28 JANUARY 1984, page 21

A Pole Apart

Anthony Storr Roman Roman Polanski (Heinemann £12.95) R aman Polanski is now 50 years old. His fame as the director of such films as Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, and......

Death Wish

Jeffrey Meyers Kleist: A Biography Joachim Maass Translated by Ralph Manheim (Seeker & Warburg £12.95) T he Prussian playwright Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) is known to most......