10 Directors Who Took Insane Breaks Between Movies

In some cases, a director will take a break from filming to work on other projects, but in others, they might find it impossible to work due to the restrictive government overseeing the country in which they live. The latter is why Polish director Wojciech Marczewski took a nine-year gap between his films Dreszcze (Shivers) and Ucieczka z kina "Wolność" (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).

Shivers was about the corruption and self-delusion of his nation's youth as perpetrated by the political party. While the film has been lauded by critics, the Polish government wasn't necessarily appreciative of the criticism the film made. The night the movie premiered, the nation declared martial law, which many linked symbolically to the film.

This was during the time when Poland was behind the Iron Curtain, and speaking out against the government was risky, to say the least. Marczewski refused to give in to the government, and he stood by his movie.

This ended up costing him a considerable amount of time. It would be another nine years before he would make his next film, Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema in 1990. That film was a political satire, which directly challenged the director's position on film censorship.