The Orchestra Conductor
Directed by	Andrzej Wajda
Written by	Andrzej Kijowski
Starring	John Gielgud
Cinematography	Sławomir Idziak
Edited by	Halina Prugar-Ketling
Release date	24 March 1980 (1980-03-24)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Poland
Languages	Polish English

The Orchestra Conductor (Polish: Dyrygent, and also known as The Conductor) is a 1980 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Andrzej Seweryn won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.^[1] It was also shown at the 1980 New York Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

John Gielgud - John Lasocki
Krystyna Janda - Marta
Andrzej Seweryn - Adam Pietryk
Jan Ciecierski - Marta's Father
Maria Seweryn - Marysia
Józef Fryzlewicz - Governor
Janusz Gajos - High Official
Mary Ann Krasinski - Marta's Friend
Anna Lopatowska - Anna
Mavis Walker - Lilian
Tadeusz Czechowski - Tadzio
Marek Dabrowski - Official
Stanislaw Górka - Bass Player
Wojciech Wysocki - Kwiatkowski
Stanislaw Zatloka - Rysio
Andréa Ferréol
Jerzy Kleyn
Elzbieta Strzalkowska
Jerzy Szmidt

References

External links

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda
Filmography
Films directed	A Generation (1955) Towards the Sun (1955) Kanał (1957) Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Lotna (1959) Innocent Sorcerers (1960) Samson (1961) Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962) Love at Twenty (1962) The Ashes (1965) Gates to Paradise (1968) Przekładaniec (1968) Everything for Sale (1969) Hunting Flies (1969) The Birch Wood (1970) Landscape After the Battle (1970) Pilate and Others (1972) The Wedding (1972) The Promised Land (1975) The Shadow Line (1976) Man of Marble (1977) Without Anesthesia (1978) The Maids of Wilko (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Man of Iron (1981) Danton (1983) A Love in Germany (1983) A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (1986) The Possessed (1988) Korczak (1990) The Crowned-Eagle Ring (1993) Nastasja (1994) Holy Week (1995) Miss Nobody (1996) Pan Tadeusz (1999) The Condemnation of Franciszek Klos (2000) The Revenge (2002) Katyń (2007) Sweet Rush (2009) Walesa: Man of Hope (2013) Afterimage (2016)
Companies	Zespół Filmowy "X" Film New Europe Association

Golden Shell

Golden Shell
1953–1975	I Was a Parish Priest (1953) Sierra maldita (1954) Days of Love (1955) The Railroad Man (1956) Oh! Sabella (1957) Ewa chce spac (1958) The Nun's Story (1959) Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960) One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Arturo's Island (1962) Mafioso (1963) America America (1964) Golden Queen / Mirage (1965) I Was Happy Here (1966) Two for the Road (1967) The Long Day's Dying (1968) The Rain People (1969) Dead of Summer (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Glass House (1972) The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) Badlands (1974) Furtivos (1975)
1976–2000	Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976) An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977) Alambrista! (1978) Autumn Marathon (1979) The Orchestra Conductor (1980) Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Demons in the Garden (1982) Entre Nous (1983) Rumble Fish (1984) Yesterday (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Wedding in Galilee (1987) On the Black Hill (1988) Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989) Letters from Alou (1990) Butterfly Wings (1991) A Place in the World (1992) The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993) Dias contados (1994) Margaret's Museum (1995) Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996) The Swindle (1997) Wind with the Gone (1998) What's Life? (1999) The Ruination of Men (2000)
2001–present	A Cab for Three (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Gun-shy (2003) Turtles Can Fly (2004) Something Like Happiness (2005) Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006) A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007) Pandora's Box (2008) City of Life and Death (2009) Neds (2010) Los pasos dobles (2011) In the House (2012) Bad Hair (2013) Magical Girl (2014) Sparrows (2015) I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) The Disaster Artist (2017) Between Two Waters (2018) Pacified (2019) Beginning (2020) Blue Moon (2021) The Kings of the World (2022) The Rye Horn (2023)