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Pogrzeb kartofla (1990)
Character: Mierzwa
Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
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Przygoda noworoczna (1963)
Character: Pick-up artist (uncredited)
A couple plans to spend a New Years Eve in a friend's empty apartment.
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Zagubione uczucia (1957)
Character: Adam Stańczak
One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home and gets into trouble.
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"Yokmok" (1963)
Character: Gang member
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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Miejsce na ziemi (1960)
Character: Teen (uncredited)
A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law.
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Komedianty (1962)
Character: Student (uncredited)
Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success.
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Pięciu (1964)
Character: Wala's Son
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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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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Bitwa o Kozi Dwór (1962)
Character: Rysiek
A group of boys in pre-war Warsaw fight for the right to train at an abandoned square.
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Ciemna rzeka (1974)
Character: Benek
Small Polish village straight after WWII. Young man Zenek injured and awarded with Cross of Valour during partisan fight is torn between staying loyal to his partisan comrades (continuing their fight) and his own beliefs.
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Akcja 'Brutus' (1971)
Character: N/A
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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Czerwone ciernie (1977)
Character: Worker
A descendant of a noble family takes the side of the proletariat, fighting against the mistreatment of factory owners and the oppresion from the Tsar during the 1905 revolution.
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Skarb trzech łotrów (1972)
Character: Marek Majda
An old man's death leads to a high-profile police investigation, who connect the crime with the search for lost corsair treasure.
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Ortalionowy dziadek (1981)
Character: MO Scout (uncredited)
Mr. Aleksander regularly hosts three friends who are clearly poorer than himself. Nobody knows that he is stealing nylon in cafes and restaurants.
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Twarz anioła (1971)
Character: Newspaper Distributor
Story of 11-year old Tadeusz, a prisoner in a children's concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Profesor na drodze (1973)
Character: Adamski
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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Obcy w lesie (1972)
Character: Bus Passenger
A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness.
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Śledztwo (1974)
Character: Williams
A Scotland Yard officer investigates the mysterious disappearance of a series of corpses. Based on the novel by Stanisław Lem.
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Dzień oczyszczenia (1970)
Character: AK Soldier
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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Westerplatte (1967)
Character: Guard (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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Ленин в Польше (1966)
Character: Soldier
The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.
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Tańczący jastrząb (1978)
Character: [obsada aktorska]
A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he also abandon his soul?
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Echo (1964)
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
It seems that nothing can ruin Henryk’s (Wieńczysław Gliński) happy life. He’s a respected lawyer with a loving son and wife. One day, he receives a letter from the prosecutor’s office. He’s accused of collaborating with the Gestapo. It’s an echo of his past under occupation.
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Orzeł i reszka (1975)
Character: Tractor Driver
In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal
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Raj na ziemi (1970)
Character: Pvt. Korpyś
Polish sappers try to prevent Wehrwolf soldiers from blowing up a chemical factory.
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Hubal (1973)
Character: Hubal's Soldier
Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.
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Szatan z 7-ej klasy (1960)
Character: Student (uncredited)
Adam Cisowski, a devilishly smart teenager is looking for treasure hidden by Napoleon's soldier. But he is not the only one searching for it, and his rivals are very dangerous.
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Enduro Bojz (2000)
Character: N/A
Kuba works part-time in the afternoons delivering pizza to pay back his mother the money he borrowed to buy his dream motorcycle. His father, a stock market investor, disapproves of his son's decision. One day, after returning from school, Kuba finds the motorcycle chained to the garage wall. A conversation with his father is fruitless. Frustrated, the boy saws through the chain, takes his father's revolver, and runs away from home. He sets off with Robert for the Bieszczady Mountains. At the same time, a series of robberies at gas stations takes place in the southeastern corner of Poland.
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Walkower (1965)
Character: Bogie Operator (uncredited)
An extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
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Adolphe ou l'âge tendre (1968)
Character: N/A
Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolphe to the screen in amateur format. Armed with a sixteen-millimeter camera and a team of friends, Henri embarks on this adventure, playing the role of Adolphe himself. Despite all the warnings, he lived through the passion and ordeal of the novel's hero, right to the end. Different times and circumstances will not change this.
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