Michał Szewczyk

Michał Szewczyk

Born: July 29, 1934
Died: February 8, 2021
in Łódź, łódzkie, Polska

Movies for Michał Szewczyk...

We'll Be Fine
Title: We'll Be Fine
Character: Jacek's grandfather
Released: March 25, 2022
Type: Movie
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Inspection
Title: Inspection
Character: Stary Lejtnant
Released: April 9, 2018
Type: Movie
On a mission from Stalin, a Russian officer sets out to convince Polish soldiers held at POW camps to collaborate with Communist authorities.
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Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Title: Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Character: Zbigniew Herbert
Released: February 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.
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Bardzo krótki strajk. 14-15 grudnia 1981 roku
Title: Bardzo krótki strajk. 14-15 grudnia 1981 roku
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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Siwa legenda
Title: Siwa legenda
Character: Gołas
Released: September 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Two noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania clash because one refuses to free his servant - a girl. The second joins a peasant revolt and takes over the castle.
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Powrót do Polski
Title: Powrót do Polski
Character: Kaczmarek
Released: December 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.
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Bermuda Triangle
Title: Bermuda Triangle
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.
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The Young Magician
Title: The Young Magician
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
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Polonia Restituta
Title: Polonia Restituta
Character: członek delegacji Pierwszej Brygady u Piłsudskiego
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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Short Working Day
Title: Short Working Day
Character: Kapitan z komendy wojewódzkiej MO
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. [Produced in 1981, but not commercially released until 1996.]
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Title: Dom
Character: stryj Pawła
Released: November 9, 1980
Type: TV
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Victory
Title: Victory
Character: szeregowy Michał Badzioch
Released: May 6, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Samochodzik and Knights Templar
Character: Michał Piotrowski
Released: February 20, 1972
Type: TV
Pan Tomasz with his friends are looking a big treasure hidden by knights.
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Title: Pan Samochodzik i Templariusze
Character: Michał Piotrowski, polski kuzyn Petersena
Released: February 20, 1972
Type: TV
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Zabijcie czarną owcę
Title: Zabijcie czarną owcę
Character: Złotko
Released: February 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Young man struggles with being rejected by society.
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Operation
Title: Operation "Brutus"
Released: May 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Jaruga, the head of the local Security Office, cannot liquidate the "Boruta" unit. Most likely, he has his man in the UB. In order to unmask him and liquidate the unit, Albert, an employee of the UB, acting in complete conspiracy, arrives.
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The Ring of Queen Ann
Title: The Ring of Queen Ann
Released: April 2, 1971
Type: Movie
Adventures of a three good friends during school summer vacation.
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Title: Doktor Ewa
Character: pracownik SKR-u
Released: February 12, 1971
Type: TV
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Moon
Title: Moon
Character: Kola
Released: November 27, 1969
Type: Movie
The action takes place during the revolution in Russia. A young officer - a White Guard - is sentenced to death by the Red Army soldiers and on a moonlit night he is led to be shot.
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Ostatnie dni
Title: Ostatnie dni
Character: szeregowy Michał Badzioch
Released: May 9, 1969
Type: Movie
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Kierunek Berlin
Title: Kierunek Berlin
Character: Private Michał Badzioch
Released: January 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: Franek, polski żołnierz
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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Komedie pomyłek
Title: Komedie pomyłek
Character: Photographer / Bill
Released: July 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Three Polish TV movies packed together and released theatrically
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Westerplatte Resists
Title: Westerplatte Resists
Character: Dissident Soldier (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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.
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Komedia z pomyłek
Title: Komedia z pomyłek
Character: Bill
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century in a small Californian town in the Wild West. Hans, a German émigré, opens a shop on one of the streets. To his annoyance, his fellow countryman, young and beautiful Lora, sets up a shop on the opposite side. There is fierce competition. Lora decides to take Hans to court. However, unfamiliar with German, the judge mistakenly marries them.
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Title: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Character: Photographer
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
A stranger shows up in an American town, promising a reward for the person who once helped him out of trouble.
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Pieczona gęś
Title: Pieczona gęś
Character: Smoker
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Polish TV movie.
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Hell and Heaven
Title: Hell and Heaven
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1966
Type: Movie
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.
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Niedziela sprawiedliwości
Title: Niedziela sprawiedliwości
Character: Walczak
Released: February 4, 1966
Type: Movie
A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.
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Title: Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Character: Albin, współpracownik Sowy
