Aleksander Fogiel

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Motodrama
6.8

Motodrama

Sep 17, 1971
An unassuming post office clerk finds fame and success as a motorcycle racer.
Comedy
Córeczka
1

Córeczka

Jul 22, 1965
A Soviet soldier stays with a Polish family.
Drama
Nad Odrą
1

Nad Odrą

May 25, 1966
The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.
Drama
Sami swoi
7.8

Sami swoi

Sep 15, 1967
Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.
Comedy
Walet pikowy
6.5

Walet pikowy

Oct 16, 1960
A 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
Złoto
5.6

Złoto

Oct 26, 1962
The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible.
Drama
Promień
1

Promień

Apr 26, 1984
Dr Raduski returns from abroad to his hometown. He starts a profitable business there and revives the town's cultural life. However, the tsarist government and local nobles don't take kindly to his presence and try to sabotage him.
Drama
Jest mi lekko
5

Jest mi lekko

May 15, 1983
A story of two young people - Marcin and Renata, who one day meet on the train when Marcin tries to steal money from Renata.
Drama
Historia żółtej ciżemki
6.4
Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
History
Beniamiszek
1

Beniamiszek

Sep 17, 1976
Żagota lost his fortune, family and friends. His only hope is a horse which got stolen.
Drama
Naprawdę wczoraj
4

Naprawdę wczoraj

Nov 08, 1963
The story concerns a succesful writer at the height of his career. He is in a state of crisis, unable to forget the girl he had a brief affair in the 40's. At the promotion of his new book he meets her after the years and reminisces about the past, when he was on a government mission to recover a missing art treasure, a triptych. After the years the girl, now married, barely remembers the whole thing, while he re-examines the affair which he has so much romanticized.
Drama
Chłopi
5.6

Chłopi

Dec 07, 1973
In 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
Mansarda
1

Mansarda

Sep 27, 1963
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
Drama
Jowita
6.8

Jowita

Sep 29, 1967
Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he meets a an enigmatic Jowita and becomes obsessed with her, even when he finds seemingly true love in Agnieszka.
Drama
Julia, Anna, Genowefa...
1
25-year-old Anna works in the laboratory of the Lodz textile factory. She lives with her mother and recently married husband. Her life collapses when a stranger appears, looking for a daughter who has disappeared during the war.
Drama
Katastrofa
6

Katastrofa

Feb 22, 1966
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.
Drama
Крах операции «Террор»
6
The action-packed historical and revolutionary film about the struggle of the VCHK with the international conspiracy against the Soviet government in Russia in the beginning 20s. On the activities of Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the VCHK, People's Commissar of Internal Affairs and at the same time Commissar of Railways. About the work on resuscitation of a collapsed industry, army, railways, to which the Iron Felix attracts (some by threats, some by persuasion) pre-revolutionary intellectuals.
Action
Marsjanie
1

Marsjanie

Jan 01, 1967
Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.
Science Fiction
Jadą goście jadą...
7
Guests from America came to Poland, and there were three of them. One, a businessman, intends to buy the land from the battlefields in order to cash it for a profit abroad. The second is looking for a wife in his home village, highlander, and the third wants to visit his uncle's family. Will their trip be successful?
Comedy
Paragon gola
7

Paragon gola

Mar 20, 1970
A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
Comedy
Wśród nocnej ciszy
5.8

Wśród nocnej ciszy

Nov 17, 1978
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he has an adolescent son he has not been able to communicate with.
Crime
Rancho Texas
1

Rancho Texas

Apr 27, 1959
Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they become "cowboys" on local cattle grazing. Instead of the expected romantic adventures and the male, hard life, their boredom is becoming their share. Only when Jacek gets a stallion Szaga, things take a different turn.
Western
I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
1
Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
Adventure
Milczenie
6.2

Milczenie

Sep 07, 1963
Set in a small Polish town just after the war, the story of an unruly teenager who constantly taunts the old priest. One day the youth has a horrible accident, which the villagers call divine punishment.
Drama
Weekendy
1

