Bogusław Sochnacki
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Walet pikowy
Oct 16, 1960A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
Comedy
Okrągły tydzień
Dec 14, 1977Gustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.
Podróż za jeden uśmiech
Mar 27, 1972The film is a cinema version of the popular TV series of the same title.
Family
Hasło
Feb 25, 1977Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
Drama
Czerwone ciernie
Jan 20, 1977A 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
Komediantka
May 04, 1987A young woman runs away from her home to the big city, gets a job in theatre and gets involved with shady characters.
Drama
"Yokmok"
Dec 25, 1963Former Master Mariner Klimecki works an unassuming job in a small port near the Baltic Sea, hiding his identity from the world, which makes him suspicious in the eyes of the local government.
Drama
Pogotowie przyjedzie
Aug 30, 1983After being transferred to a new position, the young doctor becomes the target of harassment by her colleagues.
Drama
Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień
Apr 04, 1972After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.
Drama
Na własną prośbę
May 06, 1980The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.
Drama
Wedle wyroków twoich...
Sep 03, 1984As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.
War
Republika nadziei
Oct 14, 1988The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
History
Poznań 56
Nov 28, 1996Drama
Limuzyna Daimler-Benz
Jan 24, 1983Two 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
Chłopi
Dec 07, 1973In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
Drama
Pokój z widokiem na morze
Mar 13, 1978Powrót do Polski
Dec 23, 1988Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.
History
Kanalia
Mar 15, 1992A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge.
Action
Kawalerskie życie na obczyźnie
Jan 15, 1993The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.
Drama
Miasteczko
Mar 17, 1960A young couple wants to break free of the antagonistic nature of their home village.
Drama
Zielone, minione...
Jan 01, 1976A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling
Drama
Komedianty
Feb 02, 1962Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success.
Drama
Walkover
Jun 04, 1965Un étudiant, boxeur amateur, erre à la recherche d'un but et ne rencontre que le vide autour de lui.
Drama
Katastrofa w Gibraltarze
Jan 01, 1983
Jeszcze tylko ten las
Oct 04, 1992The laundress working at the doctor's house agrees to take her daughter out of the ghetto for a fee and get her settled with her family in the countryside. The old woman's attitude to the Jews is ambivalent but the action is unambiguous.
Drama
Kamień na kamieniu
Jan 01, 1995Drama
Rodzina Leśniewskich
Oct 20, 1983Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself.
Comedy
Kazimierz Wielki
Mar 09, 1976
Obok prawdy
Mar 19, 1965After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.
Drama
Cendres
Sep 25, 1965Situé au temps des guerres napoléoniennes, le film montre comment les guerres ont balayé le malheureux pays polonais au début du XIXe siècle. L'histoire tourne autour de la légion polonaise sous le commandement du général Dabrowski, qui a ensuite combattu aux côtés de Napoléon dans l'espoir d'une renaissance de la Pologne.
War
Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?
May 03, 1972A chance meeting at a dinner table reveals the culprit of an old thought-to-be-solved murder.
Crime
Na krawędzi
Mar 09, 1973
Aria dla atlety
Jan 01, 1979Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
Drama
Gdzie woda czysta i trawa zielona
Apr 13, 1977The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata begins to introduce competent people to managerial functions, which is enthusiastically received by workers who want changes for the better.
Drama
"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa)
Mar 03, 1980A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series
Drama
Zamach stanu
Apr 06, 1981Drama
Polonia Restituta
May 18, 1981A 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
Marsjanie
Jan 01, 1967Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.
Science Fiction
Album polski
May 08, 1970University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
Drama
Tu stoję...
May 10, 1994A journalist from "Gazeta Wyborcza" recalls his investigative reports and the consequences he suffered while trying to reveal the truth.
Drama
Dzieje mistrza Twardowskiego
Mar 11, 1996Family
Nie było słońca tej wiosny
Oct 01, 1984A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.
