Walerian Borowczyk Movies

  • 1970
    Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

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    Lucrezia Borgia, accompanied by her husband Giovanni Sforza visits his father, Pope Alexander VI, and his brother, Cardinal Cesare Borgia. The...

    Lucrezia Borgia
  • 1972
    Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

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    Semi-documentary exposé of scandalous hunting practices in the Sologne, a wooded area south of Orléans where he shared a house at the...

    Gunpoint
  • 1963
    Holy Smoke!

    Holy Smoke!

    Holy Smoke!

    01963HD

    An animated film made by Walerian Borowczyk for W.D. & H.O. Wills. A very pompous cigar smoker reminisces about the good old days when the lower...

    Holy Smoke!
  • 1968
    Gavotte

    Gavotte

    Gavotte

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    Two bored dwarves fight over a cushion.

    Gavotte
  • 1990
    A Justified Treatment

    A Justified Treatment

    A Justified Treatment

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    From Boccaccio's "La précaution inutile". Jean, a rich old merchant, is blessed with a young and beautiful wife. Although Bianca is absolutely...

    A Justified Treatment
  • 1975
    Letter from Paris

    Letter from Paris

    Letter from Paris

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    Paris is a monstrously inhuman cityscape, in which cars, buses, crowds, and unceasing noise combine to smother any decent and delicate human...

    Letter from Paris
  • 1958
    School

    School

    School

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    Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.

    School
  • 1970
    Thérèse Philosophe

    Thérèse Philosophe

    Thérèse Philosophe

    01970HD

    The inhabitants of our region demand the beatification of Thérèse Fl., the pious young girl shamefully raped by a vagabond.

    Thérèse Philosophe
  • 1970
    at sea

    at sea

    at sea

    01970HD

    Julie, my cousin, was sixteen, I was twenty, and this small age difference made her docile to my commands.

    at sea
  • 1964
    Le musée

    Le musée

    Le musée

    01964HD

    An advert made by Walerian Borowczyk for a French pasta company. After everybody has left the museum, the paintings can finally come alive and help...

    Le musée
  • 1966
    Le Petit Poucet

    Le Petit Poucet

    Le Petit Poucet

    01966HD

    An animated advert made by Walerian Borowczyk for a French pasta company.

    Le Petit Poucet
  • 1957
    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

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    An oddball pair try to find their identity and place in an abstract world.

    Once Upon a Time
  • 1970
    La Bête

    La Bête

    La Bête

    01970HD

    A monster, the Beast of Gévaudan, is spreading terror in France, in the Massif Central.

    La Bête
  • 1957
    Strip-Tease

    Strip-Tease

    Strip-Tease

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    Borowczyk and Lenica are at their most expressive in this crude paper miniature.

    Strip-Tease
  • 1972
    Une collection particulière (noir et blanc)

    Une collection particulière (noir et blanc)

    Une collection particulière (noir et blanc)

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    Une collection particulière (noir et blanc)
  • 2009
    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

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    Three youths are abandoned on a road by their crazy mother. Suddenly appears a strange woman carrying a placard saying she's a guide. The guide...

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie
  • 1959
    The Magician

    The Magician

    The Magician

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    A short film by Walerian Borowczyk

    The Magician
  • 1979
    Happy Toy

    Happy Toy

    Happy Toy

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    This short film by Walerian Borowczyk was made in 1979 but is so little known that when it was rediscovered in 2014 it had not been included in any...

    Happy Toy
  • 2015
    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

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    This six-minute short from director Daniel Bird takes a look at the silent cinema pioneers that influenced the work of Walterian Borowczyk. We take a...

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema