Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Born: December 15, 1923
Died: November 29, 2006
in Warsaw, Poland
Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.

Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his very long career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights and Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water.

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Fun and Games
Title: Fun and Games
Character: Stanisław
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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Kwiat paproci
Title: Kwiat paproci
Character: Niuniek
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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Satan from the Seventh Grade
Title: Satan from the Seventh Grade
Character: Leon
Released: April 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
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Inland Empire
Title: Inland Empire
Character: Marek
Released: December 6, 2006
Type: Movie
An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
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After Season
Title: After Season
Character: Leon Kos
Released: March 31, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Ranczo
Character: Japycz
Released: March 5, 2006
Type: TV
Ranczo ["Ranch"] is a Polish television comedy series, directed by Wojciech Adamczyk, that has aired since March 2006 on TVP1. It follows the story of Lucy Wilska, a Polish-American who has inherited her grandmother's country home in the fictional small town of Wilkowyje. She arrives in Wilkowyje intent on selling the cottage but, after seeing the charm of the village, decides to stay.
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King Ubu
Title: King Ubu
Character: ambasador USA
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country.
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Insatiability
Title: Insatiability
Character: Old Prince
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Zypcio is an idealistic heir to a large brewery in Poland. In the face of Chinese invasion threatening Eastern Europe, he is corrupted by the advances of both Princess Irina, who is after his money, and the court jester, who is after his virginity. The film Nienasycenie / INSATIABILITY, directed by Wiktor Grodecki based on the novel of the same title by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival. The film will be screened as part of the festival's Panorama section.
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All The Saints
Title: All The Saints
Character: Michał, przyjaciel Marii z oddziału
Released: November 1, 2002
Type: Movie
As every year, the celebration of All Saints Day brings Polish families together at the graves of their loved ones. On this special day Maria, 80-year-old widow, visits the graveyard with her son, his wife and their children.
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E=mc²
Title: E=mc²
Character: profesor
Released: August 23, 2002
Type: Movie
The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong, merciless bully and Stella, Ramzes girlfriend.
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Listy miłosne
Title: Listy miłosne
Character: Boarding House Owner
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: Movie
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Coyote's Morning
Title: Coyote's Morning
Character: Senator Stanisław Polak
Released: August 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Kuba, a young cartoon artist who works as a waiter at sophisticated parties, falls in love with beautiful Noemi and accidentally gets involved in gangster affairs
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Raport
Title: Raport
Character: Professor
Released: March 25, 2001
Type: Movie
A movie director and a TV CEO set out to make a movie about the decline of the human race and civilization.
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Przedwiośnie
Title: Przedwiośnie
Character: Professor Fiszer
Released: March 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.
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I'm Looking at You, Mary
Title: I'm Looking at You, Mary
Character: Michał's boss
Released: May 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Two young people share their lives and homes for two years.
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Title: Miasteczko
Released: March 27, 2000
Type: TV
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Boys Don't Cry
Title: Boys Don't Cry
Character: wuj Oskar
Released: February 25, 2000
Type: Movie
One of the best Polish comedies of the late 1990s, "Boys Don't Cry" is a satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them.
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To my
Title: To my
Character: School Headmaster
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
A young man, to ensure that he will pass the high school maturity test convinces his girlfriend to help him steal the answer sheets.
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Lovers
Title: Lovers
Character: Ksiądz
Released: January 28, 2000
Type: Movie
Beauty Zosia is a “hunter” by nature: she very professionally captivates rich men, draws money from them, and then throws deceived fans and plans a new victim. Once at the opening day, Zosya meets an irresistible macho, photo artist Mateusz, and, contrary to her own principles, falls in love with him. But after a while she begins to realize that Mateusz is also a “hunter” and that they are colleagues ...
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Gwiazdka w Złotopolicach
Title: Gwiazdka w Złotopolicach
Character: Emil Gilewski
Released: December 24, 1999
Type: Movie
A TV movie based on the television series "Złotopolscy", concerning a Christmas Eve for the familes of Złotopolscy.
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Odlotowe wakacje
Title: Odlotowe wakacje
Character: Doctor
Released: March 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Professor Damrot and the children come to a land that is not on the maps. At the same time, the little witch is given a task to protect this place from tourists.
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Deserter's Gold
Title: Deserter's Gold
Character: żandarm (sekwencja z filmu "C.K. Dezerterzy")
Released: December 3, 1998
Type: Movie
"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the more serious dangers of a war. Deserters Gold takes place during World War II, while the first film happened during WWI. The heroes' mission is to rob a Nazi-run bank in Poland for gold that will buy military supplies for the Polish Underground.
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The Book of Great Wishes
Title: The Book of Great Wishes
Character: Zawadzki
Released: December 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life.
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Mamo, czy kury potrafią mówić?
Title: Mamo, czy kury potrafią mówić?
Character: Awidor (voice)
Released: July 10, 1998
Type: Movie
A brave little girl along side her sidekick chicken, a robot and a soldier go on a adventure in a stop-motion fantasy land to overthrow the evil Troll king and bring peace to the land.
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Irritating Refrigerator Noise
Title: Irritating Refrigerator Noise
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A satire on the life of a family stuck in a small flat space, performing mundane activities.
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Pułapka
Title: Pułapka
Character: komendant
Released: December 5, 1997
Type: Movie
An actor returns to Poland after 12 very unsuccessful years in the United States only to find himself entangled in a noirish situation reminiscent of California in the 1940s.
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Sztos
Title: Sztos
Character: niemiecki turysta Josef
Released: August 22, 1997
Type: Movie
Two friends recall the PRL. After serving time in jail, they took up an illegal currency exchange. Cheated by partner - they decide to take revenge. Preparations take many months, but the action ends differently than it was planned.
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Title: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Released: June 19, 1997
Type: Movie
A television staging of the 1941 Brecht play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
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The Island on Bird Street
Title: The Island on Bird Street
Character: Podolski
Released: April 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Alex is an 11-year old boy who, during WWII, hides in the Jewish ghetto from Nazis after all his relatives have been sent to the concentration camp. The movie portrays the ghetto through his eyes.
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Trees
Title: Trees
Released: July 25, 1996
Type: Movie
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The Story About Master Twardowski
Title: The Story About Master Twardowski
Character: Tomasz Reiner, lalkarz z Wittembergi
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Tsarevich Aleksey
Title: Tsarevich Aleksey
Character: Count Schonborn
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Tsarevich Alexei was one of the smartest people in the state. His father Peter hoped that he would take his place, but Alexei tried with all his might to remain out of power and wished for ordinary human happiness.
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Doctor Semmelweis
Title: Doctor Semmelweis
Character: Committee Chairman
Released: November 20, 1995
Type: Movie
The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.
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Polish Death
Title: Polish Death
Character: profesor Zabłocki, promotor pracy Marty
Released: April 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else...
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Tu stoję...
Title: Tu stoję...
Character: prokurator Makowiec
Released: May 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A journalist from "Gazeta Wyborcza" recalls his investigative reports and the consequences he suffered while trying to reveal the truth.
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Conversation with a Cupboard Man
Title: Conversation with a Cupboard Man
Character: Inspector
Released: March 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Charles sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Charles' tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Charles starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.
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Łowca. Ostatnie starcie
Title: Łowca. Ostatnie starcie
Character: Edward
Released: January 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A young boy finds out that the video game his father had just bought him takes place not only on the computer screen, but also in real life, as two evil men kidnap his father he must win the game to get him back.
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Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza
Title: Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza
Character: Istvan Holya
Released: January 4, 1994
Type: Movie
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Żabi Skok
Title: Żabi Skok
Character: Alfred Zineman
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Sonia is pregnant with her lover Mirek. Alfred, an elderly Swiss businessman, married to Sonia, does not like the situation. He orders two tough guys to persuade the two lovers.
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Blood of the Innocent
Title: Blood of the Innocent
Character: Polish Priest
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
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Colossus
Title: Colossus
Character: Stefan Borovitz
Released: September 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A boy paralyzed as a child grows into an athletic man. The colossal strength that allowed him to become a fit man will prove to be his undoing. Convicted of a murder in a fight, he loses the chance to return to his beloved girl.
