Synopsis

This is a thoughtful and candid film about the acclaimed film director Roman Polanski. A Holocaust survivor of the Warsaw and Kraków ghettos, this documentary traces his career from youth, adolescence, and early adulthood in Poland. Through interviews with Polanski himself the film looks at his emergence in the late 1960s and early 1970s as one of Americaís most promising directors. His artistic accomplishments are nearly as varied as the scandal and notoriety that surround his personal life. He is depicted as a man of great accomplishments who has been touched by tragic flaws.