Henryk Borowski

Henryk Borowski

Born: February 14, 1910
Died: November 13, 1991
in Płock, Russia [prenet Poland]

Movies for Henryk Borowski...

Alchemik
Title: Alchemik
Character: Father Salezy
Released: October 7, 1989
Type: Movie
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
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Sons and Comrades
Title: Sons and Comrades
Character: Wildermayer
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.
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Az óriás
Title: Az óriás
Released: April 5, 1984
Type: Movie
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Title: Nights and Days
Character: Klemens Klicki, stryj Bogumiła
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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Mniejszy szuka Dużego
Title: Mniejszy szuka Dużego
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 10, 1976
Type: Movie
The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
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Nights and Days
Title: Nights and Days
Character: Klemens Klicki
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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Lazarus' Whims
Title: Lazarus' Whims
Character: Jacenty
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
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Copernicus
Title: Copernicus
Character: Tiedemann Giese, biskup chełmiński
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 Wedding
Title: The Wedding
Character: Old Man
Released: January 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
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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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Firesite
Title: Firesite
Character: Warecki, kolega Rojeckiego z archiwum
Released: May 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A potter putting up a fireplace tells a story of a man, who decided to build a house at an infamous fire site.
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Shifting Sands
Title: Shifting Sands
Character: Forest Ranger
Released: April 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A 12-year-old boy (Gregorz Zuchowicz) and his father embark on a fishing trip where the boy hopes to get to know his father better. When a young woman leaves her boyfriend after a quarrel, the father invites her along on the trip. The boy's hopes of a father-and-son retreat are shattered when it becomes obvious dad is after more than fish. The girl's boyfriend finally returns for the girl as the son watches the two men face off from his position above on a sand dune. Sadly, the boy goes off by himself to fish while his father is busy with other things in this drama of a boy's realization of the harsh realities of the adult world.
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Countess Cosel
Title: Countess Cosel
Character: Count Hoym
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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Master
Title: Master
Character: Attorney
Released: October 7, 1966
Type: Movie
A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.
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I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
Title: I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
Character: Jerzy Kubiak
Released: September 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
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Knights of the Teutonic Order
Title: Knights of the Teutonic Order
Character: Siegfried de Löwe
Released: September 2, 1960
Type: Movie
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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The Stone Sky
Title: The Stone Sky
Character: Professor
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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Król Maciuś I
Title: Król Maciuś I
Character: Minister of Internal Affairs
Released: April 8, 1958
Type: Movie
A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
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Farewell to the Devil
Title: Farewell to the Devil
Character: Maciej Raubach
Released: April 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.
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Difficult Love
Title: Difficult Love
Character: Bielecki
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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The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Title: The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Character: Słaboński
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.
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Domek z kart
Title: Domek z kart
Character: Head Editor
Released: January 16, 1954
Type: Movie
August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.
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Unvanquished City
Title: Unvanquished City
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.
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The Others Will Follow
Title: The Others Will Follow
Character: Professor Brzozowski
Released: May 12, 1949
Type: Movie
A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis, showing the activities of the left-wing underground in the occupied capital.
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Forbidden Songs
Title: Forbidden Songs
Character: Maria Kędziorek's Executioner
Released: January 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
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Title: Professor Tutka Club
Character: Sędzia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Professor Tutka is a storyteller in little café.