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Polowanie na Króla Lira
Title: Polowanie na Króla Lira
Character: Roman Birecki
Released: May 2, 1993
Type: Movie
A couple of Warsaw actors come to a small town to play in a play staged there. When one of them disappears, the theater director begins a private investigation.
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Title: Kuchnia polska
Character: Ignacy Feureisen, urzędnik ministerstwa BP
Released: April 18, 1993
Type: TV
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European Night
Title: European Night
Released: March 19, 1993
Type: Movie
An aspiring actress falls for her leading man and passion ignites. When a series of murders haunts the estate where the actors are filming, her leading man no longer seems to be perfect and she is forced into a deadly choice.
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Priest Daens
Title: Priest Daens
Character: Commission Member
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
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Dismissed From Life
Title: Dismissed From Life
Character: dyrektor szpitala
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac. He wanders through the city, sought by his assilant, who fear he will testify against them. Marek finds shelter with a girlfriend/bagwoman who supposedly was once queen of Paris boulevards. Marek regains his memory just as the villains are to get him. He eventually returns to his house only to find out that his mother died and his brother left for Australia.
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A Very Polish Practice
Title: A Very Polish Practice
Character: Priest
Released: September 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Screen One movie that is a continuation of Andrew Davies' brilliant series A Very Peculiar Practice. Dr. Daker feels finally settled in his life in Poland with his new wife and son, but he soon find things to be just as tumultuous, not least because Bob Buzzard is still around. And is that those nuns again?
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Warsaw: Year 5703
Title: Warsaw: Year 5703
Character: Officier
Released: August 26, 1992
Type: Movie
In the winter of 1943 two young Jews, Alek and Fryda, escape, via sewer tunnels, from the atrocities underway in Warsaw ghetto. Alek, entrusted with undeveloped photos of the horrors within, makes his way to a supposedly safe apartment only to find it occupied by Germans. Another tenant, a pole Stephania, abruptly offers to shelter him in her spacious apartment. She comforts him and they make love that very night. Stefania is uncommonly generous and willing to jeopardize her own safety by hiding a Jew. She even goes to a nearby church and rescues Fryda. But Fryda is ungrateful and proceeds to sabotage the trio's safety in insidious ways.
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Kanalia
Title: Kanalia
Character: Wert's boss in Germany
Released: March 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge.
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Controlled Conversations
Title: Controlled Conversations
Character: Secretary of State
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
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Polish Cuisine
Title: Polish Cuisine
Character: Ignacy Feureisen
Released: November 22, 1991
Type: Movie
A Polish lieutenant from the Royal Air Force comes home with his British wife and faces political persecution.
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Siwa legenda
Title: Siwa legenda
Character: Alojzy
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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Seychelles
Title: Seychelles
Character: Poziemski, klient burdelu
Released: April 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A small-time racketeer Stefek evades mob bosses by passing himself off as a mentally unstable cleptomaniac and laying low in an asylum. The racketeer and his closest devotee escape from the asylum and find work at the opera. Stefek becomes stage-doorman and soon discovers that the opera doubles as a brothel.
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The Return of She-Wolf
Title: The Return of She-Wolf
Character: Ziembalski
Released: October 26, 1990
Type: Movie
A young couple arrives to the palace, where years ago the Countess Julia, She-Wolf was terrorising its inhabitants. Soon the ghost of the Countess attacks the fiancée.
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Oko cyklonu
Title: Oko cyklonu
Character: British Officer
Released: September 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A London agent is sent to Poland to obtain information about Wehrmacht officers reluctant to Hitler. He is hiding in the forester's lodge with a wounded German soldier.
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Der Streit um des Esels Schatten
Title: Der Streit um des Esels Schatten
Character: Archon Onolaus
Released: July 20, 1990
Type: Movie
The philosopher Democritus has a toothache, so a dentist from ancient Abdera sets off for his house. En route, he gets into a fight with a donkey driver. This conflict eventually causes all of Abdera to go crazy. Just when the city is seconds away from having a civil war, Democritus' apprentice shows up to ease the city's tensions with a gift.
