Walerian Borowczyk

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School
5.4

School

Jan. 01, 1958

School

Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.
Love Rites
4.9

Love Rites

Jul. 19, 1987

Love Rites

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 ...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
6.1

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne

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 ...
Behind Convent Walls
4.8

Behind Convent Walls

Jan. 25, 1978

Behind Convent Walls

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce ...
The Margin
5.2

The Margin

Sep. 22, 1976

The Margin

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond ...
The Story of Sin
6.1

The Story of Sin

Jun. 03, 1975

The Story of Sin

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 ...
The Beast
5.7

The Beast

Aug. 20, 1975

The Beast

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. ...
Letter from Paris
5.6

Letter from Paris

Jun. 08, 1975

Letter from Paris

Paris is a monstrously inhuman cityscape, in which cars, buses, crowds, and unceasing noise combine to smother any decent and delicate human ...
Immoral Tales
5.6

Immoral Tales

Aug. 28, 1974

Immoral Tales

Four erotic tales from in various historical eras. The first, ‘The Tide’, is set in the present day, and concerns a student and his ...
Blanche
6.5

Blanche

Jan. 26, 1972

Blanche

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 ...
The Phonograph
5.9

The Phonograph

Jan. 01, 1969

The Phonograph

An old phonograph assembles itself, plays songs on wax drums before self destructing. In many ways The Phonograph is a companion piece to ...
Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal
6.2

Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal

“Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal” is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a ...
The Games of Angels
5.7

The Games of Angels

Jan. 15, 1967

The Games of Angels

Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the ...
Renaissance
7

Renaissance

Oct. 27, 1967

Renaissance

To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a ...
Holy Smoke!
6.5

Holy Smoke!

Jan. 01, 1963

Holy Smoke!

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 ...
The Concert
5.4

The Concert

Nov. 03, 1967

The Concert

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. Ostensibly a film of a concert given by the round, unassuming Monsieur Kabal and his spiky, terrifying wife, ...
The Astronauts
6.5

The Astronauts

Jan. 01, 1959

The Astronauts

An inventor builds a homemade spacecraft, and uses it to have various adventures, including peeping at women, visiting ‘human’ planets, and ...
Immoral Women
5.2

Immoral Women

Mar. 07, 1979

Immoral Women

The first episode – featuring frequent Borowczyk muse Marina Pierro – is the longest and, in a way, most substantial: it’s set in Renaissance ...
Goto, Island of Love
6.5

Goto, Island of Love

Jan. 29, 1969

Goto, Island of Love

A petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilisation by a tumultuous earthquake. His dream is to ...