
Birthday:
11-24-1928
Deathday:
10-21-2017 (88 years)
Birthplace:
Poznań, Polska
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The Knave of Spades
Act like Policeman at the station
event1960 star_border 6.5
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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.
The Eighth Day of the Week
Act like "Duduś", Ela's "fiancé" (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 5.3
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Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
The Last Action
Act like Karpiuk "Czujny"
event2009 star_border 6.4
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When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on.
Kwiat paproci
Act like Czesław
event2009
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By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost until it was found and finally released in 2009.
Mister Blot's Academy
Act like Dr. Dollitle
event1984 star_border 5.7
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Thanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.
The Peasants
Act like Organist
event1973 star_border 5.6
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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.
Letters to Santa
Act like Szczepan's Father
event2011 star_border 6.8
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A romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of characters.
Jasne łany
Act like Man (uncredited)
event1947
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A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.
Difficult Love
Act like Peasant
event1954
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A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.
Satan from the Seventh Grade
Act like Priest Kazuro
event2007 star_border 1
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A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
Racławice. 1794
Act like szlachcic Jaworski
event1980
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The document describes the preparations and organizational problems related to the outbreak of the Kościuszko Insurrection and the initial phase of the fighting to the Battle of Racławice. He also devotes a lot of space to the peasant question.
Szkice węglem
Act like Geometer
event1957
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The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
Act like Notary
event1977 star_border 5.9
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Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.
Yokohama
event1982
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An American actress temporarily stops in Warsaw on her way to Japan, where she gets acquainted with the Polish writer.
Domek z kart
Act like Kobza
event1954
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August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.
Husband of His Wife
Act like Plumber (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6.2
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Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.
The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Act like Śliwa
event1954
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A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.
Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany
event1974
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Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.
Hell and Heaven
Act like Devil (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 6
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A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
Ktokolwiek wie...
Act like Fellow Journalist
event1966
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A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.
Westerplatte Resists
Act like Cook (uncredited)
event1967 star_border 6.8
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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.
Janka - Spełnione marzenie
Act like Priest
event1993
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A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The second of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
More Than Life At Stake Part One
Act like Puschke ("Top Secret")
event1969
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The first of six episode compilations of the TV show released theatrically, featuring episodes 1 and 3.
Janka - Orły i Wilki
Act like Priest
event1993
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A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The first of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
Romantyczni
Act like Nawrocki's Creditor
event1970
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An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters.
Der Schimmelreiter
Act like Vater
event1985 star_border 6
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German-Polish adaptation of Theodor Storm's novella.
The Twenties, the Thirties
Act like Zelski
event1984 star_border 6.1
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On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.
Echo
Act like Kamiński
event1964 star_border 6.2
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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.
I Hate Mondays
Act like Priest
event1971 star_border 7.4
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An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Sprawa do załatwienia
Act like Józef
event1953 star_border 6
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A series of misfortunes plagues a journalist and his new friend.
Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Act like Director In TV
event1973 star_border 5
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A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.
The Siding
Act like Laughing Passenger
event1968 star_border 5
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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.
Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka
Act like Judge
event1971 star_border 4.2
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Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man.
Special Mission
Act like Prompter-Bartender
event1987 star_border 4.3
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In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
The Nest
Act like Radost
event1974 star_border 5.9
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Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
The Warsaw Debut
Act like Publisher (uncredited)
event1951
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Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Young Chopin
Act like Sleeping Student (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.7
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Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
Wife for an Australian
Act like Porter
event1964 star_border 6.3
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A Polish-born Australian businessman arrives in Poland to find a wife for himself.
Weekend z dziewczyną
Act like Tomasz Syrkuć
event1968 star_border 7
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During World War 2 a doctor, patiently waiting for the liberation and unwilling to engage in the struggle against the Nazis is forced at a gunpoint by a Polish Resistance soldier to attend to the members of her squad.
War of Love
Act like Szlachcic
event2010 star_border 4.7
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Klara and Aniela are two young girls who decide not to get married. This decision makes bachelors even more eager to conquer them. Adaptation of the classic comedy by Aleksander Fredro.
Jedenaste przykazanie
Act like Henryk
event1988 star_border 2
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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.
The Big Picnic
Act like MO Chief
event1981 star_border 6.7
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Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Act like Sergeant Hopkins
event1970 star_border 7.6
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After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
The Deserters
Act like Feldfebel w burdelu
event1986 star_border 7.2
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Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
Wniebowstąpienie
Act like Gendarme on a Bike
event1969 star_border 5
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The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.
Calling 07
Act like Priest in Warka (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.5
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The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
More Than Life At Stake
Act like Puschke – zastępca Reila (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 8
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Stawka większa niż życie is a series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
Dom
Act like adwokat Pola (1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 7.5
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The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Samochodzik and Knights Templar
Act like Lucjusz (3 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7.3
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Pan Tomasz with his friends are looking a big treasure hidden by knights.
Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Act like dyrektor lokalu (1 ep.)
event1980 star_border 7.6
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Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.
Janosik
(1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 7.2
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Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor.
The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer.
There are 13 1-hour episodes.
Powrót doktora von Kniprode
Act like Walek (2 ep.)
event1966
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After the end of the war, the Polish authorities try to detain the head of the Warsaw Gestapo.
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