Władysław Dewoyno

Władysław Dewoyno

Born: July 10, 1915
Died: January 22, 1991
in Moskwa, Rosja

Movies for Władysław Dewoyno...

Fun and Games
Title: Fun and Games
Character: MO Officer at the party meeting (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: Movie
In the villa of the party dignitary, the fates of Stanisław, his son's friends, Zbyszek, a worker leaving the army, and the head of the thieves' gang, cross. The film was shelved by the censors for 27 years before finally getting a limited release in 2009.
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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Title: The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Character: Pastor
Released: December 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.
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New York, 4 A.M.
Title: New York, 4 A.M.
Character: Zawadzki
Released: October 10, 1988
Type: Movie
A sleepy provincial town with only one "Błysk" bar. If it weren't for the nearby prison, it would be forgotten to the world. This is how guests come. Agnieszka works in the bar and dreams of New York . Krzysiek and Józek love the girl. Józek tells her about a militia van carrying money.
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The Mother of the Kings
Title: The Mother of the Kings
Character: Sędzia
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
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Diabelskie szczęście
Title: Diabelskie szczęście
Character: Notary
Released: November 25, 1985
Type: Movie
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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Killing Auntie
Title: Killing Auntie
Character: Profesor
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: Movie
A grotesque fairy tale of fantasies in a 21-year old's mind. First he confesses to a priest about killing his aunt. Then he is sending parcels from the post office. Just when it appears that he is going to be arrested, the aunt appears alive and well from her trip. This time though, he decides to go for it...
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Thais
Title: Thais
Released: September 24, 1984
Type: Movie
Thais, an Egyptian courtesan, is converted to a life of a penitant by Paphnutius, a holy man. She is taken to a convent in the desert and lives her life in the care of the abbess there. But Paphnutius is changed by the vision of Thais and becomes obsessed with gaining her love and retrieving her from the spiritual world for himself.
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Wyłap
Title: Wyłap
Character: Professor
Released: March 29, 1984
Type: Movie
A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
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On, ona, oni
Title: On, ona, oni
Character: Fifty-year old man (segment 3)
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.
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An Uneventful Story
Title: An Uneventful Story
Character: Mikołaj
Released: September 12, 1983
Type: Movie
A well-known professor of medicine finding himself at the threshold of autumn of his life, takes stock of his achievements and experiences. "In the end it ends with what has been known for a long time: that conscious life without a fixed worldview is not life, but torment, horror. - wrote Anton Chekhov in one of his letters summarizing "An Uninteresting Story". The protagonist, Professor Nikolai Stepanovich, is a character characteristic of Chekhov's entire oeuvre - a Russian intellectual from the late nineteenth century, depressed by boredom and a sense of his own uselessness and the meaninglessness of his existence.
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Pensja pani Latter
Title: Pensja pani Latter
Character: Chłop
Released: September 5, 1983
Type: Movie
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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Points for Parentage
Title: Points for Parentage
Released: February 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Film about a young man, who wants to become an actor. His rural upbringing is not helpful in achieving his goal, but he overcomes defeat and humiliation with the help of a benevolent old professor.
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Polonia Restituta
Title: Polonia Restituta
Character: ojciec braci Pawlaków
Released: May 18, 1981
Type: Movie
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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Zamach stanu
Title: Zamach stanu
Character: aresztowany poseł
Released: April 6, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy
Character: urzędnik Banku Zbożowego
Released: April 6, 1980
Type: TV
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.
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Title: "Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa)
Character: Adam (nie występuje w napisach)
Released: March 3, 1980
Type: Movie
A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series
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Umarli rzucają cień
Title: Umarli rzucają cień
Released: September 6, 1979
Type: Movie
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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Rodzina Połanieckich
Title: Rodzina Połanieckich
Character: Julian Abdulski, urzędnik w firmie Połanieckiego
Released: March 4, 1979
Type: Movie
The love story of Stanisław Połaniecki and the beautiful Marynia Pławicka, set in the scenery of manor houses and Warsaw from the end of the 19th century.
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Poza układem
Title: Poza układem
Character: Małysek
Released: August 18, 1978
Type: Movie
The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player.
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The Border
Title: The Border
Character: redaktor "Niwy"
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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Title: Znaki szczególne
Character: chłop
Released: February 28, 1977
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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Title: Droga
Character: strażnik w tartaku (nie występuje w napisach)
Released: January 3, 1975
Type: TV
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Hour After Hour
Title: Hour After Hour
Character: Tadeusz's Father
Released: December 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.
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Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych
Title: Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych
Character: conductor
Released: April 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Copernicus
Title: Copernicus
Character: ranny operowany przez Kopernika
Released: February 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Poland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1973
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The Epidemic
Title: The Epidemic
Character: Doctor
Released: April 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.
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Diament radży