War
Orzeł i reszka
Feb 10, 1975In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal
Action
Około północy
May 20, 1983Niezwykłe przygody Pana Kleksa
Apr 07, 1980Pogrzeb świerszcza
Oct 23, 1978Seven-year-old Marek - a lonely boy, lost, desperately seeking warmth and love. His parents are two young scientists, completely devoted to their careers. She is just finishing her doctoral thesis, he is sketching new projects to promote him. They apply rigor and ruthless discipline to the child. No bond connects them with a child. They do not try to understand his needs, have no idea about his dreams, problems. Marek falls into severe depression. In the doctor's office, Marek notices a cat. He is awakened by the overwhelming desire to have his own pet - a longed-for friend. Of course, the parents do not even want to hear about it. Marek secretly, for buying pocket money, he buys a cricket - a creature that is small enough to hide from the eyes of his parents.
Family
Wolne Miasto
Sep 01, 1958Nous sommes en 1939. Dans la ville libre de Gdańsk, le harcèlement et la persécution de la population polonaise par les Allemands s'intensifient. Le 1 er septembre, la Seconde Guerre mondiale commence. Les employés de Poczta Polska se sont barricadés dans son bâtiment et ont résisté aux nazis. Ils comptent sur un soulagement rapide. Cependant, les Allemands amènent l'artillerie, les véhicules de combat et les lance-flammes au combat, et les munitions se terminent avec les défenseurs. Il y a aussi de grandes pertes en personnes. Après 12 heures de combats, les postistes abandonnent et meurent des coups de feu.
War
Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru
Nov 14, 1958A shy lawyer tries to win the hand of a beautiful girl and hilarities ensue.
Music
Milczące ślady
Sep 19, 1961A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.
Action
Troje i las
Jan 18, 1963A gamekeeper kills the deer against hunting regulations. The witness of the incident begins to blackmail him.
Drama
La passagère
Sep 20, 1963Liza subit un choc, quand, lors d’une croisière en compagnie de son mari, elle croit reconnaître parmi les passagers une jeune femme, Marta, ex-détenue du camp d’Auschwitz où elle était surveillante SS. Liza, dont le mari ignore cette partie de sa vie, se souvient de son passé terrifiant. Ce sont d’abord des fragments en vrac qu’elle arrange afin de construire un récit à l’intention de son mari, et dans le but de se justifier, mais peu à peu la véritable histoire se reconstitue.
Drama
Drugi brzeg
Apr 30, 1962A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars.
Drama
Ranny w lesie
Apr 14, 1964While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come.
War
Banda
Mar 05, 1965A group of juvenile delinquents working in a shipyard try to clear themselves of a false accusation.
Drama
Spotkanie ze szpiegiem
Jul 10, 1964A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
Crime
Życie raz jeszcze
Mar 12, 1965Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
Drama
Pięciu
Dec 02, 1964Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
Drama
Zawsze w niedziele
Mar 02, 1966Instrumentum mortis
Jan 01, 1965Dwoje bliskich obcych ludzi
Jul 07, 1974
Dziadek do orzechów
Dec 25, 1967On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
Adventure
Westerplatte
Sep 01, 1967Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
War
Czas może powrócić
Jan 01, 1967
Przygoda noworoczna
Dec 30, 1963Dzień oczyszczenia
Jun 02, 1970The film is set in the summer of 1944. The Home Army branch operating in the Sądecki region is decimated by the Germans during an attempt to take over the drop of weapons and ammunition from England. About 20 soldiers break out of the encirclement, including the commander - Major "Dziadek" - and his deputy - Captain Stańczyk. Partisans are trying to get to the ruins of a nearby castle, where the last ammo crate is supposed to have landed.
War
Janka - Spełnione marzenie
May 01, 1993A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The second of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
Adventure
Stawka większa niż życie cz. IV
Oct 29, 1969The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9.
War
Janka - Orły i Wilki
May 01, 1993A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The first of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
Adventure
Romantyczni
Nov 27, 1970An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters.
Drama
Tylko umarły odpowie
Dec 02, 1969Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.
Crime
Deborah
Nov 07, 1995In a small Polish town in the summer of 1939, a married painter and a young Jewish woman begin an affair. Based on the novel by Marek Sołtysik.
Drama
Łabędzi śpiew
Sep 01, 1988After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea…
Comedy
Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu
Jan 04, 1999
Ambulans
Jan 01, 1961In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily representing comfort and safety, becomes the group’s death chamber. Morgenstern’s presentation of the incident serves as a metaphor for the horror of the Holocaust, and provides a powerful trigger for discussion of the disturbing issues raised by the film. The figure of the children's’ teacher specifically parallels Janusz Korcak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.
