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Kardiogram (1971)
Character: Party Secretary
A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants.
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Wyrok (1962)
Character: Alfred Zarębski
An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.
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Dziura w ziemi (1970)
Character: Jan Skawiński
An ambitious, enthusiastic young geologist is entangled in bureaucratic red tape when he tries to drill for oil. Frustrated with the situation, he torches an abandoned mill, ignores his girlfriend, and fights with his friends who do not share his exuberance about the project.
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Zakręt (1977)
Character: Stefan
A psychological study of a successful man, completely devoted to his professional work, for whom the first vacation in years becomes an opportunity to reflect on the illusory value of civilizational progress, opposed to the purity and harmony of the natural world, and to compare his own life with the model of others. Stefan is in charge of the construction of a large investment. He fears imminent old age. He visits a friend who lives in a mountain solitude. They witness a tragic accident - a young mountaineer falls off a cliff. They bring help. Stefan notices the emptiness of his family life. His wife wants to leave him, he still believes in the possibility of saving their marriage. During a trip together they get into a car accident. An encounter with Stefan's son, Andrew, occurs, forcing him to make a harsh assessment of his life.
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Prawdzie w oczy (1970)
Character: Brigade Member
After an accident in a smelter plant kills two workers a crane operator decides to take full responsibility.
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Drugi człowiek (1961)
Character: Tadeusz Zieleńczyk
A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home.
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Powrót (1960)
Character: Andrzej
A former World War 2 resistance fighter returns to Poland to reconnect with his old comrades, but finds out they have moved on with their lives and have no time for him.
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Ostrożnie yeti (1961)
Character: Sergeant "Daisy"
Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, from which, however, he escapes handcuffed with the thief. Meanwhile, the "snow man" begins to be considered the perpetrator of more and more crimes. Eventually, everything becomes clear. In the telegram notifying of the shipment, a word was twisted and hence the whole misunderstanding.
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Nowy (1970)
Character: Józef Sochocki
A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
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Jarosław Dąbrowski (1976)
Character: General Bronislaw Wolowski
A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.
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Jarzębina czerwona (1970)
Character: Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2.
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Nieznany (1964)
Character: Zawidowski
Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
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Ostatni po Bogu (1968)
Character: Captain Zapała
Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.
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Barwy walki (1964)
Character: Sasza
Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.
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Sąsiedzi (1969)
Character: Trainman Marczewski
A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.
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Żołnierz zwycięstwa (1953)
Character: Man inviting Świerczewski / UB Officer (uncredited)
Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
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Drugi brzeg (1962)
Character: Paweł
A 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.
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Agnieszka (1973)
Character: Agnieszka's Father
The school incident of the disappearance of a watch became a pretext for the filmmakers to faithfully show an interesting social layer, to present the life of the school community, Agnieszka's conflicts with her parents and the emerging sympathy for a boy.
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Na własną prośbę (1980)
Character: Budroks director
The 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.
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Dom (1970)
Character: Nawalany
A former concentration camp prisoner appears in a deserted town in the regained western territories. Soon more follow.
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Planeta - Ziemia (1970)
Character: Driver
The protagonist of the film, Piotruś, experiences various events with a globe taken to school for geography lessons. During his journey through the city, he confronts the knowledge acquired at school with life.
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Poprzez piąty wymiar (1973)
Character: Paweł
Through some strange experiment, Siwiec, a journalist, gets moved back in time. In this new dimension, he encounters unforeseeable adventures.
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Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni... (1971)
Character: Gravel Pit Director
A retired army colonel learns that years ago, during the 1939 September Campaign he was ordered to give medals to the ten bravest soldiers in his company. He asks his son to help him out, so he sets out on a journey to find surviving soldiers and judge if they are worthy of the honor.
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Na melinę (1981)
Character: Sergeant Hieronim
A group of resistance fighters discover the secret collaboration between a local beggar and the Nazis.
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Bigos (1966)
Character: Company Officer
The cook prepares the soldier's favourite dish. The soldiers learn that the products come from the Majdanek camp.
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Na dobranoc (1971)
Character: Władysław Kowalski
Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.
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Hasło Korn (1968)
Character: Colonel Marczak
An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn.
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Legenda (1971)
Character: Stach
Three children strike a deep friendship after a chance encounter during World War 2.
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Dezerter (1958)
Character: Robert
A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ...
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Westerplatte (1967)
Character: Cpl. Piotr Buder
Westerplatte 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.
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Pozwolenie na odstrzał (1972)
Character: Szymon Łęgowski
Chief Forester Szymon from the observation tower sees a professor in the forest, walking through his district. Szymon and his wife Celina later engage in a disagreement due to his indifference and refusal to react on the professor’s illegal hunting. Celina would like to see Szymon as he used to be - rebellious, but Szymon prefers not to lean out. He is aware that everyone is responsible for the evil that permeates the country - some by their actions, others by their conformism.
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Prawo i pięść (1964)
Character: Lieutenant Wrzesiński
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.
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Milczące ślady (1961)
Character: Morwa
A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.
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Człowiek na torze (1957)
Character: Jankowski
One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?
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Hrabina Cosel (1968)
Character: Count Lagnasco
The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704.
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Zezowate szczęście (1960)
Character: Witold (uncredited)
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
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Paragon gola (1970)
Character: "Barrel" Nogajski
A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
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Warszawska premiera (1951)
Character: Student with Flowers (uncredited)
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
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Hubal (1973)
Character: Colonel Leopold Okulicki
Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.
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Wiosna, panie sierżancie (1974)
Character: Starszy sierżant Władysław Lichniak, komendant posterunku w Trzebiatowie
In Trzebiatów, a small town, there is an unusual bustle. A crowd of residents has gathered in the market square to welcome their beloved MO sergeant, Władysław Lichniak. The sergeant has just returned from his written high school final exam. The residents, who adore him, make sure he has the right conditions to study. They have limited their alcohol consumption and maintain order in the town themselves. Unfortunately, a fight breaks out and disturbs the sergeant's peace.
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Kłopotliwy gość (1971)
Character: Militiaman
Strange human-shaped phenomenon appears in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.
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Hydrozagadka (1971)
Character: Jan Walczak / Ace
Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
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Eroica. Symfonia bohaterska w dwóch częściach (1958)
Character: Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
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Jak to się robi (1974)
Character: Militiaman
Two ambitious men - one a self-described director, another a self-described writer, meet on a train to Zakopane and decide to make a movie together.
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Chłopi (1973)
Character: Roch (uncredited)
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.
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Przygoda na Mariensztacie (1954)
Character: Speaker (uncredited)
While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. She returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women can work as hard as men
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne (1973)
Character: Tour Participant
A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.
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Pod gwiazdą frygijską (1954)
Character: Szczęsny "Bida"
Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Madzia in this sequel to "Cellulose".
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Celuloza (1954)
Character: Szczęsny
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.
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Pełnia (1979)
Character: Mietek
A ruminative, understated drama on the nature of overwork versus an "unachieving" life away from the city, Pelnia examines the experience of one man. After leaving his high-pressured existence as a successful architect, the newly resolved dropout goes to live in a small community of cabins and summer homes in a lake-filled region north of Warsaw. His interactions with the villagers, including a drunkard and other eccentrics, provide an informative background for what happens next. The ex-architect's wife is a professional singer who has not abandoned the city or her life -- and she soon arrives to spend some time with her very changed husband.
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