Title: Diament radży
Character: [obsada aktorska]
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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Kardiogram
Title: Kardiogram
Character: Chirurg
Released: May 4, 1971
Type: Movie
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Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
Title: Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
Character: Conductor
Released: September 25, 1970
Type: Movie
A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.
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Signs on the Road
Title: Signs on the Road
Character: magazynier w więzieniu
Released: June 2, 1970
Type: Movie
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Only the Dead Can Answer
Title: Only the Dead Can Answer
Released: December 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.
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The Red and the Gold
Title: The Red and the Gold
Character: Waiter
Released: September 19, 1969
Type: Movie
An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War.
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The Neighbours
Title: The Neighbours
Character: A Pole fighting along with the scouts
Released: September 3, 1969
Type: Movie
A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.
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Red Rowan
Title: Red Rowan
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Doll
Title: The Doll
Character: Jan Machalski
Released: December 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
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Countess Cosel
Title: Countess Cosel
Character: Holder
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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Our Folks
Title: Our Folks
Character: Man looking at Horses (uncredited)
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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The Killer Leaves a Trace
Title: The Killer Leaves a Trace
Character: Paramedic (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1967
Type: Movie
In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.
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The Codes
Title: The Codes
Character: Train Waiter
Released: December 25, 1966
Type: Movie
An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
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The Hot Line
Title: The Hot Line
Character: HR Manager
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: Movie
Przybora, an engineer, undertakes the construction of a modern mine. His fiancée supports him in the hardships of his work.
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The Saragossa Manuscript
Title: The Saragossa Manuscript
Character: Innkeeper
Released: February 9, 1965
Type: Movie
During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
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Agnes 1946
Title: Agnes 1946
Character: January
Released: November 24, 1964
Type: Movie
A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
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Good Sins
Title: Good Sins
Character: Peasant (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1963
Type: Movie
A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
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Czerwone berety
Title: Czerwone berety
Character: Conductor
Released: April 5, 1963
Type: Movie
A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk
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The Lost Bridge
Title: The Lost Bridge
Character: SB Officer (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1963
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.
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Nafta
Title: Nafta
Released: November 17, 1961
Type: Movie
Szymek, a young man at clash with his home village takes up a job as a geologist and marries a girl whose parents dissaprove of him.
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Goodbye to the Past
Title: Goodbye to the Past
Character: Train conductor
Released: March 23, 1961
Type: Movie
An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.
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The Stone Sky
Title: The Stone Sky
Character: Man digging a Grave
Released: November 16, 1959
Type: Movie
The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness.
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Signals
Title: Signals
Character: Security officer (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1959
Type: Movie
A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.
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Cross of Valor
Title: Cross of Valor
Character: Soldier
Released: March 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
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Pills for Aurelia
Title: Pills for Aurelia
Character: Heinz
Released: November 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.
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Free City
Title: Free City
Character: German following Rajca (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
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The Eighth Day of the Week
Title: The Eighth Day of the Week
Character: MO Lieutenant
Released: August 26, 1958
Type: Movie
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.
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The Noose
Title: The Noose
Character: Electrician Władek
Released: January 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. But when his girlfriend is at work and Kuba home alone, resisting temptation becomes hard.
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Two Hours
Title: Two Hours
Character: (uncredited)
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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Irene, Go Home!
Title: Irene, Go Home!
Character: Driving Instructor (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1955
Type: Movie
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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The Chase
Title: The Chase
Character: Mayor
Released: July 22, 1954
Type: Movie
At a stable a group of horses are poisoned. Suspicion falls on Bronka, the local vet. The woman must prove her innocence and find the real culprit.
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Difficult Love
Title: Difficult Love
Character: Hanka's Brother
Released: April 10, 1954
Type: Movie
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.
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Gromada
Title: Gromada
Character: Zygmunt
Released: April 29, 1952
Type: Movie
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
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Unvanquished City
Title: Unvanquished City
Character: German Soldier saving Rafalski (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Unvanquished City (Polish: Robinson warszawski, Polish: Miasto nieujarzmione) is a 1950 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Zarzycki. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.