Rondo Alla Turca
Poland1993animated4'Retrospektywa Witolda Giersza (2017)
This is an episode of a popular series of animated miniatures made to classical music at Poznan’s Television Studio of Animation Films which Witold Giersz was heading in 1985-1992. This extremely spectacular short animation with an impressive staging concept, is an illustration of the famous Rondo Alla Turca from the piano sonata in A-major, KV. 33, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Awarded at festivals in Bratislava and Poznan.
- directed by
- Witold Giersz
He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.
- cinematography
- Kazimierz Strzemecki
- script
- Witold Giersz
- animated by
- Witold Giersz
- sound
- Wiesław Nowak
- editing
- Wiesław Nowak
- production
- (Telewizyjne Studio Filmów Animowanych)
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