 35m 4.0

On the surface the women at the convent are your average nuns. However, what they get up to in their spare time is far from what you'd expect from nuns.

La bête

La bête

Walerian Borowczyk 1975 1h 38m 5.4

The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.

Dzieje grzechu

Dzieje grzechu

Walerian Borowczyk 1975 2h 10m 6.0

A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.

Contes immoraux

Contes immoraux

Walerian Borowczyk 1974 2h 5m 6.0

Four erotic tales from various historical eras. The first, 'The Tide', is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his young female cousin stranded on the beach by the tide, secluded from prying eyes.

Une collection particulière

Une collection particulière

Walerian Borowczyk 1973 12m

A witty and eye-opening tour through Borowczyk's own collection of vintage erotica.

Blanche

Blanche

Walerian Borowczyk 1972 1h 34m 6.3

Blanche is the young, pure, beautiful wife of the Master of the castle, in a secluded land. Every man is in love with her, including the King and his servant Bartolomeo, visiting the Master.

Goto, l'île d'amour

Goto, l'île d'amour

Walerian Borowczyk 1969 1h 33m 6.0

Borowczyk's film is an insane dream-like look into a shattered and dysfunctional world, which if I was to guess, is probably how he sees our own one.

Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal

Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal

Walerian Borowczyk 1967 1h 20m 5.0

Animated film directed by Walerian Borowczyk.

Renaissance

Renaissance

Walerian Borowczyk 1967 10m 6.0

To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper, books, a doll, a plate – and a bomb...

Les jeux des anges

Les jeux des anges

Walerian Borowczyk 1967 13m 4.0

Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish artists and filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk, Les Jeux des Anges takes the viewer into a nightmarish and sinister labyrinth world.

Le concert de M. et Mme. Kabal

Le concert de M. et Mme. Kabal

Walerian Borowczyk 1967 7m 5.0

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. Ostensibly a film of a concert given by the round, unassuming Monsieur Kabal and his spiky, terrifying wife, it's actually a cover for their frequent attempts at causing each other extreme physical harm.

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