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Ziemia (1957)
Character: Staszek
Poland in the 50s, 20th century The process of collectivization of agriculture is under way. The wealthy Slumdog farmer is one of the last individual farmers who have not joined the cooperative and are trying to grow their own land. But it is very difficult - the unemployed mercenaries who paid for them run to cooperatives (where they have better conditions), the environment or the local authorities do not accept him as a kulak. Struggling with the problem of how to make a 40-hectare farm last, he remains alone in the face of a loss of land that he cannot cultivate.
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"Yokmok" (1963)
Character: Gang boss
Former Master Mariner Klimecki works an unassuming job in a small port near the Baltic Sea, hiding his identity from the world, which makes him suspicious in the eyes of the local government.
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Rzeczywistość (1961)
Character: Student
The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
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Pięciu (1964)
Character: Francik
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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Weekendy (1963)
Character: Andrzej
An intimate psychological drama consisting of two separate stories, the heroes of which represent the attitudes of young people, which were rarely manifested in the early 1960s.
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Pieklo i niebo (1966)
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
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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Co řekne žena... (1958)
Character: N/A
The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign office assigns him a guide, Irena Stepowska. The two young people are attracted to each other, but there is a catch - Vladimír is married, Irena is married. But as they say, opportunity makes the thief, so it's no wonder that Tůma has his work cut out for him, and Irena, too, sometimes recovers only at the last minute. And she doesn't even know that her husband is coming to visit her...
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Zemsta (1957)
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry.
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Tysiąc talarów (1960)
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.
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Jakoś to będzie (2022)
Character: Jacek's grandfather
When, despite being in your thirties, you are still living with your parents. When you're short of cash, your girlfriends aren't getting along, and your life increasingly tastes of cheap discount beer - then you recognize that it's high time to finally change something. Such conclusions are reached in unison by Albert, Marcin and Jacek - three buddies from the housing estate, who, after a series of business disasters, finally come up with an idea on how to make a nice profit. Thus is born a plan for a daring plot that will lead the heroes into the middle of a big wedding, where not only money, but also a chance for a hot romance awaits them. Along the way, all they have to do is not to spoil anything. And with that, as we all know, things can vary. Sometimes it's easier said than done to do something yourself.
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Jadą goście jadą... (1962)
Character: N/A
Guests from America came to Poland, and there were three of them. One, a businessman, intends to buy the land from the battlefields in order to cash it for a profit abroad. The second is looking for a wife in his home village, highlander, and the third wants to visit his uncle's family. Will their trip be successful?
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Król Maciuś I (1958)
Character: Juvenile delinquent (uncredited)
A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
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Zwycięstwo (1975)
Character: szeregowy Michał Badzioch
This film was created by combining and shortening the films Kierunek Berlin (Destination Berlin) and Ostatnie dni (The Last Days). It presents the final phase of the great offensive of 1945, which ended with the capture of Berlin, from the perspective of a private soldier of the First Polish Army.
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Polonia Restituta (1981)
Character: członek delegacji Pierwszej Brygady u Piłsudskiego
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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Barwy walki (1964)
Character: Franek
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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Niedaleko Warszawy (1954)
Character: Group Member (uncredited)
Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.
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Skarb kapitana Martensa (1957)
Character: Mucha
A ship crew fight over a deceased captain's notebook, believing that it contains clues to find a treasure.
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Akcja 'Brutus' (1971)
Character: Home Army Soldier
Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.
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Komedie pomyłek (1968)
Character: Photographer / Bill
A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.
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Siwa legenda (1991)
Character: Gołas
Two noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania clash because one refuses to free his servant - a girl. The second joins a peasant revolt and takes over the castle.
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Powrót do Polski (1988)
Character: Kaczmarek
Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.
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Księżyc (1969)
Character: Kola
The action takes place during the revolution in Russia. A young officer - a White Guard - is sentenced to death by the Red Army soldiers and on a moonlit night he is led to be shot.
