Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Walesa, Poland's flawed hero, given redemption in film

Oscar-winning Polish film director Andrzej Wajda speaks to Reuters during an interview in Warsaw By Adrian Krajewski and Christian Lowe WARSAW (Reuters) - Veteran director Andrzej Wajda has earned an honorary Oscar for his catalogue of powerful movies, but he felt he had one more mission to complete before his long career ends: to tell his story of Poland's anti-Communist icon Lech Walesa. Premiering in a few weeks at the Venice Film Festival, Wajda's film "Walesa. Man of Hope" is the 87-year-old director's attempt to remind the world about the achievements of Walesa, a flawed hero who helped bring an end to the Cold War. ...








via Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/walesa-polands-flawed-hero-given-redemption-film-160825048.html

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