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Gnoje (1995)
Character: Hryćko, staruszek w Bieszczadach
The protagonists are four thirty-year-olds: Gąsior, Mały, Wasyl, and Kostek. Their meeting at the Na Rozdrożu café ends with a lavish drinking party. They decide to drive Gąsior's car to visit Czesiek, a childhood friend. During the trip, they become involved in a series of events, partly the result of absurd coincidences. As a consequence, they come into conflict with the law.
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Zofia (1976)
Character: Kelner w mordowni
Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law doctorate bookmarks which she removed unknowingly during dusting. She then spends Christmas in an empty restaurant, surrounded by waiters and musicians waiting to be tipped.
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Wyspa R.O. (2001)
Character: Guard
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.
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Spotkania w mroku (1960)
Character: Worker (uncredited)
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
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Zagubione uczucia (1957)
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
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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Kochankowie z Marony (1966)
Character: Fisherman (uncredited)
Ola, a local school teacher, meets Janek, a sanatorium patient, and his friend Ark.
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Łagodna (1996)
Character: sklepikarz
A grieving man tries to find the cause of his young wife's suicide by spending the night next to her dead body and bringing back memories from their past.
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Our God's Brother (1997)
Character: Anthony
In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.
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Miejsce na ziemi (1960)
Character: Doctor (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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Pięciu (1964)
Character: Alfred Buchta
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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Broda (1974)
Character: "The Baldy", the school inspector
Unconventional pedagogical methods of a new teacher raise concerns of the provincial school's principal.
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Mgła (1985)
Character: dziadek
Ewa decides to end her romance with Alek. From the mountain guesthouse they go by car to Warsaw. . . Kim, after being released early from prison, returns to his wife, Jola, who lives in a lonely house. Here he finds a man who claims he has been hired for hard work. Kim wants to find out if Mietek is not Jola's lover.
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დინოზავრის კვერცხი (1993)
Character: N/A
A group of Georgian scientists traveling to Poland for a scientific symposium are housed in an old fortress . A middle-aged man , a descendant of Polish nobles , falls in love with one of the members of the group . Love turns the previously modest , inconspicuous scientist into a charming woman . After returning from a business trip, his lover soon visits him in his homeland .
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Ściana czarownic (1967)
Character: Barkeeper
A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart.
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Istnienie (2007)
Character: Self
An aging Polish thesp looks death in the eye as he prepares for the inevitable in the absorbing, well-mounted docu "The Existence." While thesp Jerzy Nowak ("Schlindler's List," "Promised Land") addresses a number of concerns about the end of his life, the film explores the question of what will happen to his body after he donates it to medical science. Subject is handled respectfully and tastefully, balancing the clinical with the personal. Pic will thrive on the fest circuit and can expect a long life via Euro pubcaster outlets.
(c) Variety
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Elegia (1979)
Character: N/A
Story of Podgaje massacre in January 1945 in which SS troop murdered captured Polish soldiers.
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Rok pierwszy (1960)
Character: Miller (uncredited)
1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
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Nieznany (1964)
Character: Postman
Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
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Legenda Tatr (1995)
Character: innkeeper
Andrzej, who lives in the lowlands, comes to Zakopane. He rents a carriage and orders himself to be taken to the Strążyska Valley.
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Kopernik (1973)
Character: Man At Funeral (uncredited)
A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
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Podhale w ogniu (1956)
Character: Soldier stealing Cattle
Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
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Kwiecień (1961)
Character: Postman
Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.
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Na własną prośbę (1980)
Character: Tomkowski
The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.
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Hasło (1977)
Character: Old tar maker
Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
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Gwiazda Wytrwałości (1981)
Character: Host
Officers of the 5th Horse Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division go to Brussels, where they meet Joachim Lelewel. To verify the story, the press officer of the division goes to Brussels.
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Tumor Witkacego (1985)
Character: Sokołowski's Father
The film, which is a reconstruction of the life and work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known under the pseudonym Witkacy, was produced especially on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Witkacy is one of the outstanding European artists of the early twentieth century. Author of many short stories and plays translated into eighteen languages. Author of his own philosophical system, art theorist, painter of Formist paintings and portraits, a man who left behind a legend of a unique personality.
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And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
Character: professor Epstein
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
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Koniec naszego świata (1964)
Character: Blokfuhrer
Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it
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Nie było słońca tej wiosny (1984)
Character: Josek
A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.
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Mistyfikacja (2010)
Character: Askenazy
Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact still alive.
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Dezerter (1958)
Character: Klein
A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ...
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Orzeł (1959)
Character: Mate Sznuk
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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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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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)
Character: Old Rabbi
Irena Sendler is a Catholic social worker who has sympathized with the Jews since her childhood, when her physician father died of typhus contracted while treating poor Jewish patients. When she initially proposes saving Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, her idea is met with skepticism by fellow workers, her parish priest, and even her own mother Janina.
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Stajnia na Salvatorze (1967)
Character: Budapest Courier (uncredited)
WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer.
