Polish film director Andrzej Wajda was given an Honorary Oscar for his four decades' work in films set in the aftermath of World War II.

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For the Germans, Poles and Jews who made their fortunes here, Lodz was the promised land depicted in Andrzej Wajda's epic film of the same name.

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But Mr Antal has learned the lessons of east European cinematic realism, a school that encompasses stylists as different as Mr Polanski, Andrzej Wajda, Milos Forman and Krzysztof Kieslowski.

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