Wiktor Grotowicz

Wiktor Grotowicz

Born: October 23, 1919
Died: December 19, 1985
in Białystok, podlaskie, Polska

Movies for Wiktor Grotowicz...

Kwiat paproci
Title: Kwiat paproci
Character: Middle school headmaster
Released: May 29, 2009
Type: Movie
By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost until it was found and finally released in 2009.
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Long Night
Title: Long Night
Released: October 30, 1989
Type: Movie
The residents of an apartment complex in World War 2 Poland face a moral dilemma when they discover one of their neighbours is hiding a Jew.
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Sara's House
Title: Sara's House
Character: Chess Player
Released: February 7, 1987
Type: Movie
This is a tale of a young woman Sara Braga who kills her lovers with the help of her servant Juliusz. She is a succubus and her servant is a personification of Asmodeus.
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Title: Przyłbice i kaptury
Released: November 23, 1986
Type: TV
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I Like Bats
Title: I Like Bats
Character: Szulc
Released: July 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Izabella, a beautiful young woman, works at her aunt’s shop in a small town in Poland. She uses her hands to create unique small objects for the shop, but in the night she has the strange habit to feed bats.
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Angel of Fire
Title: Angel of Fire
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Set in the 16th century in the Grand Inqusition period. Ruprecht stops overnight at an inn, and falls in love with the lovely Renata. She however, has fallen under the spell of Count Henryk, whom she believes to be an "angel of fire". The girl eventually brings him before the Inquisition.
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Piętno
Title: Piętno
Character: Civil servant (uncredited)
Released: June 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Józef comes to his hometown on the anniversary of the murder of his father - a peasant activist, and explores the circumstances of his death.
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Funeral Ceremony
Title: Funeral Ceremony
Character: Notary
Released: March 6, 1985
Type: Movie
After the death of a respected academician, who in his private life was a tyrant and a phony, the family awaits arrival of a prodigal son to begin the ceremony. However, the deceased has prepared a vengeance for his disappointing sons...
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Synthesis
Title: Synthesis
Released: June 11, 1984
Type: Movie
In 2059 scientists manage to revive two people after 80 years of suspended animation - a boy Marek Torlewski and a dictator Muanty, who quickly becomes a serious threat to humanity. Synteza is an adaptation of a novel by Maciej Wojtyszko.
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Fever
Title: Fever
Released: September 4, 1981
Type: Movie
The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.
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Zamach stanu
Title: Zamach stanu
Character: poseł Adolf Warski
Released: April 6, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Misja
Character: pracodawca Hasego
Released: March 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Wiśnie
Title: Wiśnie
Character: Stefan Kowalik
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Thirty years after the war, Anna, a journalist from Germany, leaves for her native village in Lower Silesia, which she had to leave with her family in 1945. Here she meets Ludwik, an old love and her daughter's father.
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Title: Znaki szczególne
Character: dyrektor naczelny budowy zapory
Released: February 28, 1977
Type: TV
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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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Title: Kolumbowie
Character: [obsada aktorska]
Released: September 9, 1970
Type: TV
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Album polski
Title: Album polski
Character: SS-man
Released: May 8, 1970
Type: Movie
University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
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Tamań
Title: Tamań
Character: Stronghold Commander
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A young Russian officer finds himself in a rundown town and seeks shelter in an abandoned hut while waiting for help.
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Czekam w Monte Carlo
Title: Czekam w Monte Carlo
Character: kierownik polskiej ekipy
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
At the annual car race in Monte Carlo the Polish team consists of driver Piotr and his pilot Jan. They compete with other teams as well as with one another - for the feelings of one woman.
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The Red and the Gold
Title: The Red and the Gold
Character: Banasik
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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Colonel Wolodyjowski
Title: Colonel Wolodyjowski
Character: General Potocki
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: generał Willmann
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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Fatalista
Title: Fatalista
Character: Major
Released: March 13, 1968
Type: Movie
Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?
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Bumerang
Title: Bumerang
Character: Militia Captain
Released: November 8, 1966
Type: Movie
A German man and a Polish woman fall in love in the days preceding World War II.
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Don Gabriel
Title: Don Gabriel
Character: Ministry Clerk (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.
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Sobótki
Title: Sobótki
Character: Doctor
Released: June 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
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Pharaoh
Title: Pharaoh
Character: Nitager
Released: March 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.
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Katastrofa
Title: Katastrofa
Character: Rozner
Released: February 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.
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Agnes 1946
Title: Agnes 1946
Character: Gerard
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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Giuseppe in Warsaw
Title: Giuseppe in Warsaw
Character: Garrison Commander (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1964
Type: Movie
The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
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Weekendy
Title: Weekendy
Character: Stasio
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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Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Title: Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Character: Colonel Woszczewski
Released: August 29, 1963
Type: Movie
The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs.
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Here Is My Home
Title: Here Is My Home
Character: Pawel
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
A young man, Kuba, is returning from the army. At home, an image of misery and despair remains: the father is seriously ill, and the mother has become emotionally attached to the man who exploits her and intends to take over the farm. After the death of his father, the young man guards the farm, but his girlfriend leaves him. Unable to bear the atmosphere of envy and resentment, Kuba leaves for the city.
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The Lost Bridge
Title: The Lost Bridge
Character: SB Major
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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Zobaczymy się w niedzielę
Title: Zobaczymy się w niedzielę
Character: Sergeant Walczak (uncredited)
Released: January 11, 1960
Type: Movie
Two soldiers spend their free Sunday in Wrocław.
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Polar Bear
Title: Polar Bear
Character: German Officer (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1959
Type: Movie
A Jewish man who escapes a Nazi transport hides in a Polish ski resort town by posing for photos with tourists dressed as a polar bear.
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Signals
Title: Signals
Character: City chief (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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Pills for Aurelia
Title: Pills for Aurelia
Character: Gestapo Officer arresting Michalak
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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Ashes and Diamonds
Title: Ashes and Diamonds
Character: Franek Pawlicki
Released: October 3, 1958
Type: Movie
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
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The Eighth Day of the Week
Title: The Eighth Day of the Week
Character: Man in Zieleniak pub (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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Spotkania
Title: Spotkania
Character: Jane's husband (segment 4) (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Four stories showing the various facets of love.
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Shadow
Title: Shadow
Character: Peler
Released: May 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
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Podhale w ogniu
Title: Podhale w ogniu
Character: Wawrzuś's Brother
Released: January 25, 1956
Type: Movie
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Not Far from Warsaw
Title: Not Far from Warsaw
Character: Wielicki
Released: October 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.