Drama
Życie za życie. Maksymilian Kolbe
Apr 01, 1991The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
Drama
Placówka
Oct 01, 1979The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
Drama
Don Gabriel
Sep 01, 1966The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.
Comedy
Wahadełko
Dec 12, 1981Drama
Rzeczpospolita babska
Jul 08, 1969After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.
Comedy
Niedziela sprawiedliwości
Feb 04, 1966A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.
Crime
Znachor
Apr 12, 1982A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
Drama
Złote koło
Apr 22, 1971An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
Crime
Gdzie jest generał...
Jan 03, 1964Wacław Orzeszko is unlucky soldier, who one day decides to desert his platoon and hide out in a castle, where he meets a Red Army soldier Marusia. They discover that a German platoon is also hiding in a castle and together they must stop the Nazi soldiers from reuniting with the main army.
Comedy
Przemytnicy
Sep 30, 1985Drama
Głos ma prokurator
May 11, 1965
Zazdrość i medycyna
Sep 25, 1973In 1930s, a doctor has an affair with the wife of a wealthy industrialist in Poland.
Drama
Gorzka miłość
May 01, 1990Drama
Zmowa
Sep 25, 1990Drama
Diabeł
Jun 06, 1988The hard-working son of a dying country woman hires a stranger to take care of his mother.
Drama
Noce i dnie
Sep 23, 1975A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
Drama
La terre de la grande promesse
Feb 21, 1975Au tournant du siècle, Lódz, en Pologne, était un centre de fabrication de textiles au rythme rapide, regorgeant d'industriels acharnés et de conditions de travail dangereuses. Trois jeunes amis, un Polonais, un Juif et un Allemand, mettent leur argent en commun pour construire une usine. Le film suit leur quête impitoyable de fortune.
Drama
Dwie brygady
Sep 01, 1950A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.
Drama
Soból i panna
Mar 09, 1984Drama
Co dzień bliżej nieba
Feb 27, 1984After the death of his mother, fifteen-year-old Piotr goes to boarding school. He makes friends with Mirek there.
Zapalniczka
Jul 02, 1970A young engineer borrows a suitcase from a friend, not knowing it countains ten thousand dollars inside. Soon after the friend dies in a car crash, and a lighter found at the scene might be key to solving the case.
TV Movie
Le Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse
Jun 10, 1965Le jeune capitaine Alfonse Van Worden traverse les montagnes de la Sierra Morena pour se rendre à Madrid. Il fait connaissance dans une auberge de princesses maures qui lui prédisent de grands exploits. Mais il devra prouver son courage. D'après le roman éponyme de Jan Potocki.
Drama
Zróbmy sobie wnuka
Oct 10, 2003To save the family land from a mysterious millionaire, a farmer hatches a plan to marry off his two children so they can take over the business.
Comedy
Płomienie
Jan 22, 1977Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.
Drama
Na wylot
May 11, 1973Jan and Maria meet at a party and are immediately drawn to each other. Their difficult financial situation and the scorn of society inflicted on them push them to a breaking point, culminating in a string of murders.
Crime
Wierna rzeka
Aug 31, 1987Set 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
Skarga
Dec 18, 1991A teenager gets killed on his way to school during the tragic events of December 1970 on the Polish coast. The boy's parents launch a crusade to bury their son despite the refusal from the communist authorities.
Drama
Stawka większa niż życie
Feb 06, 1969Stawka większa niż życie is a series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
Drama
Ziemia obiecana
Jun 11, 1978
Droga
Feb 02, 1975Drama
Dziewczyna z Mazur
Jul 31, 1991
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Dec 25, 1965Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.
Mystery
Dyrektorzy
Dec 21, 1975Drama
Blisko, coraz bliżej
Jul 05, 1987War & Politics
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Dec 25, 1965Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.
Mystery
Noce i dnie
Feb 26, 1978Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic, and Bogumił Niechcic, against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dąbrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
Drama
Doktor Ewa
Feb 12, 1971Drama
Królowa Bona
Dec 24, 1980Drama
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Apr 06, 1980Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.
Comedy
Powrót doktora von Kniprode
Aug 30, 1966After the end of the war, the Polish authorities try to detain the head of the Warsaw Gestapo.
Drama