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Zabić na końcu
Title: Zabić na końcu
Character: Bank Director
Released: June 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Two workers, bored with their current situation, decide to rob a famous movie director.
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Gorzka miłość
Title: Gorzka miłość
Character: General at the Ball
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach
Title: Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach
Character: Ambassador
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: Movie
Podczas "zimy stulecia" na dworcu w Koluszkach zniecierpliwieni pasażerowie oczekują na przybycie pociągu. Łączność kolejowa zostaje zerwana. W tym samym czasie niedaleko Koluszek w zaspach śnieżnych utknął pociąg. W jego wagonach panuje wesoła atmosfera. Niektórzy pasażerowie, którym śpieszy się na połączenie z innymi stacjami, wysiadają i idą piechotą do dworca w Koluszkach. Jest wśród nich Andrzej Roszak - młody chłopak śpieszący do Warszawy, oraz prawdopodobnie jego rówieśnica Basia. Niedługo po nich do dworca w Koluszkach docierają pan Walerek - działacz polityczny, który jechał na bal do KC; pan Rozbicki z żoną, tuż po kontrakcie w Iraku; Matyjak - gwiazdor telewizyjny; dziennikarz Przoniak oraz inni. Na wyludnionym dworcu pasażerowie sprawnie organizują sylwestrową zabawę. Podczas wspólnej hulanki jej uczestnicy stopniowo obnażają ukryte kompleksy, frustracje i nadzieje.
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Piggate
Title: Piggate
Character: David Arnoldson
Released: March 29, 1990
Type: Movie
The esteemed transplantologist is the victim of a conspiracy of his colleagues, as a result of which his brain is transplanted into a pig.
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Sceny nocne
Title: Sceny nocne
Character: Baron Nieman
Released: March 13, 1990
Type: Movie
Warsaw elites meet at a ball in Baron Neman's palace, where they discuss the political situation in Poland.
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Return of the Pied Piper
Title: Return of the Pied Piper
Character: Mayor
Released: December 18, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of the pied piper, the German legend of the rat catcher of Hameln, retold as a punk invasion of a Polish small town.
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The Last Ferry
Title: The Last Ferry
Character: Ferry Captain
Released: December 1, 1989
Type: Movie
One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
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Kornblumenblau
Title: Kornblumenblau
Character: Master of Ceremonies
Released: October 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on a true story of a Polish musician who survived the concentration camp only because he could play on the accordion the title melody.
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Alchemik
Title: Alchemik
Character: Zwinger
Released: October 7, 1989
Type: Movie
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
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Konsul
Title: Konsul
Character: Jerzy Berger
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
After a con-man is released from prison, he gradually gets back to his old tricks, but his cons grow ever more elaborate and travel steadily up the ladder of society until he has local politicians and important government ministers involved in his schemes.
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Bliskie spotkania z wesołym diabłem
Title: Bliskie spotkania z wesołym diabłem
Character: Tourist
Released: June 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A little devil appears in a small town, seemingly terrorising its inhabitants, but actually turns out to be a friendly creature when it helps a disabled boy.
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Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
Title: Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
Released: January 29, 1989
Type: Movie
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Citizen Piszczyk
Title: Citizen Piszczyk
Character: Leon, Renata's father
Released: January 16, 1989
Type: Movie
This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The film begins in a cinema, where the last scenes of Zezowate Szczescie are being shown. Born unlucky, a victim of the errors and distortions of Stalinism, he is released in 1956. He meets a politically feverish woman, her influential parents, and finally becomes the father of her child. But bad luck, or perhaps an unlucky era, will not let him forget.
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Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice
Title: Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice
Character: Bob Smith
Released: January 9, 1989
Type: Movie
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Title: W labiryncie
Character: Józef Stopczyk
Released: December 30, 1988
Type: TV
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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Title: The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Character: (voice)
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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Title: Präriejäger in Mexiko
Character: Pablo Cortejo
Released: December 25, 1988
Type: TV
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Powrót do Polski
Title: Powrót do Polski
Character: General Schimmelpfenig
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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Mr. Blot in Space
Title: Mr. Blot in Space
Character: Portugal Monk (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1988
Type: Movie
It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...
