Kluba, Henryk

(1931-2005)

   Director, actor, and head of the Łódź Film School (1982-1990 and 1996-2002). Kluba began as an actor, appearing in, among others, Roman Polanski's shorts, such as Two Men with a Wardrobe (1958) and Mammals (1962). He started his directorial careeer assisting others and working as a second director with Jerzy Skolimowski and Janusz Morgenstern. Kluba made his first film in 1967, Skinny and Others (Chudy i inni), a realistic drama featuring Wiesław Gołas, Franciszek Pieczka, Ryszard Fil-ipski, and others. Also in 1967, he made a stylized political ballad set during the postwar period, The Sun Rises Once a Day (Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień), starring Pieczka, which was released after five years. He made another stylized postwar ballad, A Story in Red (Opowieść w czerwieni), in 1974. Working at the Łódź Film School since 1966, Kluba also supervised numerous students' projects.

   Other films: Warsaw Sketches (Szkice Warszawskie, 1970), Five and a Half of Pale Joe (Pięć i pół bladego Józka, 1971, never released), The Scatterbrain of St. Cross Mountains (Sowizdrzał Świętokrzyski, 1978/1980), The Star Wormwood (Gwiazda piołun, 1988).

   Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof