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Doktor Judym (1975)
Character: N/A
A young doctor from the lower classes is helped in his career by a rich woman. When he comes back from study in Paris he takes a job at a watering spa. He comes up against the owners when he tries to help the poor.
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Der Schimmelreiter (1985)
Character: N/A
This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditions, such as the "sacrifice" of a living creature when building a dyke, are not welcomed by the local population, which leads to him meeting with great rejection and ultimately even becoming his undoing.
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Krzyk (1983)
Character: Patient
A woman just out of prison gets a job in a nursing home and tries, unsuccessfully, to put her life back together.
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Ktokolwiek wie... (1966)
Character: "Inspector"
A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.
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Sonata marymoncka (1988)
Character: Old Man
Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.
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Jarosław Dąbrowski (1976)
Character: N/A
A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.
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Wniebowstąpienie (1969)
Character: Man listening to the Announcement (uncredited)
The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.
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Przez dziewięć mostów (1972)
Character: Neighbor
A mother carries her sick baby through nine bridges, believing a superstition that it will cure it.
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Książę sezonu (1970)
Character: Worker
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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Na przełaj (1972)
Character: Man Saved By Firefighters
After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality.
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Skok (1969)
Character: Zientara
Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.
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Ślepy tor (1968)
Character: Musician Passenger
A journalist is preparing to take a train trip, when he is confronted by the spirit of professor Ryszpans who tells what happened to him. When he boarded a train standing on a siding, he encountered trackman Wiór with a newspaper informing about the crash of the train and the death of several passengers, including professor Ryszpans. The professor is joined by engineer Zniesławski, who has also heard of the impending disaster and is interested in it from the technical side. On hearing the news of an approaching catastrophe, other passengers leave the train in panic at the next station. However, trackman Wiór manages to hypnotize several travelers who continue with the journey. Ryszpans hears a roar and sees objects crumbling around him, and then turns into a shadow. After hearing the story, the journalist resigns from his train trip.
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Koty to dranie (1978)
Character: Man at the market (uncredited)
Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.
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Obcy w lesie (1972)
Character: Man By Store
A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness.
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Album polski (1970)
Character: Man In Maria's Apartment (uncredited)
University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
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Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Character: pop
An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
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Noce i dnie (1975)
Character: Peasant
A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
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Wherever You Are... (1988)
Character: N/A
An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II.
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Koniec wakacji (1975)
Character: Staruszek na karuzeli
A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.
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Polowanie na muchy (1969)
Character: Neighbour
Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Włodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive for better things in his life and professional career. Together, the two take off for a three-day affair, but surprises could await Włodek upon his return home.
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Wszystko na sprzedaż (1969)
Character: Taxi Driver
Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.
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Abel, twój brat (1970)
Character: Mr Jonasz
A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.
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Chłopi (1973)
Character: (uncredited)
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
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Perla w koronie (1972)
Character: N/A
When it is discovered that the Zygmunt mine in Upper Silesia has been deemed unprofitable and is to be closed by flooding, the miners go on strike and a violent demonstration ensues.
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Wiosna, panie sierżancie (1974)
Character: Ignacy Tumanek, śpiewak ludowy
In Trzebiatów, a small town, there is an unusual bustle. A crowd of residents has gathered in the market square to welcome their beloved MO sergeant, Władysław Lichniak. The sergeant has just returned from his written high school final exam. The residents, who adore him, make sure he has the right conditions to study. They have limited their alcohol consumption and maintain order in the town themselves. Unfortunately, a fight breaks out and disturbs the sergeant's peace.
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Złote koło (1971)
Character: Konrad Zagórski
An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
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Aria dla atlety (1979)
Character: starzec na ulicy
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
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Jedenaste przykazanie (1988)
Character: Painter
A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out.
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Przekładaniec (1968)
Character: Organ Seller
The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?
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Kaszëbë (1971)
Character: Biżewski
A disturbed woman, still reeling over the death of her lover finds solace in a Swedish sailor amidst the regional conflicts of the late nineteenth century.
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Ziemia obiecana (1975)
Character: Old Dyer
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.
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