Janusz Ziejewski

Janusz Ziejewski

Born: March 26, 1906
Died: November 26, 1973
in Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)

Movies for Janusz Ziejewski...

Title: Nights and Days
Character: Karbowy Walenty
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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How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Title: How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Character: Feldfebel
Released: April 2, 1970
Type: Movie
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
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Title: Gniewko, syn rybaka
Character: Krzyżan
Released: December 27, 1969
Type: TV
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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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Makbet
Title: Makbet
Character: Soldier
Released: June 30, 1969
Type: Movie
A staging of William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed in 1969 by Andrzej Wajda. The roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are played by Tadeusz Łomnicki and Magda Zawadzka - actors who at that time gained popularity in the series "Pan Wołodyjowski". This perverse use of the artists' images by the director was intended to serve an interpretation of the tragedy that emphasizes Shakespeare's question: where does evil in man come from?
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: niemiecki pułkownik na linii frontu
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: August Christopher Wackenbarth
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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Wystrzał
Title: Wystrzał
Character: Officer
Released: April 18, 1966
Type: Movie
Study of a man obsessively seeking revenge.
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Alone in the City
Title: Alone in the City
Character: Man calling for Konrad (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1965
Type: Movie
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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Title: Podziemny front
Released: April 17, 1965
Type: TV
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Rendes-Vous with a Spy
Title: Rendes-Vous with a Spy
Character: Cloakroom Attendant
Released: July 10, 1964
Type: Movie
A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
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The Two Who Stole the Moon
Title: The Two Who Stole the Moon
Released: November 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.
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Rodzina Milcarków
Title: Rodzina Milcarków
Character: Paweł Milcarek
Released: November 9, 1962
Type: Movie
The fate of a working-class family during the third Silesian Uprising.
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The Impossible Goodbye
Title: The Impossible Goodbye
Character: Żaczek
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unless some new life is infused into its acts, its future does not look very rosy. Into this precarious situation comes a new mime with the uncanny ability to sap the confidence of his fellow performers. If he continues for long in this vein, no one will be able to believe they have any talent left at all.
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Birth Certificate
Title: Birth Certificate
Character: German Gendarme
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
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Knights of the Teutonic Order
Title: Knights of the Teutonic Order
Character: Zyndram of Maszkowice
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 Eighth Day of the Week
Title: The Eighth Day of the Week
Character: Man watching Agnieszka from a car (uncredited)
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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Career
Title: Career
Character: English Colonel
Released: March 26, 1955
Type: Movie
Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.
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Cellulose
Title: Cellulose
Character: Baron
Released: April 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
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Five Boys from Barska Street
Title: Five Boys from Barska Street
Character: Witness (uncredited)
Released: February 27, 1954
Type: Movie
In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.
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The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Title: The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Character: Amusement Park Director
Released: February 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.
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Adventure in Marienstadt
Title: Adventure in Marienstadt
Character: Minister
Released: January 25, 1954
Type: Movie
While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. She returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women can work as hard as men
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Pierwsze dni
Title: Pierwsze dni
Character: Damalt, Plewy's Brother-in-law
Released: March 4, 1952
Type: Movie
An old worker secures the future of his steel mill during the war.
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Unvanquished City
Title: Unvanquished City
Character: German Looter
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: Gestapo Member
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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Love or a Kingdom
Title: Love or a Kingdom
Character: Dowoyna
Released: December 7, 1936
Type: Movie
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Dzikuska
Title: Dzikuska
Released: November 29, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Call of the Sea
Title: The Call of the Sea
Character: Sailor
Released: October 12, 1927
Type: Movie
The son of a miller, following his call, flees to the sea, but after several years he returns to his family and to his childhood romance, Hanka.