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Wherever You Are... (1988)
Character: Officer-Interpreter
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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Sobótki (1966)
Character: Kranz
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
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Egzekutor (1999)
Character: Franciszek Kozar
Alex is a young boy who grew up without the warmth of a family home. He is lonely and lacks money. He is in love with his college friend, Maja, without reciprocity. However, the girl decided to get involved with a wealthy man from the criminal world. Meanwhile, as part of his student internship, Alex takes care of a former employee of the Security Office, Franciszek Kozar. The elderly and sick man suffers greatly. His only desire is euthanasia. For some time, Kozar has been persuading his guardian to help him commit suicide for a few thousand dollars. Finally, Alex agrees. His financial situation improves significantly. With the money he earns, he rents a luxury apartment and changes his lifestyle. From then on, he decides to provide services to people who want to end their lives but are unable to do it themselves...
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Ленин в Польше (1966)
Character: Austrian Officer
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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Placówka (1979)
Character: Josel Szatzman
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
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Historie miłosne (1997)
Character: The Accountant
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.
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Julie Walking Home (2002)
Character: Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Makowsky
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart.
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Cała naprzód (1967)
Character: Bosman
Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.
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Jajo (1984)
Character: Gospodarz Ewy
It tells a story of a bird-monster from South America originally treated as god by Incas. Long believed to be extinct, due to genetical experiment gone awry its egg fossil hatches and the monster starts to search for females to impregnate.
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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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Trois couleurs : Blanc (1994)
Character: Old Peasant
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
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Bigda idzie! (1999)
Character: Ksawery
The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the people came to the fore. In fact, he turned out to be a cunning populist and an immoral politician, ready for any tricks for the sake of his goals.
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Umarli rzucają cień (1979)
Character: N/A
Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance.
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Kapitał, czyli jak zrobić pieniądze w Polsce (1990)
Character: Serafin
A sociologist nearing middle-aged returns to Poland after several years of giving lectures abroad. The changing economy of the country and business successes of the people around him inspire him to venture out into the deep and unpredictable world of capitalism himself.
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Sierpniowe niebo. 63 dni chwały (2013)
Character: Leonard
A decades-old diary found at a construction site reveals the harrowing account of a professor in hiding during the early days of the Warsaw Uprising.
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Wiedźmin (2001)
Character: Vesemir
A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breathing dragons guard untold treasures, and human greed leads to an endless struggle for power, cruelty, bloodshed, and violence. And this world has its own superheroes - fearless witchers, people with magical powers. Their mission is to protect the human race from any misfortune. The witcher Geralt of Rivia must find the young princess Ciri, kidnapped by enemies. Only her return to the small kingdom of Cintra, which was attacked by aggressors, can restore peace and order there. The brave witcher sets off on a journey, long, distant and deadly.
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Krab i Joanna (1982)
Character: Grzegorz Zaruba
Just before the end of an 18-month-long journey from Africa, a fishing ship is sent on another 2-month cruise. The crew members miss their loved ones a lot.
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Medium (1985)
Character: Ernst Wagner
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.
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Szwadron (1992)
Character: Lejba
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to suppress the revolt. He believes that now it's enough to defeat the Poles, become an officer and hero, get a bunch of medals, and then return and lay all of this at the feet of her beloved. However, the "little Polish war" looks completely different to the way that young Jeremin imagined it to be. In course of time, he learns to be on the wrong side. But there is no escape - he must kill or he will be killed. What's more, he falls in love with a beautiful Polish girl...
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Zemsta (2002)
Character: Michał Kafar
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and
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Alchemik (1989)
Character: Książę Kiejstut
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
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Når nettene blir lange (2000)
Character: Olek
The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.
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Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień (1972)
Character: "Koślawy" (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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Obława (2012)
Character: 'Stary Wiarus'
Marcin Krysztalowicz's film is both a partisan ballad, showing the real face of German occupation of Poland during WW2 and a startling war thriller. It tells a story of corporal "Wydra", struggling not only with Germans and Polish traitors but also with his own past...
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Rysa (2008)
Character: Leon
Joanna and Jan's marriage seems happy. After the birthday party is over, Joanna unwraps the gifts she received. One of them is a videotape with a recording of a regional TV program, during which a historian named Marczak tells about Jan's cooperation with the political police, which began back in the 1950s, by reporting on Joanna's father. At first, Joanna believes in her husband's innocence, but soon becomes suspicious and begins a private investigation.
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Щит и меч (1968)
Character: N/A
The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at the height of its military prowess, having captured most of Europe and eyeing the Soviet Union to the East. The Russian military command suspects hostile intent from Germany and so arranges for its spies to infiltrate ranks of the German military and the SS. Alexander Belov is a Russian spy, who travels from Soviet-held Latvia to Nazi Germany under an alias of Johann Weiss. His mastery of the German language, steel nerves and an ability to manipulate others help him to use his connections in the SS to ascend the ladder of the German intelligence. He uses his position to identify sympathetic Germans, who help him to procure vital intelligence, and to help local resistance movements in their collective fight against Nazism.
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Zánik samoty Berhof (1985)
Character: Florian
Drama set on an isolated farm on the Czech-Polish border immediately after the end of WWII.
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From a Far Country (1981)
Character: Professor
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
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Quo Vadis (2001)
Character: Krispus
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
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Ziemia obiecana (1975)
Character: Zucker
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
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Gebürtig (2002)
Character: N/A
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a scoop tries to lure him back, Geburtig must decide whether to confront his past.
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Amator (1979)
Character: Stanisław Osuch
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
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Schindler's List (1993)
Character: Investor
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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Rok spokojnego słońca (1984)
Character: lekarz przy ekshumacji zwłok
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
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