Weekendy

Dec 02, 1963
An intimate psychological drama consisting of two separate stories, the heroes of which represent the attitudes of young people, which were rarely manifested in the early 1960s.
Drama
Rodzina Połanieckich
1

Rodzina Połanieckich

Mar 04, 1979
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
Placówka
5

Placówka

Oct 01, 1979
The 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
Piwo
1

Piwo

Nov 24, 1965
The piece is an analysis of a person's attitude in the face of imminent danger, and its action takes place just after World War II. In the train station waiting room, two young men lead a beer discussion, one of whom tells the other an unpleasant incident of his own life.
War
Pieklo i niebo
6

Pieklo i niebo

Sep 19, 1966
A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
Comedy
Les chevaliers teutoniques
7.3
En Pologne, au XIVème. Zbyszko de Bogdaniec, un jeune chevalier polonais, voyage avec son oncle Mathieu sur la route de Cracovie quand il rencontre la jeune Danusia, suivante de la duchesse Anne de Mazovie et fille du célèbre Jurand de Spychow, ennemi juré des chevaliers Teutoniques. Ceux-ci cherchent à se venger des humiliations répétées que leur a fait subir Jurand enlèvent Danusia....
Adventure
Niech cię odleci mara
5.7
1950, a small town in Poland. Not the best times for shop owners like Jozef Piasecki - obstacles from authorities, restricted wholesale supplies. Moreover, he constantly argues with his son, the 17 year old Witek. Witek experiences love for the first time. This should be a time of great excitement for him, but Witek, being rather anxious about the future, becomes an example of a youth generation growing up under the long shadow of Stalin.
Drama
Przypadek Pekosińskiego
4.2
Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.
Documentary
Kochaj albo rzuć
7

Kochaj albo rzuć

Jun 13, 1977
Pawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover John has passed away, and they arrived just in time for his funeral. But first- they need to find his illegitimate daughter. Set in late 70's story of two, charming, Polish villagers' adventures in Chicago is a third installment of Pawlak and Kargul adventures.
Comedy
Szklana kula
1

Szklana kula

Sep 26, 1972
Five teenagers on the cusp of their final year in high school ponder about their futures.
Drama
Przygoda Stasia
1

Przygoda Stasia

Jan 01, 1970
The action takes place in the Polish countryside in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is a few months old Staś, son of the blacksmith Józef and Małgorzata, from whose perspective we see the conflict of his parents with the local organist.
Drama
Krzyz Walecznych
6.4

Krzyz Walecznych

Mar 27, 1959
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
Drama
Nikt nie woła
6.9

Nikt nie woła

Oct 31, 1960
L'histoire de Polonais se déplaçant vers l'ouest du pays après la guerre - vers les terres à l'origine habitées par des Allemands - et y commençant une nouvelle vie. Bozek, un garçon solitaire, rencontre une fille appelée Lucyna et veut fuir son passé de guerre.
War
Ludzie z pociągu
6

Ludzie z pociągu

May 11, 1961
A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.
Drama
Gdzie jesteś, Luizo?
6

Gdzie jesteś, Luizo?

Sep 06, 1968
Mysterious creatures that have landed on the ground in a flying saucer, encouraging the people they meet to undergo experimental research in exchange for gaining youth and immortality.
Science Fiction
Giuseppe w Warszawie
5.9

Giuseppe w Warszawie

Aug 07, 1964
The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
Romance
Baza ludzi umarłych
6.8

Baza ludzi umarłych

Aug 10, 1959
En raison du danger encouru et des conditions difficiles, les chauffeurs de transport de bois, travaillant dans les forêts du sud-est de la Pologne, vont quitter leur emploi. Un militant du parti arrive pour les faire changer d'avis.
Drama
Szatan z 7-ej klasy
6.5

Szatan z 7-ej klasy

Jul 28, 1960
Adam Cisowski, a devilishly smart teenager is looking for treasure hidden by Napoleon's soldier. But he is not the only one searching for it, and his rivals are very dangerous.
Adventure
Kochajmy syrenki
5.8

