Polanski: A Biography

This dramatic account weaves together the rich and complex life of the celebrated and controversial film director, Holocaust survivor, and exile, based on a wealth of sources and new material. New revelations about Polanski's life include:

— The connection between his mother's death in Auschwitz and wife Sharon Tate's murder by the Manson family—both women were pregnant

— His radical transition from childhood poverty in a Krakow ghetto to a glamorous Hollywood life among sociali…