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Księga wielkich życzeń (1998)
Character: Stanisław
Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life.
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Spóźnieni przechodnie (1962)
Character: Francois (segment 4)
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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Historia współczesna (1961)
Character: Borkowski (uncredited)
Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town.
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Przeciwko bogom (1961)
Character: Major
Accused by colleagues of cowardice, the aviator gets a chance for rehabilitation.
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Mansarda (1963)
Character: Golz
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
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Na krawędzi (1973)
Character: Drugstore Clerk
A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.
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Co řekne žena... (1958)
Character: Michalski
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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Ojciec królowej (1980)
Character: Marquis d'Arquien
Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.
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Polonia Restituta (1981)
Character: dubbing roli granej przez Kiryła Ławrowa
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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Rodzina Milcarków (1962)
Character: Priest (voice) (uncredited)
The fate of a working-class family during the third Silesian Uprising.
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Chlopcy (1973)
Character: Professor Perlec
The protagonists of the film are residents of a nursing home run by nuns. One of the nuns, Maria, wants to introduce discipline, but it is not easy. The elderly residents decide to fight for their independence. Their plans are thwarted by the departure of the leader of the rebellion. But the men will not give up so easily.
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Klub szachistów (1967)
Character: Man introducing Urbin
Wacław Urbin joins an exclusive club, learning the secrets of its members.
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Łabędzi śpiew (1962)
Character: Nikita Iwanowicz
An aging actor and prompter engage in conversation.
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Niedaleko Warszawy (1954)
Character: Party Secretary
Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.
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Irena do domu! (1955)
Character: Hairdresser Zygmunt (uncredited)
A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.
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Kazimierz Wielki (1976)
Character: Vladislaus I Elbow-high
The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
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Ranny w lesie (1964)
Character: Major (voice) (uncredited)
While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come.
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Wszyscy i nikt (1978)
Character: Konrad
City Bieszczady Mountains, 1946. Seven soldiers stop in a small town where should take place a wedding...
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Dzieje mistrza Twardowskiego (1996)
Character: wykładowca na uniwersytecie w Wittemberdze
On his way home, Mikołaj Twardowski is attacked by bandits. He calls on the devil for help, who rescues him from danger. The devil's intentions are not selfless. Twardowski signs a pact with Hell, unaware of what he is agreeing to. Eighteen years pass, and the devil appears at Mikołaj's house with the intention of taking his son away. The cautious Twardowski, just before his death, sends his son to a hermit, who advises him on how to steal the contract his father signed.
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Gwiazda Piołun (1988)
Character: Rejent
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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Świat grozy (1968)
Character: Podgers (segment "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime")
Selected episodes from a television series of thrilling stories based on works of world literature classics.
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Popiół i diament (1958)
Character: Waga
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
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Historia żółtej ciżemki (1961)
Character: Master Paweł
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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Orzeł (1959)
Character: Bosman Mirta
Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.
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Kamień na kamieniu (1995)
Character: Ksiądz proboszcz
A story about the fate of post-war Polish villages. Szymon Pietruszka's life is dominated by Michał, his older brother, who left for the city before the war. There, he became involved in the leftist movement. He returned to his home village after the war in a dignitary's car. Soon, however, he left again, only to reappear a few years later—this time penniless, mired in apathy, betrayed by his ideals. The only person who guesses Michał's secret is Szymon, who is also unable to break down the wall separating him from his brother.
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Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a (1968)
Character: Podgers
The wealthy Lord Artur Savile learns from a palm reader that he's destined to become a murderer. Obsessed with the prophecy, he decides to commit the deed as quickly as possible.
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Cień (1956)
Character: "Shadow" Biskupik
A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
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Don Gabriel (1966)
Character: Cabinet's Secretary
The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.
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Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)
Character: Department Director (voice) (uncredited)
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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Czas przeszły (1961)
Character: Doctor Hase
Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighters.
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Der schweigende Stern (1960)
Character: Prof. Saltyk
A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.
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Pętla (1958)
Character: Sergeant
A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life.
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Wściekły (1980)
Character: N/A
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where he might strike next. He uncovers that the mentally deranged sniper can't stand seeing people happy together in public places.
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Kontrakt (1982)
Character: Adam's Friend
Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac.
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Zbrodniarz i panna (1963)
Character: Szymański
Young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills the driver and two security guards and takes the money. The police finds out that the stolen banknotes are being spent at a fashionable spa resort. The only way to find the criminal is to favor Małgorzata with a seaside holiday in the company of a handsome Captain as her brother.
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Mistrz tańca (1969)
Character: Bartender
A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death.
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Jutro premiera (1962)
Character: Marceli Witting
A budding playwright is thrilled to find out that his play will be performed at a prestigious theater, but a series of problems pile up, along with the general feeling that opening night will be disastrous.
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Kompozycja na cztery ręce (1975)
Character: Bruce Cory
Nora Hansen witnessed a crime. However, she cannot reveal the truth, as an accident left her completely paralyzed.
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Pociąg (1959)
Character: Sleeping Car Passenger
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
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Dom bez okien (1962)
Character: Inspector
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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Klub kawalerów (1962)
Character: Narrator (voice) (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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Kłopotliwy gość (1971)
Character: Commitee Member
Strange human-shaped phenomenon appears in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.
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Eroica: Symfonia bohaterska w dwóch częściach (1958)
Character: Major (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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Szklana góra (1960)
Character: Florczak
A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
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Marysia i Napoleon (1966)
Character: Geraud Christophe Duroc
In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.
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Освобождение: Прорыв (1970)
Character: old man
Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.
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