Henryk Machalica

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L'alchimiste
5.3

L'alchimiste

Oct 07, 1989

L'alchimiste
1989 117 min 3 vues
L'alchimiste Sendivius arrive à la cour du kniaź Fryderyk en prétendant qu'il est capable de transmuter le plomb en or. Le prince l'autorise à prouver ses dires, toutefois si l'expérience échoue, il subira la torture jusqu'à ce que mort s'en suive. Alors que Von Lotz lui fait visiter les cachots et lui montre les supplices qu'il subira en cas d'échec ou s'il réussit et refuse de dévoiler ses secrets au prince, il découvre que son maître Thomas Seton est emprisonné dans une cellule sordide et subit quotidiennement la torture...
Fantasy
Pasja
5

Pasja

Mar 14, 1978

Pasja
1978 110 min 1 vues
The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Cracow Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other politicians.
Drama
Ciosy
1

Ciosy

Jun 01, 1981

Ciosy
1981 100 min 1 vues
Wiktor Wiarecki is an unsuccessful writer. He is also not successful in his personal life: Wiktor's marriage is in crisis, and his adult son wants nothing to do with his father. The turning point is the death of his friend Wiarecki, an outstanding writer Stefan Przewłocki. A literary widow gives Wiktor the materials for the deceased's last novel.
Drama
Wierna rzeka
5.2

Wierna rzeka

Aug 31, 1987

Wierna rzeka
1987 137 min 3 vues
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
Romance
Czerwone ciernie
1

Czerwone ciernie

Jan 20, 1977

Czerwone ciernie
1977 93 min 1 vues
A descendant of a noble family takes the side of the proletariat, fighting against the mistreatment of factory owners and the oppresion from the Tsar during the 1905 revolution.
History
Limuzyna Daimler-Benz
5.7

Limuzyna Daimler-Benz

Jan 24, 1983

Limuzyna Daimler-Benz
1983 91 min 3 vues
Two brothers living in 1939 Poland decide on a whim to steal the limousine of a German consul. The seemingly small act of youthful rebellion will have massive ramifications on the two, each dealing with the aftermath in their own way - one resorts to art, the other to direct political action.
Drama
Kobieta w kapeluszu
6.5

Kobieta w kapeluszu

Sep 02, 1985

Kobieta w kapeluszu
1985 101 min 6 vues
A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.
Drama
Historia niemoralna
6.4

Historia niemoralna

Oct 01, 1990

Historia niemoralna
1990 108 min 4 vues
Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of making a comeback as a singer. But her overbearing personality time after time sets her into conflict with those she tries to work with in the theater and her bedroom.
Drama
Racławice. 1794
1

Racławice. 1794

Jun 05, 1980

Racławice. 1794
1980 72 min 1 vues
The document describes the preparations and organizational problems related to the outbreak of the Kościuszko Insurrection and the initial phase of the fighting to the Battle of Racławice. He also devotes a lot of space to the peasant question.
Documentary
150 na godzinę
1

150 na godzinę

Aug 04, 1972

150 na godzinę
1972 85 min 1 vues
Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.
Comedy
Pensja pani Latter
1

Pensja pani Latter

Sep 05, 1983

Pensja pani Latter
1983 100 min 1 vues
The action takes place in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is the head of the girls' school - Mrs. Emma Latter. Ms Latter is struggling with the financial problems of her institution, because the parents of the students are still in arrears with payments. In addition to professional problems, she is tormented by problems with adolescent children. All this causes Mrs. Latter to experience a mental breakdown.
Drama
Polonia Restituta
1

Polonia Restituta

May 18, 1981

Polonia Restituta
1981 220 min 1 vues
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Drama
Rajska jabłoń
4.7

Rajska jabłoń

Apr 14, 1986

Rajska jabłoń
1986 110 min 3 vues
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
Drama
Tętno
1

Tętno

Nov 12, 1986

Tętno
1986 69 min 1 vues
In the sanatorium in Nałęczów, Halina meets Adolf Poświatowski. They both have heart disease.
Drama
Fachowiec
1

Fachowiec

Feb 11, 1987

Fachowiec
1987 107 min 1 vues
Kazimierz Zaliwski was born into an intellectual family, he graduated from high school, and knows two foreign languages. The foreman, in love with his daughter, decides not to continue his studies. He wants to take a job as a locksmith in a factory.
Drama
Ryś
7.1

Ryś

Mar 15, 1982

Ryś
1982 84 min 9 vues
Set during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. A priest in a small village meets a revolutionary who is on an assignment to kill a supposed Nazi collaborator.
Drama
Rodzina Połanieckich
1

Rodzina Połanieckich

Mar 04, 1979

Rodzina Połanieckich
1979 556 min 1 vues
The love story of Stanisław Połaniecki and the beautiful Marynia Pławicka, set in the scenery of manor houses and Warsaw from the end of the 19th century.
Drama
Skok
6

Skok

Jun 10, 1969

Skok
1969 85 min 1 vues
Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.
Action
Wilczyca
5.5

Wilczyca

Apr 11, 1983

Wilczyca
1983 103 min 15 vues
In 1848 Poland, Kacper Wosinski is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.
Horror
Księga wielkich życzeń
6

Księga wielkich życzeń

Dec 01, 1998

Księga wielkich życzeń
1998 90 min 1 vues
Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life.
Drama
Szwadron
5.5

Szwadron

Oct 28, 1992

Szwadron
1992 100 min 8 vues
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to suppress the revolt. He believes that now it's enough to defeat the Poles, become an officer and hero, get a bunch of medals, and then return and lay all of this at the feet of her beloved. However, the "little Polish war" looks completely different to the way that young Jeremin imagined it to be. In course of time, he learns to be on the wrong side. But there is no escape - he must kill or he will be killed. What's more, he falls in love with a beautiful Polish girl...
Drama
Złoto dezerterów
5.9

Złoto dezerterów

Dec 03, 1998

Złoto dezerterów
1998 123 min 16 vues
"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the more serious dangers of a war. Deserters Gold takes place during World War II, while the first film happened during WWI. The heroes' mission is to rob a Nazi-run bank in Poland for gold that will buy military supplies for the Polish Underground.
Comedy
07 zgłoś się
7.5

07 zgłoś się

Apr 26, 1987

07 zgłoś się
1987 min 13 vues
The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
Drama