Maria and Bogdan Kalinowski
Polish filmgoers
Maria Makowska-Kalinowska (1945 – 14 November 2020) and Bogdan Kalinowski (1939 – 9 November 2017) were a married couple from Poznań, Poland, known as the most avid filmgoers in Poland. They watched films in cinemas of Poznań regularly from 1973 on. In 2010 alone they watched 563 films. Altogether, between 1973 and 2010 they had viewed over 11,000 films together; by mid-2015 the total exceeded 13,000.
Biography
The couple met in 1973 during a library course. They married 13 years later, in 1986. Both spent most of their lives working in school libraries in Poznań before retiring. As the couple had to leave the flat they occupied, in 2010 they received a small flat above the Muza cinema from the city of Poznań. The refurbishment of the flat was financed through public fundraising and through not-for-profit screenings of various films in the Muza cinema.
The first film they watched together was King, Queen, Knave by Jerzy Skolimowski in April 1973.
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