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Świadkowie albo nasza mała stabilizacja (1963)
Character: On
A television play produced for TVP based on Tadeusz Różewicz's drama of the same title. The play is a commentary on the state of post-war and post-Stalinist era Polish society, illustrated through three stories. The title of this play coined the term 'mała stabilizacja' (literally: 'little stabilization'), referring to the era of political stability that came in the early 1960s when the political climate changed.
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Drzwi w murze (1974)
Character: Malarski
Accomplished playwright supervises the stage rehearsals for his new play away from home. He rents a room at a private house, which is owned by mother and daughter. Wiktor gets entangled in the two women's bizarre relationship.
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Czarne skrzydła (1963)
Character: Coeur, manager
The miners of one of the mines in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie receive news about the planned layoffs. The miners decide to organize a strike. One of the local MPs is trying to prevent this from happening. The French mine owner makes a dangerous decision - he orders the miners to work in an area at risk of fire. An explosion occurs unexpectedly. The miners lynch Coeur, and their demonstration, in which they carry the bodies of the victims of the crash, is brutally suppressed by the police.
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Smarkula (1963)
Character: Dr. Bogdan Lewandowski
A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.
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Republika nadziei (1988)
Character: Lipski
The 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.
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Kopernik (1973)
Character: Łukasz Watzenrode
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.
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Zamach stanu (1981)
Character: Kazimierz Bartel, premier RP po zamachu majowym
Fall 1925. Six hundred officers demonstrate in front of Józef Piłsudski’s country house in Sulejówek, demanding the Marshal’s return to active political life. May 1926—a government crisis; Wincenty Witos forms a new government. Piłsudski’s move sparks clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted government. Piłsudski appoints Kazimierz Bartel as prime minister. The beginning of the “moral reform.” Ignacy Mościcki becomes president. Summer 1930. A joint platform of opponents to the Sanacja government is formed. “Centrolew” is established.
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Kryształ (1971)
Character: Prof. Borczyk
Before his son's matura exam a father tries to bribe the exam committee.
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Książę sezonu (1970)
Character: Stefan Pulman
Stefan Pulman, a lonely Varsovian, spends his vacation every year in a quiet guesthouse. He makes very real marriage plans. The object of his sighs is beautiful Susanna.
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Najlepszy kolega (1981)
Character: Headmaster
A school reunion is called to commemorate Adam, who died during the Second World War while defending a bridge. Unexpectedly, Adam shows up just before the ceremony. It turns out that he was only wounded, and after a war started a family and lived an ordinary life. To avoid the truth from spreading town Adam is asked to leave so that he can still be revered as a hero.
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Milion za Laurę (1971)
Character: Commission Chairman
An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.
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To jest twój nowy syn (1967)
Character: Żuczek
Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.
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Diament radży (1971)
Character: Floryzel Czeski
A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.
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Duch z Canterville (1968)
Character: Ghost / Lord Canterville
An American businessman moves to Europe and lives in a castle, where the ghost of one of the previous owners haunts him.
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Świat grozy (1968)
Character: Ghost / Lord Canterville (Segment "The Canterville Ghost")
Selected episodes from a television series of thrilling stories based on works of world literature classics.
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Wesele (1973)
Character: Hetman
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
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Marynia (1984)
Character: Pławicki, ojciec Maryni
Stanislaw Połaniecki comes to Krzemień, the family estate of the Pławicki family, demanding the return of a loan taken 20 years ago as collateral for a mortgage. There he meets Marynia, Plawicki's daughter, and the seed of affection is born between them. Emilia, who befriends both of them, persuades Połaniecki to propose to Marynia. However, it turns out that the maiden's father does not have the money to repay the debt. Upset, Stach leaves without saying goodbye. Krzemień's mortgage debt is sold to a friend, who buys the property. Plawicki and his daughter leave for Warsaw.
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Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)
Character: Antoni Grabczyk
A young public servant receives a house as a wedding gift, but upon arriving he finds only the doors, a military barrack and a tank hidden underground.
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Trędowata (1976)
Character: Maciej Michorowski
A simple governess and a wealthy aristocrat fall madly in love with each other. However, his family are prejudiced towards her and have other plans for him.
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Danton (1983)
Character: Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
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Przygoda z piosenką (1969)
Character: Cox
Based on motifs from Jurandot and Sart's operetta "Miss Polonia," this musical comedy tells the story of a star of the Opole Festival who tries to make a career in Paris. After winning the Audience Award at the Opole Festival, young singer Mariola leaves for Paris to pursue a career there. However, her performances are not successful. She tries to hide this fact and uses various methods to sign a contract. Her beloved, the young composer Piotr, discovers the truth about her alleged career, while at the same time rejecting offers from a star who is interested in him and wants to promote his songs. Piotr and Mariola return to Warsaw.
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Zaklęte rewiry (1975)
Character: Baron Humaniewski
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.
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Człowiek z M-3 (1969)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A young doctor receives an allotment for a state-owned M-3 type flat, but to his disfortune only married couples have a right to an M-3, so he begins a frantic search for a wife.
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Ocalenie (1972)
Character: Patient
A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance, he learns that he will need a kidney transplant. Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart: he refuses his wife's offer to donate the kidney for him; the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere. In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure, waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant.
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Gniazdo (1974)
Character: Emperor Otto I 'The Great'
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.
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Kochajmy syrenki (1967)
Character: Seweryn Patera
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.
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Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (1982)
Character: Buczyński
Hanka Ordonówna is a star of pre-war Polish cabarets. The film begins in 1942 in the Middle East, in a British military camp located near the front line. Hanka runs a shelter for homeless Polish children. In her moments of respite, the singer, who is suffering from tuberculosis, recalls the various stages of her career.
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Wielka majówka (1981)
Character: Radomir Korsz-Umielski
Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
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Młodość Chopina (1952)
Character: Fryderyk Chopin
Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
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