Andrzej Żuławski was a Polish film director and writer best known for his 1981 film Possession. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
Żuławski, c. 1985–1990
Zulawski with his then partner Sophie Marceau, 1988
Possession is a 1981 psychological horror drama film directed by Andrzej Żuławski and written by Żuławski and Frederic Tuten. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy and his wife, who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking for a divorce.
French film poster by Barbara Baranowska
Berlin Wall in 1977