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Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1983)
Character: Marszałek Francji Philippe Petain / Edward Frederick Halifax
A fictionalized documentary about the life of General Władysław Sikorski from the beginning of World War II until his tragic death in a plane crash. The action begins with the evacuation of the Polish government and general staff to Romania, showing their further fate in France and then in London.
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Stasiek (1988)
Character: Ojciec Staśka
A lone bakery worker climbs onto the roof of a house at night.
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Sam pośród miasta (1965)
Character: Man in Construction Director's Office
Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones.
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Ceremonia pogrzebowa (1985)
Character: N/A
After the death of a respected academician, who in his private life was a tyrant and a phony, the family awaits arrival of a prodigal son to begin the ceremony. However, the deceased has prepared a vengeance for his disappointing sons...
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Komedianty (1962)
Character: Mayor (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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Beniamiszek (1976)
Character: chłop
Żagota lost his fortune, family and friends. His only hope is a horse which got stolen.
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Pensja pani Latter (1983)
Character: Kamerdyner pani Latter
The action takes place in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is the head of the girls' school - Mrs. Emma Latter. Ms Latter is struggling with the financial problems of her institution, because the parents of the students are still in arrears with payments. In addition to professional problems, she is tormented by problems with adolescent children. All this causes Mrs. Latter to experience a mental breakdown.
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Diabelskie szczęście (1985)
Character: Old "Faust"
Franciszek Mazur is a famous actor. One day, while returning from a holiday in the countryside, a serious accident occurs. Mazur's wife is seriously injured. When she learns about her husband's affair, she falls down the stairs and dies. But Mazur's life with his new wife is not happy ...
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Mansarda (1963)
Character: Butler (uncredited)
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
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Decyzja (1960)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A young nurse only has one ampule of medicine. She is faced with the dilemma of which of the two patients to save.
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Penelopy (1989)
Character: starszy pan w pociągu
Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City.
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Republika nadziei (1988)
Character: Professor at the birthday celebration
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
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Kopernik (1973)
Character: Prisoner (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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Polonia Restituta (1981)
Character: Władysław Mickiewicz, syn Adama
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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Klejnot wolnego sumienia (1983)
Character: Wołłowicz
The Republic of Poland of the 16th century. During the period of religious tolerance, the Sieniawski and Bielecki families compete with each other.
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Barwy walki (1964)
Character: Railwayman (uncredited)
Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.
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Żołnierz zwycięstwa (1953)
Character: Worker in 1916 (uncredited)
Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
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Chlopcy (1973)
Character: Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)
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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Na własną prośbę (1980)
Character: Meeting member
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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Trochę nadziei (1972)
Character: Factory Guard (uncredited)
The subject of the film is the problem of the migration of young people from the countryside to the cities in search of an easier life. The meeting of the whole family - whose paths have diverged a long time ago - with the sick father and a long conversation with him determine the final decision of the film's protagonist, Janek: he will return to where he comes from, to the countryside, to his fatherland.
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Sceny nocne (1990)
Character: Major Komierowski
Warsaw elites meet at a ball in Baron Neman's palace, where they discuss the political situation in Poland.
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Trzy opowieści (1953)
Character: Engineer Stefan (segment 1)
The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.
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Akcja 'Brutus' (1971)
Character: Priest
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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To jest twój nowy syn (1967)
Character: Man bumping into Wiktoria (uncredited)
Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.
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Czerwone ciernie (1977)
Character: Tsarist colonel
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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Cześć kapitanie (1968)
Character: Ziołowski
A spy barely makes it out of a police ambush and goes on the run, taking a young woman with him along the way.
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Karino (1977)
Character: Horse racing gambler
The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal. Their adventures together are followed during the years to come, from the age of a newborn to the time when Karino's a full-grown competition horse.
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Nagrody i odznaczenia (1974)
Character: Town Mayor (uncredited)
A wartime drama set in a 1944 military hospital where wounded officers and staff from opposing political camps confront ideological conflict and moral uncertainty.
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Opadły liście z drzew (1975)
Character: N/A
Two years after the war, during a train trip, Henryk (20) recollects the occupation period. He passes different train stations and recollects various situations from the past: his family life, working in a garage, guerrilla warfare, the fear that accompanied him every day. He’s looking at the travellers’ faces, including the ones who have survived the war.
