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Trzy kobiety (1957)
Character: Wladyslaw
Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.
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Czas nadziei (1987)
Character: Pułkownik, komisarz wojskowy "Metalpolu"
A sequel to the 1984 anti-Solidarity film Dignity. The film is set at the beginning of martial law. Metalpol is on strike. The communists intern attorney Franczuk, an advisor to the Solidarity movement. Szostak, who a few days ago was taken out of the plant on a wheelbarrow as a defector, wants to return to work. However, this proves to be a very difficult, not to say impossible, task.
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Samotność we dwoje (1969)
Character: Kasperlik
The film is a psychological study addressing the problem of lack of inner resilience in the face of misfortune. The death of a son, trampled by frightened horses, disrupts the peace and happiness of the family of Pastor Hubina. Mentally broken wife Edyta (Barbara Horawianka) leaves to join her sister in Prague and there meets music teacher von Kschitzky, with whom she returns after some time, entrusting him with teaching music to her daughter Olesia. The teacher is a follower of Nazi ideology and practice. Edith begins to show more and more interest in him, and he ostentatiously seeks her favor.
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Spóźnieni przechodnie (1962)
Character: Bar Patron (segment 4) (uncredited)
Five short stories.
(1) “Czas przybliża, czas oddala” – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Anna and, years later, writes to her sister Zofia, mistaking her for Anna.
(2) “Krąg istnienia” – A girl falls for Wacek at an ice rink; pressured by family, she marries a soap manufacturer.
(3) “Paryż 1945” – A Polish refugee soldier and an American woman share a fleeting wartime bond before she leaves at dawn.
(4) “Stary profesor” – Two men seek an old professor to fulfill a dying prisoner’s last wish; Roger impersonates a former pupil.
(5) “Nauczycielka” – Neglected wife Zofia accepts film tests, only to find the director seeks an ordinary woman.
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Sonata marymoncka (1988)
Character: Andrzejczak
Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.
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Ubranie prawie nowe (1964)
Character: Franek Bona
After years of working in the city, Róża returns to the countryside. The property she has accumulated draws the attention of local bachelors.
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Warszawskie gołębie (1989)
Character: N/A
Wacław Kaczmarski has been breeding pigeons for many years, which is a family tradition (his grandfather and father bred pigeons before him). The birds are an important part of his life; he spends every free moment with them, and they are his escape from everyday worries. Kaczmarski and his family live in Targówek in old apartments that are scheduled for demolition. He gets a new apartment in Ursynów, where he immediately installs pigeon boxes on the balcony. The neighbors are outraged.
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Zawsze w niedziele (1966)
Character: Franciszek Korban ("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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Pamiętniki chłopów (1952)
Character: Narrator
A film meant to show what people were told to believe about the wonderful lives that Polish peasants led in post-war Poland.
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Nieznany (1964)
Character: Piegas
Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
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Podhale w ogniu (1956)
Character: Bandit
Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
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Klejnot wolnego sumienia (1983)
Character: Jan Zamoyski
The Republic of Poland of the 16th century. During the period of religious tolerance, the Sieniawski and Bielecki families compete with each other.
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Żółw (1974)
Character: Caretaker
Rafał is suspected of killing a turtle that fell out of the balcony.
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Zaczarowany rower (1955)
Character: Stanisław Popiel
The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win, it is not far from the leading Hungarian national team, in which great cyclist Haranda rides in the yellow jersey. Only the best Pole - Popiel - can take it from him. But he is a competitor - individualist, unruly and undisciplined ...
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Piekło i niebo (1966)
Character: Bus Driver
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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Miejsce dla jednego (1966)
Character: Worker
The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
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Fortuna (1973)
Character: Hieronim Śpiewankiewicz
A timid bank clerk is pressured by gangsters, his girlfriend and his fellow employees to help steal the bank's supply of dollars.
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Piąta rano (1970)
Character: Tenant
Every morning, a mysterious trombonist plays a concert in one of Warsaw's tenement houses.
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Trudna miłość (1954)
Character: Małodworny
A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.
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Czterej pancerni i pies cz. I (1968)
Character: Fiedia ("The Crew")
The first of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 1 and 2. “The plot follows the adventures of the heroic crew of the Soviet tank “Rudy” and their loyal dog Szarik as they fight across the Eastern Front in World War II, blending thrilling battles with moments of friendship, compassion, and youthful innocence.
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Czterej pancerni i pies cz. II (1968)
Character: Fiedia ("The Border Is Where We Are")
The second of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 3 and 4.
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Droga na zachód (1961)
Character: Soviet Soldier
In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.
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Kaprysy Łazarza (1973)
Character: Jacenty's First Son
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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Profesor na drodze (1973)
Character: Polish Teacher
Many years after finishing their education, a colorful cast of characters decides to attend a night school to finally earn their high school diplomas.
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Nad Odrą (1966)
Character: Kaziuk
The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.
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Westerplatte (1967)
Character: Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski
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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Milioner (1977)
Character: komendant MO
The protagonist of the film is Józek Mikuła, a "peasant worker" who runs a small farm with his mother and makes a living as a truck driver at a nearby cement plant. When one day he wins a million in a toto-lottery, news of his unexpected fortune spreads rapidly through the village. Józek decides to invest the money wisely: he buys more land, renovates farm buildings, brings in machinery. He has a gesture - he funds the village with a color TV, which he installs in the clubhouse. But neighbors are stung by Józek's unexpected wealth.
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Mistrz (1966)
Character: Student
A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.
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Wolne miasto (1958)
Character: Heniek (uncredited)
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
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Milczące ślady (1961)
Character: Wiśniewski
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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Hallo Szpicbródka, czyli ostatni występ króla kasiarzy (1978)
Character: klakier Rudy
The revue theater "Red Mill" is in crisis, the owner has no money to pay the salaries of the employees. When the bailiff hands the director an order to seize the theater's assets, an elegant gentleman engineer Fred Kampinos unexpectedly appears and offers his help.
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Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)
Character: Bricklayer
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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Virtuti (1989)
Character: major
Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.
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Koniec wakacji (1975)
Character: ojciec Jurka
A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.
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Świadectwo urodzenia (1961)
Character: Prisoner of War
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
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Paragon gola (1970)
Character: Wacek Stefanek
A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
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Dziadek do orzechów (1967)
Character: Mouse King (voice)
On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
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Morderca zostawia ślad (1967)
Character: Klimczuk
In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.
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Uczta Baltazara (1954)
Character: Lieutenant Kuszel
Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.
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Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978)
Character: Worker at Train Station
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
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Skarb (1949)
Character: Witek's Neighbour
Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his wife will sleep with the word "treasure". The other lodgers find the draft and a frantic search for the treasure begins.
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Popioły (1965)
Character: Vagrant Soldier
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
Character: Polish Policeman (uncredited)
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Brunet wieczorową porą (1976)
Character: Driver
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
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Awans (1975)
Character: Mayor
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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