Kochajmy syrenki

Apr 25, 1967
Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named Koszajtis. Soon they get thrown right in the middle of a hilarious war between two rivaling music-and-dance groups.
Music
Zwariowana noc
5.5

Zwariowana noc

Jul 28, 1967
Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.
Adventure
Ogniomistrz Kaleń
6.5

Ogniomistrz Kaleń

Oct 12, 1961
The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
War
La Poupée
6.2

La Poupée

Nov 07, 1968
1878. D'abord modeste commis de brasserie en proie à de régulières humiliations, Stanislaw Wokulski finit par devenir un riche homme d'affaires. Toutefois, il demeure sensible à la misère et aux inégalités sociales. Il s'efforce d'apporter des remèdes à cette situation. Très épris d'une aristocrate ruinée, Izabella Lecka, il l'épouse mais celle-ci le trompera avec un séducteur
Drama
Don Gabriel
1

Don Gabriel

Sep 01, 1966
The 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
Akcja 'Brutus'
1

Akcja 'Brutus'

May 11, 1971
Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.
Action
Skąpani w ogniu
5.5

Skąpani w ogniu

Mar 05, 1963
Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there.
Drama
Rzeczpospolita babska
5.5

Rzeczpospolita babska

Jul 08, 1969
After 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
Konopielka
7.2

Konopielka

Sep 13, 1982
Kaziuk, un paysan têtu, et sa femme enceinte vivent dans un village reculé de Pologne, épargné par la civilisation. Mais un fonctionnaire vient annoncer l'arrivée prochaine de l'électricité et qu'une nouvelle institutrice enseignera bientôt dans l'école du village. Une fois installée, celle-ci attise les fantasmes de Kaziuk qui, frustré, commet un acte sacrilège ...
Comedy
Kopernik
5.5

Kopernik

Feb 14, 1973
A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
Drama
Agnieszka 46
3

Agnieszka 46

Nov 24, 1964
A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
Drama
Nie ma mocnych
7

Nie ma mocnych

May 28, 1974
The main characters are the same two quarreling peasant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit the farms. They invent a tricky and clever plan. The young granddaughter is to take over both of the farms after her marriage. Both Kargul and Pawlak have no rest until they carry out the plan. In the end, after numerous adventures and obstacles their cunning intrigue is fulfilled - the young marry and the land remains in the family's hands.
Comedy
Gniazdo
5.9

Gniazdo

Jul 17, 1974
Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
History
Sobótki
1

Sobótki

Jun 23, 1966
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
Drama
Les jours de Mathieu
6.1

Les jours de Mathieu

Feb 16, 1968
A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working sibling, taking odd jobs as he gets them to secure his meager earnings. When he brings home a woodcutter from the forest, the sister and the newcomer fall in love. Terrified over a life without his sister, the man can't cope.
Drama
Spotkanie w 'Bajce'
1

Spotkanie w 'Bajce'

Dec 19, 1962
"A Meeting in Bajka" tells a seemingly banal story of a marital triangle which bristles with intrigues and psychological nuances as a man, his wife and her lover rendezvous at the Bajce cafe.
Drama
Le Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse
7.9
Le 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
Katarynka
6

Katarynka

Apr 13, 1968
This drama follows a lawyer who, averse to the sound of a barrel organ, changes his outlook upon meeting a blind girl. Based on the short story by Bolesław Prus.
TV Movie
Naganiacz
1

Naganiacz

Jan 10, 1964
1945. Home Army soldier who hides in the village must decide if he wants to engage into dangerous situation to help group of Jewish runaways.
War
Noce i dnie
7.1

Noce i dnie

Sep 23, 1975
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 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
Stawka większa niż życie
8
Stawka 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
Theatre Macabre
3

Theatre Macabre

Mar 10, 1972
Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
7
Kapitan 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
9

Noce i dnie

Feb 26, 1978
Nights 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
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
7.6
Nikodem 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