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Nie było słońca tej wiosny (1984)
Character: ojciec Piotra
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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Stawka większa niż życie cz. 1 (1969)
Character: Soviet Colonel ("I Know Who You Are") (uncredited)
The first of six episode compilations of the TV show released theatrically, featuring episodes 1 and 3. In 1941, Polish soldier Stanisław Kolicki escapes German captivity only to be mistaken for the dashing Abwehr lieutenant Hans Kloss and recruited by the Soviets as their secret agent J-23. Under deep cover behind enemy lines, he feeds crucial intelligence to the Red Army while outwitting suspicions and dueling wits with the formidable SS officer Hermann Brunner.
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Tortura nadziei (1969)
Character: Burned Prisoner (uncredited)
A young doctor, accused of desecrating a body, is brought to the presence of the Inquisition.
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Stanisław i Anna (1987)
Character: Old servant
The 17th century, the reign of King Władysław IV. The half-siblings of Stanisław and Anna Oświęcim have been linked by love since childhood. During the feast, a conflict arises between Stanisław and Zebrzydowski, Anna's competitor. Stanisław is wounded in a duel. Anna bandages him in her room. There is a rapprochement between them. Stanisław leaves for the Vatican to obtain a dispensation from the Pope for a wedding with Anna. Meanwhile, Anna repents, misses, prays and refuses to eat. Not a single word is spoken in the movie. The mood is built by Karłowicz's music.
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Piggate (1990)
Character: Holding's Father
The esteemed transplantologist is the victim of a conspiracy of his colleagues, as a result of which his brain is transplanted into a pig.
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Kwestia sumienia (1969)
Character: Tasman (uncredited)
During the Civil War, two soldiers fighting on opposite sides meet.
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Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice (1989)
Character: Teofil
A Polish criminalist specialises in various historical mysteries. He is aided by a miraculous car, with the help of which he also reaches Prague, where he unravels ancient cabalistic mysteries.
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Buty (1966)
Character: Wounded Man
During the war, a nurse finds footwear belonging to a Soviet soldier. The discovery haunts her.
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Sprawa hrabiego Rottera (1987)
Character: N/A
A teenage boy from a respectable family, Stanisław Czajkowski, dies in mysterious circumstances in a Krakow guesthouse. His brother-in-law, Count Maksymilian Rotter, married to Stanisław's older sister, Ksawera, is accused of the murder.
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Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Character: dziedzic ze spalonego dworu
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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Droga w świetle księżyca (1973)
Character: Ghost (uncredited)
Julian, a young man who came back home after years of studying abroad finds his life in turmoil after falling for his stepmother, while his dead mother's spirit haunts the family house, intent on revenge.
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Seksmisja (1984)
Character: Maks's Father
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
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Kryptonim Nektar (1963)
Character: (uncredited)
A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.
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Życie raz jeszcze (1965)
Character: Railwayman (uncredited)
Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
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Noce i dnie (1975)
Character: N/A
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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Znachor (1982)
Character: (w napisach: Juliusz Lisowski)
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
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Don Gabriel (1966)
Character: Man in front of the Command (uncredited)
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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Kochaj albo rzuć (1977)
Character: przedstawiciel Polonii
Pawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover John has passed away, and they arrived just in time for his funeral. But first- they need to find his illegitimate daughter. Set in late 70's story of two, charming, Polish villagers' adventures in Chicago is a third installment of Pawlak and Kargul adventures.
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Nad Niemnem (1987)
Character: A man in the Korczyński salon
Adaptation of novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. The film is set in 1886 in Lithuania, is spins around a conflict between Bohatyrowicz family and aristocrat family in Korczyn. Against the background of the social and family disputes was shown topic of love between Justyna Orzelska, niece of Benedykt Korczyński, and Jan Bohatyrowicz. Will their love be strong enough to break the mental barrier that separates the world of Bohatyrowicz from the world of Korczyński?
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Kingsajz (1988)
Character: Stary krasnal dyktujący "Szuflandio, ojczyzno moja..."
