About the book: 2024 / Roman Polansky has been working in cinema for almost seventy years. He films in different genres and in different countries. All these years, his biography - in the eyes of society he appears either as a victim or as a criminal - intrigues the public no less than his films, which represent an exemplary combination of professionalism, an uncompromising author's view, attention to the dark sides of the human psyche, a pessimistic worldview and a bitter sense of humor. Specially For this edition, Stanislav Zelvensky added a new chapter about Polansky’s latest film “The Palace”! The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.