Polanski
/pəˈlænskɪ/
noun
1.
Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary’s Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
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