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Niezawodny sposób (1963)
Character: N/A
A cinematic grotesque whose protagonist is Mr. Kowalski, who suffers from insomnia.
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Słoń (1959)
Character: nauczyciel
A short film based on a story by Sławomir Mrożek of the same title. The need to have an elephant in a fictional zoo gives rise to the idea of making one. A giant inflatable animal is created, but instead of becoming the main attraction, it flies away in front of a school trip.
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Szkice warszawskie (1970)
Character: Soda Fountain Owner (uncredited)
Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
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Mansarda (1963)
Character: (uncredited)
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
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Ostrożnie yeti (1961)
Character: Parrot Keeper (uncredited)
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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Tysiąc talarów (1960)
Character: Jew / Szelest (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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Zacne grzechy (1963)
Character: Krasnopolski's Servant (uncredited)
A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
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Czterej pancerni i pies cz. IV (1968)
Character: Announcer ("Crossroads") (uncredited)
The last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.
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Gwiazda Piołun (1988)
Character: Mayor's clerk (uncredited)
The final stage of the great artist's life, a stage in which Witkacy decides to destroy himself. A growing sense of danger, the futility of all actions, and fear of what is to come accompany him constantly during his escape from Warsaw to the East at the outbreak of World War II. Everyday facts and events are intertwined in the film with reminiscences and images from his life, supported by the artist's inner monologue. The style of narration and the way of filming make the film a poignant study of the writer's inner disintegration. By emphasizing the painterly quality of the image and introducing dreamlike themes, Kluba captures on screen the characteristics of both Witkacy's playwriting and painting.
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I ty zostaniesz Indianinem (1962)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
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Kryptonim Nektar (1963)
Character: Theatre Director (uncredited)
A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.
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Eukaliptus (2002)
Character: N/A
A story about the search for an ideal in a world devoid of values. It is a surreal parable about human nature, played out in the convention of a Western, in which the myth of the Wild West is put to the ultimate test of endurance. In the Wild West's most demoralized town, Rio Bravo, love is hotter, crime more cruel and poetry more poetic than Byron himself. The minds of the residents of Rio Bravo are consumed by venereal disease, leaving behind an uncontrollable longing for Eucalyptus. The film's protagonist, Sony Holiday, a mythical figure of the Wild West, is known not only for his fast revolver, but also for his possession of an unusual bird. This bird, an object of worship and envy, fuels a spiral of crime and gruesomeness in the town.
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Inspekcja pana Anatola (1959)
Character: Club Vice-President
PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.
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Chudy i inni (1967)
Character: King Lear / Militiaman (voice) (uncredited)
A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.
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Klub kawalerów (1962)
Character: Butler (uncredited)
A group of chauvinistic men start a Bachelors' Club, but soon they start falling in love with women, threatening the continued existence of the club.
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Kalosze szczęścia (1958)
Character: Sonia's client (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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Gdy spadają anioły (1959)
Character: Deserter
The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.
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Nie ma róży bez ognia (1974)
Character: Boguś Poganek
Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.
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Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień (1972)
Character: Bishop (uncredited)
After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.
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Ewa chce spać (1958)
Character: Film Director (uncredited)
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
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Dwaj ludzie z szafą (1958)
Character: Man with the wardrobe
The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to carry into a town.
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Walkower (1965)
Character: Coach Rogala
An extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
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Kochajmy syrenki (1967)
Character: Secretary
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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Ssaki (1962)
Character: Man in the snow
"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?
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