Released: December 25, 1965
Type: TV
Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.
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The Ashes
Title: The Ashes
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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Instrumentum mortis
Title: Instrumentum mortis
Character: Bandit
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Polish TV movie. Lost.
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A Lady from the Window
Title: A Lady from the Window
Character: Guard
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.
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Pięciu
Title: Pięciu
Character: Francik
Released: December 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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The Law and the Fist
Title: The Law and the Fist
Character: Militiaman
Released: September 14, 1964
Type: Movie
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.
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Barwy walki
Title: Barwy walki
Character: Franek
Released: June 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.
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Title: "Yokmok"
Character: Gang boss
Released: December 25, 1963
Type: Movie
Former Master Mariner Klimecki works an unassuming job in a small port near the Baltic Sea, hiding his identity from the world, which makes him suspicious in the eyes of the local government.
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Weekendy
Title: Weekendy
Character: Andrzej
Released: December 2, 1963
Type: Movie
An intimate psychological drama consisting of two separate stories, the heroes of which represent the attitudes of young people, which were rarely manifested in the early 1960s.
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The Lost Bridge
Title: The Lost Bridge
Character: Aleks Dziarnik
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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The Two Who Stole the Moon
Title: The Two Who Stole the Moon
Character: Rapporteur during a hunchback race (uncredited)
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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The Voice from Beyond
Title: The Voice from Beyond
Character: Painter (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1962
Type: Movie
A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the authorities begin showing in these quacks.
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Jadą goście jadą...
Title: Jadą goście jadą...
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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The Impossible Goodbye
Title: The Impossible Goodbye
Character: Helper (uncredited)
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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Story of the Golden Boot
Title: Story of the Golden Boot
Character: Kudraś
Released: December 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
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Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
Title: Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
Character: "Astoria" patron (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1961
Type: Movie
An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.
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Rzeczywistość
Title: Rzeczywistość
Character: Student
Released: April 28, 1961
Type: Movie
The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
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Tysiąc talarów
Title: Tysiąc talarów
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1960
Type: Movie
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.
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Signals
Title: Signals
Character: Felek
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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Pan Anatol szuka miliona
Title: Pan Anatol szuka miliona
Character: Franek
Released: March 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery.
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The Attempt
Title: The Attempt
Character: "Eagle"
Released: January 12, 1959
Type: Movie
Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
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Kalosze szczęścia
Title: Kalosze szczęścia
Character: Black man (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. However, they consistently fall into the wrong hands, creating a multitude of absurd and comedic situations.
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What Will My Wife Say to This?
Title: What Will My Wife Say to This?
Released: September 26, 1958
Type: Movie
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Król Maciuś I
Title: Król Maciuś I
Character: Juvenile delinquent (uncredited)
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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Eroica
Title: Eroica
Character: Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Released: January 4, 1958
Type: Movie
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
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Koniec nocy
Title: Koniec nocy
Character: Witek
Released: December 21, 1957
Type: Movie
A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.
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Zemsta
Title: Zemsta
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry.
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Skarb kapitana Martensa
Title: Skarb kapitana Martensa
Character: Mucha
Released: May 25, 1957
Type: Movie
A ship crew fight over a deceased captain's notebook, believing that it contains clues to find a treasure.
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Land
Title: Land
Character: Staszek
Released: February 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Poland in the 50s, 20th century The process of collectivization of agriculture is under way. The wealthy Slumdog farmer is one of the last individual farmers who have not joined the cooperative and are trying to grow their own land. But it is very difficult - the unemployed mercenaries who paid for them run to cooperatives (where they have better conditions), the environment or the local authorities do not accept him as a kulak. Struggling with the problem of how to make a 40-hectare farm last, he remains alone in the face of a loss of land that he cannot cultivate.
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Not Far from Warsaw
Title: Not Far from Warsaw
Character: Group Member (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.