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Sygnały (1959)
Character: Felek
A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.
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Bardzo krótki strajk. 14-15 grudnia 1981 roku (2007)
Character: N/A
The social and independence ferment triggered in the fall of 1980 by Solidarity created an opportunity for dialogue between the nation and the ruling communists. Dialogue, not force. As always, students quickly joined the "rebellion and pressure." They wanted autonomy for Polish universities and their own independent representation, as well as sovereignty, without the "leading role of the party." When these dreams were not fulfilled, at the beginning of 1981, students at the University of Łódź went on their first long strike, which ended in success, and when martial law was declared in December 1981, the same students rushed to protest in the form of an occupation strike, which ended in pacification. The film consists of statements by the protagonists and witnesses of those events, archival footage, and staged sequences.
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Zerwany most (1963)
Character: Aleks Dziarnik
Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.
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Stawka większa niż życie cz. VI (1969)
Character: Franek ("The Meeting") (uncredited)
The sixth and final episode compilation of the TV series released theatrically, featuring episodes 16 and 17.
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Ostatnie dni (1969)
Character: Private Michał Badzioch
As the Polish Army continues its march into Berlin corporal Naróg is tasked with delivering important documents to the staff headquarters.
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Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni... (1971)
Character: Misztal's Son-In-Law
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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Kierunek Berlin (1969)
Character: Private Michał Badzioch
Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.
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Komedia z pomyłek (1967)
Character: Bill
The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century in a small Californian town in the Wild West. Hans, a German émigré, opens a shop on one of the streets. To his annoyance, his fellow countryman, young and beautiful Lora, sets up a shop on the opposite side. There is fierce competition. Lora decides to take Hans to court. However, unfamiliar with German, the judge mistakenly marries them.
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Dziś w nocy umrze miasto (1961)
Character: "Astoria" patron (uncredited)
An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.
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Historia żółtej ciżemki (1961)
Character: Kudraś
Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
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Westerplatte (1967)
Character: Dissident Soldier (uncredited)
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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Zamach (1959)
Character: "Eagle"
Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
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Krótki dzień pracy (1995)
Character: Kapitan z komendy wojewódzkiej MO
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
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Trójkąt Bermudzki (1988)
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.
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Głos z tamtego świata (1962)
Character: Painter (uncredited)
A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the authorities begin showing in these quacks.
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Palec Boży (1973)
Character: Actor (uncredited)
A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.
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Prawo i pięść (1964)
Character: Militiaman
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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Popiełuszko. Wolność jest w nas (2009)
Character: Zbigniew Herbert
Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.
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Cudowne dziecko (1987)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
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Dom bez okien (1962)
Character: Helper (uncredited)
All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unless some new life is infused into its acts, its future does not look very rosy. Into this precarious situation comes a new mime with the uncanny ability to sap the confidence of his fellow performers. If he continues for long in this vein, no one will be able to believe they have any talent left at all.
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Koniec nocy (1957)
Character: Witek
A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.
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Sąsiady (2014)
Character: (segment "Przemiany")
Ogrodowa Street in Lódz - just opposite a crowded shopping center, a state-of-the-art museum and a posh hotel - is where some of the city's poorest live, completely forgotten by the world. A heart-warming and funny portrait of people excluded from the mainstream of social life; people who might be more capable of sacrifice and love than those who pushed them to the sidelines of society.
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Inspekcja (2018)
Character: Stary Lejtnant
On a mission from Stalin, a Russian officer sets out to convince Polish soldiers held at POW camps to collaborate with Communist authorities.
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Kalosze szczęścia (1958)
Character: Black man (uncredited)
Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. However, they consistently fall into the wrong hands, creating a multitude of absurd and comedic situations.
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O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc (1962)
Character: Rapporteur during a hunchback race (uncredited)
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.
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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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Popioły (1965)
Character: N/A
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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