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Roman Polanski: Nazis, Murder, and Life on the Lam

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As a child, Roman Polanski escaped from a Krakow ghetto on the day the Nazis took his father to a concentration camp. As a new filmmaker, he became the toast of young Hollywood with his 1968 horror masterpiece, Rosemary’s Baby. But after the brutal murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, at the hands of the Manson family, Polanski unraveled. He wound up committing a heinous crime that caused him to escape yet again – this time fleeing the country when an angry judge was ready to throw the book at him.

Sources

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008, dir. Marina Zenovich)

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (2012, dir. Marina Zenovich)

The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski, by Samantha Geimer

Roman Polanski: Interviews, ed. Paul Cronin

Female artist claims Roman Polanski sexually abused her aged 10, after photographing her naked draped in a fur coat (The Sun)

Five MORE women come forward to accuse disgraced movie director Roman Polanski of sexual assault (The Sun)

Roman Polanski Accused of Rape by Former German Actress (New York Times)
Polanski witness denies making up 'lurid story' (The Guardian)
Queen of the Night (Vanity Fair)
Model's boyfriend recalls Polanski's advances to her (The Guardian)
Roman Polanski (Grands Entretiens Patrimoniaux)

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