Kazimierz Prószyński
Directing
Biography
Kazimierz Prószyński (4 April 1875 – 13 March 1945), born in Warsaw, Poland, was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinema. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph (in Polish spelling: Pleograf), before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company, as well as invent the widely used hand-held Aeroscope camera.
Known For
First narrative polish film. The janitor sweeps the pavement in front of the tenement house. A carriage comes with a rather solidly inserted young man. He is well-dressed but has lost all his strength. Merry Fellow needs help.
The Return of a Merry Fellow
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Return of the Reveller
One of the two oldest known films made in Poland, with the other being The Return of a Merry Fellow, also made in 1902.
Cabman's Adventure
Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Ujazdow Avenue.
Ujazdów Avenue
Various shots of the Coronation procession for King George V.
The Coronation of King George V
The film was about a group of Polish ice skaters at the slide of the Warsaw Ice Skating Society. The film was filmed using a pleograph which was an early type of the movie camera invented by Kazimierz Prószyński.
Skating-rink in the Royal Baths
A group of children is playing in the garden.
Children Playing in the Garden
Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. A shot of people walking on Franciscan Street.
Franciscan Street
Lost film by Kazimierz Prószyński. The film presented about street traffic in front of Mickiewicz’s monument in Warsaw.