The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the most obedient get the chance to grow to king size and inhabit the larger world. Once there, nobody wants to return to Shuflandia. Also, there are no women in Shuflandia.
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Gorączka (1981)
Character: (uncredited)
In 1905 partitioned Poland, a bomb moves through the anarchist underground as revolutionaries prepare to strike against Tsarist rule.
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Zbrodniarz, który ukradł zbrodnię (1969)
Character: Presiding Judge
Retired police captain Siwy recounts to a reporter how he undertook a final, private investigation into the suspicious death of Ewa Salm, known as “Princess.” Though her testimony had secured a conviction, Siwy doubted the man’s guilt and set out to uncover the real killer—risking his own life to see justice done.
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Rozmowy kontrolowane (1991)
Character: Aunt Lusia's Friend
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
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Dziadek do orzechów (1967)
Character: Sender
On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
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Echo (1964)
Character: Zbigniew Sowiński (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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Rajska jabłoń (1986)
Character: Man at a Reading
Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.
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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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Klub kawalerów (1962)
Character: MC at a Masked Ball (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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Walet pikowy (1960)
Character: Hussar (uncredited)
A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
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...Gdziekolwiek jesteś, panie prezydencie... (1978)
Character: N/A
Stefan Starzyński, the mayor of Warsaw, organizes life in the capital in September 1939 and lift the inhabitants' spirits via radio announcements. After the surrender, he does not use his last chance to escape.
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Pingwin (1965)
Character: Florist (uncredited)
A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.
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Czarne stopy (1987)
Character: Peasant
A group of Boy scouts who name themselves Black Feet learn lessons about honor and brotherhood in a camp.
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Spotkanie ze szpiegiem (1964)
Character: Musicologist (uncredited)
A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
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Lekarstwo na miłość (1966)
Character: Bank Guard (uncredited)
An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is another love." Then she becomes a forgers dispatcher mistaken for Honorata by telephone and decides to work out a forgers secret and the secret of her new love Andrzej.
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Zaklęte rewiry (1975)
Character: Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.
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Ciemna rzeka (1974)
Character: Delegate (uncredited)
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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Okno (1983)
Character: Actor
Krzysztof, a 30-something writer has been on a downward spiral ever since the success of his first novel. Struggling to compete his new work, the "Book of All Books" he retreats into alcoholism when he meets Basia, with whom he begins a volatile relationship.
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Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu (1987)
Character: Doctor
The young count makes a bet with his friends about who will be the first to win the favor of a girl they meet. The opportunity to meet her arises unexpectedly quickly.
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Człowiek z M-3 (1969)
Character: Pharmacist (uncredited)
A young doctor receives an allotment for a state-owned M-3 type flat, but to his disfortune only married couples have a right to an M-3, so he begins a frantic search for a wife.
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30 Door Key (1991)
Character: N/A
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.
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Krzyżacy (1960)
Character: Commander Werner von Tettigen
A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights.
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Agent Nr.1 (1972)
Character: Pole In Carpathian Brigade Camp (uncredited)
Jerzy Szajnowicz-Ivanov, the son of a Polish mother and a Russian father, raised in Greece, reports to the Carpathian Brigade in the spring of 1941. While the Poles are wary of him at first, he proves his worth by taking part in several sabotage actions against the Nazis.
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Kapitan z Oriona (1977)
Character: Szyper
After only a few years of training, the top student at the fishing school is appointed captain of a fishing vessel. The experienced crew of the Orion - a bunch of old sea dogs - openly show their dislike for the new captain, a youngster with no experience. The conflict deepens as a result of the captain's "bad luck"—the ship is not catching fish even in places where it used to catch a lot. It is only when the captain discovers the cause, which is a malfunction of one of the devices, that he is fully rehabilitated in the eyes of the crew.
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Fort 13 (1984)
Character: Austrian General
A captain and lieutenant of the Russian army are buried in the basement of the Przemysl Fortress during the First World War.
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Poślizg (1972)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
A young man strikes up an ill-fated romance with a married woman.
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Rysopis (1965)
Character: Man in the phone booth (uncredited)
After being drafted into military service, a Polish student spends his last day coming to terms with his estranged wife, visiting old friends, and savoring some last moments of freedom.
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