Władysław Hańcza

Władysław Hańcza

Born: May 18, 1905
Died: November 19, 1977
in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]

Movies for Władysław Hańcza...

Title: Nights and Days
Character: Jan Łada
Released: February 26, 1978
Type: TV
Nights and Days is 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 Dąbrowska 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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The Border
Title: The Border
Character: minister
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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Big Deal
Title: Big Deal
Character: Władysław Kargul
Released: June 13, 1977
Type: Movie
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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Karino
Title: Karino
Character: Equestrian club president
Released: February 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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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Kazimierz Wielki
Title: Kazimierz Wielki
Character: Jarosław Bogoria from Skotniki
Released: March 9, 1976
Type: Movie
The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
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Title: Karino
Character: prezes klubu jeździeckiego
Released: February 14, 1976
Type: TV
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Green, Bygone...
Title: Green, Bygone...
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling
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Doctor Judym
Title: Doctor Judym
Released: October 20, 1975
Type: Movie
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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Nights and Days
Title: Nights and Days
Character: Jan Łada
Released: September 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzenska-Niechcic, (played by Jadwiga Baranska) and Bogumil Niechcic, (played by Jerzy Binczycki) 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. The cinematographic version is a condensation of the 12 part award winning TV serial of the same title and using the same cast and producers.
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The Story of Sin
Title: The Story of Sin
Character: Dr. Wielgosinski
Released: June 3, 1975
Type: Movie
A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes.
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Title: Czterdziestolatek
Character: Ojciec Magdy Karwowskiej
Released: May 16, 1975
Type: TV
Czterdziestolatek or 40-latek was a Polish television comedy series broadcast between 1974 and 1977. The first series enjoyed so much popularity that it has successfully continued and led to the release of a feature film I'm a Butterfly, a 40-year-old Love Affair and a New Year's Eve television program in 1975. The series was written by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and was broadcast on Telewizja Polska. In total, 21 episodes were produced. The series followed the fate of a Warsaw family and explored topics related to midlife crisis, such as extra-marital affairs, attempts to quit smoking, obsession with hair loss, efforts to maintain physical fitness, pride in achievements and professional life, the desire to seek self-fulfillment through social activities, etc.
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Title: Droga
Character: Władysław Kargul
Released: January 3, 1975
Type: TV
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The Deluge
Title: The Deluge
Character: Prince Janusz Radziwiłł
Released: September 2, 1974
Type: Movie
During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.
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Take It Easy
Title: Take It Easy
Character: Wladyslaw Kargul
Released: May 28, 1974
Type: Movie
The main characters are the same two quarreling peasant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit the farms. They invent a tricky and clever plan. The young granddaughter is to take over both of the farms after her marriage. Both Kargul and Pawlak have no rest until they carry out the plan. In the end, after numerous adventures and obstacles their cunning intrigue is fulfilled - the young marry and the land remains in the family's hands.
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The Peasants
Title: The Peasants
Character: Maciej Boryna
Released: December 7, 1973
Type: Movie
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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Lazarus' Whims
Title: Lazarus' Whims
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Title: Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Released: August 10, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Chłopi
Character: Maciej Boryna
Released: November 26, 1972
Type: TV
Chłopi is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1973.
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Diament radży
Title: Diament radży
Character: generał Thomas Vandeleur
Released: October 15, 1971
Type: Movie
A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.
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Kłopotliwy gość
Title: Kłopotliwy gość
Character: National Council chairman
Released: October 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Strange human-shaped phenomenon appeared in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.
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Title: Theatre Macabre
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: TV
Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors.
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The Woodpecker
Title: The Woodpecker
Character: Major Maksymilian Przebóg-Łaski
Released: May 21, 1971
Type: Movie
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Five and Half of Pale Joe
Title: Five and Half of Pale Joe
Character: proboszcz, stryj Katarzyny
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.
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The Tortures of Hope
Title: The Tortures of Hope
Character: Inquisitor
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A young doctor, accused of desecrating a body, is brought to the presence of the Inquisition.
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Colonel Wolodyjowski
Title: Colonel Wolodyjowski
Character: Old Nowowiejski
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: Edwin hrabia Wąsowski
Released: October 10, 1968
Type: TV
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.
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Countess Cosel
Title: Countess Cosel
Character: General Schulenburg
Released: September 6, 1968
Type: Movie
The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704.
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I Am Burning!
Title: I Am Burning!
Character: Wilibald Zatorski's Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1968
Type: Movie
The story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settled in the castle in Samsonów to renovate a damaged building. However, he is disturbed by the ghost of the former owner.
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Our Folks
Title: Our Folks
Character: Władysław Kargul / Władysław's Father
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.
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Lovers from Marona
Title: Lovers from Marona
Character: Gulbiński
Released: November 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Ola, a local school teacher, meets Janek, a sanatorium patient, and his friend Ark.
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Miejsce dla jednego
Title: Miejsce dla jednego
Character: Rybicki
Released: April 26, 1966
Type: Movie
The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
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The Ashes
Title: The Ashes
Character: Rafał's Father
Released: September 25, 1965
Type: Movie
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
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Heat
Title: Heat
Character: Prime Minister (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Two Elderly Men are asked by the Prime Minister to take care of the city for one day. During this time, they have to deal with the heat, a diplomatic conflict, a love rivalry, and a lack of water. They do it in their style – they sing easily.
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Jadą goście jadą...
Title: Jadą goście jadą...
Character: Priest (Segment 2)
Released: September 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Guests from America came to Poland, and there were three of them. One, a businessman, intends to buy the land from the battlefields in order to cash it for a profit abroad. The second is looking for a wife in his home village, highlander, and the third wants to visit his uncle's family. Will their trip be successful?
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Two Hours
Title: Two Hours
Character: Filip
Released: December 9, 1957
Type: Movie
Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.
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Soldier of Victory
Title: Soldier of Victory
Character: General Janczar
Released: May 8, 1953
Type: Movie
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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The Steel Hearts
Title: The Steel Hearts
Character: Engineer Karol
Released: May 10, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...