Jerzy Kawalerowicz

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Czarci żleb
7

Czarci żleb

Jan 01, 1950

Czarci żleb
1950 98 min 1 vues
Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.
Crime
Stalowe serca
1

Stalowe serca

May 10, 1948

Stalowe serca
1948 69 min 1 vues
In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...
War
Za co?
1

Za co?

Apr 18, 1996

Za co?
1996 104 min 1 vues
A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality.
Drama
Celuloza
5.6

Celuloza

Apr 27, 1954

Celuloza
1954 120 min 4 vues
Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Drama
Train de nuit
7.553

Train de nuit

Sep 06, 1959

Train de nuit
1959 97 min 85 vues
Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Drama
Maddalena
5.6

Maddalena

Nov 19, 1971

Maddalena
1971 105 min 12 vues
The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest.
Drama
Maddalena
5.6

Maddalena

Nov 19, 1971

Maddalena
1971 105 min 12 vues
The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest.
Drama
L'ombre
6.2

L'ombre

May 01, 1956

L'ombre
1956 98 min 8 vues
A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
Crime
L'Auberge du vieux Tag
6.7

L'Auberge du vieux Tag

Mar 28, 1983

L'Auberge du vieux Tag
1983 102 min 19 vues
A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
Drama
Za co?
1

Za co?

Apr 18, 1996

Za co?
1996 104 min 1 vues
A film based on a Tolstoy novel about naïveté, idealism and love facing harsh reality.
Drama
Śmierć prezydenta
6.2

Śmierć prezydenta

Oct 10, 1977

Śmierć prezydenta
1977 144 min 7 vues
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
History
Spotkanie na Atlantyku
3.5

Spotkanie na Atlantyku

Sep 11, 1980

Spotkanie na Atlantyku
1980 106 min 2 vues
Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. Neither of them was willing to admit their differences from the college days. The meeting torments the doctor enough to start him drinking and dying of a heart attack.
Drama
Spotkanie na Atlantyku
3.5

Spotkanie na Atlantyku

Sep 11, 1980

Spotkanie na Atlantyku
1980 106 min 2 vues
Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. Neither of them was willing to admit their differences from the college days. The meeting torments the doctor enough to start him drinking and dying of a heart attack.
Drama
Celuloza
5.6

Celuloza

Apr 27, 1954

Celuloza
1954 120 min 4 vues
Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Drama
Gra
5

Gra

May 20, 1969

Gra
1969 91 min 8 vues
Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of death, she doubts her attachment to her husband. It turns out that in marriage, too, he only plays his part, with greater or lesser conviction.
Drama
Gromada
5

Gromada

Apr 29, 1952

Gromada
1952 105 min 3 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Drama
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny
8.6

Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny

Oct 10, 1957

Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny
1957 85 min 4 vues
Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
Drama
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny
8.6

Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny

Oct 10, 1957

Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny
1957 85 min 4 vues
Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls in love with another man, and tries to put her life back together, but one day, unexpectedly, Juliusz does return - a shattered, mere ghost of his former self, physically crippled and tormented by memories of the camps. First out of duty, then out of pity, Róża starts to care for him, but her feelings slowly are transformed into a kind of revulsion
Drama
Gromada
5

Gromada

Apr 29, 1952

Gromada
1952 105 min 3 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Drama
Pharaon
6.7

Pharaon

Mar 11, 1966

Pharaon
1966 175 min 80 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
History
Śmierć prezydenta
6.2

Śmierć prezydenta

Oct 10, 1977

Śmierć prezydenta
1977 144 min 7 vues
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
History
Gra
5

Gra

May 20, 1969

Gra
1969 91 min 8 vues
Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of death, she doubts her attachment to her husband. It turns out that in marriage, too, he only plays his part, with greater or lesser conviction.
Drama
Zakazane piosenki
7.4

Zakazane piosenki

Jan 08, 1947

Zakazane piosenki
1947 97 min 19 vues
Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
Music
Powrót
1

Powrót

Apr 30, 1991

Powrót
1991 78 min 1 vues
A mother is looking for her missing child, with whom she lost contact while in a concentration camp. The film was completed in 1948, but it was banned from distribution by the government, until finally releasing in 1991.
Drama
Stalowe serca
1

Stalowe serca

May 10, 1948

Stalowe serca
1948 69 min 1 vues
In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...
War
Powrót
1

Powrót

Apr 30, 1991

Powrót
1991 78 min 1 vues
A mother is looking for her missing child, with whom she lost contact while in a concentration camp. The film was completed in 1948, but it was banned from distribution by the government, until finally releasing in 1991.
Drama
Czarci żleb
7

Czarci żleb

Jan 01, 1950

Czarci żleb
1950 98 min 1 vues
Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.
Crime
Gromada
5

Gromada

Apr 29, 1952

Gromada
1952 105 min 3 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Drama
Mère Jeanne des anges
7.6

Mère Jeanne des anges

Feb 09, 1961

Mère Jeanne des anges
1961 106 min 99 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Drama
Mère Jeanne des anges
7.6

Mère Jeanne des anges

Feb 09, 1961

Mère Jeanne des anges
1961 106 min 99 vues
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Drama
7

Jan 29, 2001
2001 min 1 vues
Drama