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Agnieszka 46 (1964)
Character: Maks
A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
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Prawdzie w oczy (1970)
Character: Frydman
After an accident in a smelter plant kills two workers a crane operator decides to take full responsibility.
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Ktokolwiek wie... (1966)
Character: Priest
A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.
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Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965)
Character: Ambulance Driver (segment 3) (uncredited)
Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.
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Troje i las (1963)
Character: Peasant
A gamekeeper kills the deer against hunting regulations. The witness of the incident begins to blackmail him.
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Ryś (2007)
Character: Wacław Jarząbek
Chased by mafia boss Kreda over a mistaken €2 million debt, club president Ryszard Ochódzki follows consigliere Maria Wafel’s advice to sell land to Father Pudło, only to hatch an even bigger bank fraud with banker Koziczek to raise the cash. Flush with stolen funds and briefly enjoying political office, he hides the money in the Molibdenów home, but just as he and coach Jarząbek plan to retrieve it, contract killer Dukan closes in.
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Smarkula (1963)
Character: Hooligan
A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.
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Zawsze w niedziele (1966)
Character: Antoni Krawczyk ("First Sunday")
Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at competitions. Adam is the first to arrive in the town where the finish line of a cycling race is located. The residents celebrate his victory.
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Liczę na wasze grzechy (1964)
Character: Saxophone Player (uncredited)
A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club.
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Tarpany (1962)
Character: Jan Stolarz
In a secluded dog-breeding facility four people try to find a place for themeselves.
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Polonia Restituta (1981)
Character: członek Komitetu Narodowego Polskiego (uncredited)
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.
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Kwiecień (1961)
Character: Jasiek
Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.
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Palace Hotel (1983)
Character: German Non-commissioned Officer
The finder of a suitcase stolen in 1939 from the French embassy in Warsaw tries to reach its owner.
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Hasło (1977)
Character: Tar maker
Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
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Zniszczyć pirata (1973)
Character: Michał
A contemporary psychological drama set in an environment of experimental pilots - testers.
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Yokohama (1982)
Character: N/A
An American actress temporarily stops in Warsaw on her way to Japan, where she gets acquainted with the Polish writer.
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Planeta - Ziemia (1970)
Character: Circus Performer
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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Piekło i niebo (1966)
Character: Devil with Pincers
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.
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Przedstawienie Hamleta we wsi Głucha Dolna (1987)
Character: Mile Puljo
Based on the play "Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja" by Croatian playwright Ivon Brešan. The story is set in the 1960s in a Yugoslavian village, where an activist of a production cooperative decides to stage Shakespeare's Hamlet in a version prepared by a village teacher.
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Mocne uderzenie (1967)
Character: Kuba / Johnny Tamala
At Kuba's wedding an unknown woman comes up to him and accuses him of cheating on her. This causes Kuba's soon-to-be wife, Majka, to leave him. It turns out that the woman, Lola, confused Kuba with his boyfriend, famous guitarist Johnny, so Kuba embarks on a journey to find him and prove his innocence.
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Milion za Laurę (1971)
Character: Walczak
An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.
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Niekochana (1966)
Character: Servant Stasio
The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
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And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Character: polish peasant
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
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Piwo (1965)
Character: Waiter
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.
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Kaprysy Łazarza (1973)
Character: Storeowner's Helper
Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.
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Koty to dranie (1978)
Character: Construction worker
Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.
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Gwiazdka w Złotopolicach (1999)
Character: Mister Józef
A TV movie based on the television series "Złotopolscy", concerning a Christmas Eve for the familes of Złotopolscy.
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Legenda (1971)
Character: Franek
Three children strike a deep friendship after a chance encounter during World War 2.
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Dzień oczyszczenia (1970)
Character: Ścieżka
The 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.
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Somosierra. 1808 (1978)
Character: Polish light infantryman
The theme of the film is the Battle of Somosierra, which took place during the Napoleonic Wars. During this battle, Polish cavalrymen under the command of Jan Leon Kozietulski crossed a two-and-a-half kilometre long gorge and a pass within 7 minutes, paving the way for Napoleon Bonaparte's troops to Madrid
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Podróż za jeden uśmiech (1972)
Character: Shakespeare-Loving Truck Driver
Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.
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Ludzie z pociągu (1961)
Character: Man from Poznań
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.
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Wierna rzeka (1987)
Character: Sołtys
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.
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Rozmowy kontrolowane (1991)
Character: Wacław Jarząbek
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
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Galimatias, czyli kogel-mogel II (1989)
Character: Zenon Solski
Kasia and Pawel, having got married, live in the village of Brzozki, 10 kilometres from Grabow. Kasia wants to return to her pedagogical studies, so she does not want to have children yet. Pawel announces that he wants to break away from the traditional village farm and focus on specialised sheep breeding, which causes a family argument. Kasia's parents anxiously await the birth of their grandchildren. Things get even more complicated when the Wolanskis arrive in Grabow. They offer to help Kasia go back to university, but in return Kasia has to look after little Piotr as the docent is leaving for London where he has received a month-long study grant.
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Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu (1999)
Character: Gajowy
TV staging of Polish contemporary drama. Stanislaw Tym returned to the text, which is preceded by a special dedication: "To all the carps in Poland I dedicate - the author."
The story of lumberjacks leading a life in a forest glade gives the essence of both the reality in which the play was written and relates to today. Conversations about fish, this and that fill the time of the woodcutters, whose main occupation is waiting. Every day they wait for the Axe Man to come and distribute their work tools, only to collect them again after the day's work is done.
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Markiza de Pompadour (1966)
Character: Badura
A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.
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Miś (1981)
Character: Wacław Jarzabek
En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
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Rzeczpospolita babska (1969)
Character: Jadźka's Fiance
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.
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Krzyż Walecznych (1959)
Character: Socha
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.
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Nie ma mocnych (1974)
Character: Milicjant Franio
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.
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Jedenaste przykazanie (1988)
Character: Rogal
A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out.
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Dekalog, dziesięć (1989)
Character: Philatelist
Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.
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Janosik (1974)
Character: Grzegorz (uncredited)
In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.
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Nie lubię poniedziałku (1971)
Character: Zygmunt Bączyk
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
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Gdzie jest generał... (1964)
Character: Pvt. Wacław Orzeszko
Wacław 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.
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Bariera (1966)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
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Hydrozagadka (1971)
Character: Watchman
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: Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
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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Złoto (1962)
Character: Lodger
The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible.
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Kogel-mogel (1988)
Character: Zenon Solski
Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.
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Awans (1975)
Character: Wyskrobek
After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to convince the people to modernize.
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Wyspa złoczyńców (1965)
Character: Student
A young museum worker sets out to find a treasure hidden in a small town.
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Ja gorę! (1968)
Character: Pogorzelski of Krzywda
Ja gorę! tells the story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settles in a ruined castle in Samsonów, determined to restore it, only to be haunted by the ghost of its former owner. A parody of gothic horror literature and cinema, the short is based on a tale by Henryk Rzewuski and was produced as part of the Polish television series Opowieści niezwykłe (1967–1968).
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Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek (1975)
Character: truck driver
Christmas Eve is approaching. A son serving in the army mistakenly sends his parents a love letter intended for his fiancée. The father is not happy that his son is going to marry a girl from the city—he is afraid that the boy will want to stay in the city and leave the family farm. He decides to talk the young couple out of getting married, without knowing either the girl or their plans for the future...
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