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To Kill a Dragon
Title: To Kill a Dragon
Released: November 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Dragon is a bloody dictator, who kills every opponent. People live hopelessly, until Lancelot comes to save the beautiful Elsa. Lancelot can only win, if all people become free from fear, that is feeding the Dragon's power. Dragon's multiple personalities, ranging from a "dragon" to a "samurai" to a "Nazi", scare the hell out of all people, except Lancelot. Finally Dragon drops all his masks, to become the most dangerous of his incarnations - "himself". And the battle begins
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Famous Like Sarajevo
Title: Famous Like Sarajevo
Character: Major
Released: November 7, 1988
Type: Movie
The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia. Their actions are fiercely resisted by a small group of residents.
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Bermuda Triangle
Title: Bermuda Triangle
Character: Prison Warden (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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Republika nadziei
Title: Republika nadziei
Character: Jost
Released: October 14, 1988
Type: Movie
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
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The Curse of Snake Valley
Title: The Curse of Snake Valley
Character: Man with Black Glasses
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: Movie
The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Tibetian jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.
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Swan Song
Title: Swan Song
Character: Director Rogozinski
Released: September 1, 1988
Type: Movie
After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea…
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Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop
Title: Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop
Character: Man waiting for a Taxi
Released: August 26, 1988
Type: Movie
An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.
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Sonata marymoncka
Title: Sonata marymoncka
Character: Borkowski
Released: May 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland.
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Gwiazda Piołun
Title: Gwiazda Piołun
Character: Pharmacist
Released: April 21, 1988
Type: Movie
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Koniec sezonu na lody
Title: Koniec sezonu na lody
Character: Listkowski’s friend
Released: March 1, 1988
Type: Movie
The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.
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Title: Na kłopoty... Bednarski
Character: Erlich
Released: February 19, 1988
Type: TV
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Cupid's Bow
Title: Cupid's Bow
Character: Lieutenant Otto von Palinsky
Released: January 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Lavish romantic melodrama, obsessively concerned with sex. Maryska's husband is off to war. He soon is reported missing, and she does not protest much when is seduced by the husband's friend, a seedy professor with sickly wife and other mistresses on the side. However, the love of Maryska's life turns out to be a shy 17-year old, son of friends with whom she goes to stay.
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Title: Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
Character: Mentzel
Released: December 25, 1987
Type: TV
Love, intrigue, favouritism and corruption at the Dresdner Hof.
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Dwie wigilie
Title: Dwie wigilie
Character: Maciek and Jacek's boss
Released: December 23, 1987
Type: Movie
Christmas is an occasion for four friends to summarize the previous year of their lives.
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Powrót po śmierć
Title: Powrót po śmierć
Character: Bigalski
Released: December 2, 1987
Type: Movie
One June evening, a Krakow prostitute nicknamed Rączka is accosted by a bloody man who wants to spend the night with her. The girl agrees, but when the next day she learns that a gruesome crime has been committed near the place where the mysterious customer accosted her, she reports the night's meeting to the police.
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Freelancer
Title: Freelancer
Character: Mieczysław
Released: October 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Piotr is a freelancing journalist in early 1980's Poland. One day, he comes across a curious case of a woman's death during work and the workplace's refusal to pay the insurance to her mother.
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Special Mission
Title: Special Mission
Character: Captain Smith
Released: October 5, 1987
Type: Movie
In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu
Title: Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu
Character: Admiral von Carolath (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Golden Mahmudia
Title: The Golden Mahmudia
Released: March 2, 1987
Type: Movie
Two youngsters vacationing at the Black Sea sneak onto a mysterious ship and spy the peculiar activities of a treasure-seeking crew. They are discovered and imprisoned as the ship heads for an uncharted island. Their parents put together an expedition and after numerous adventures the treasure hunters are apprehended and the mystery of a secret cove is solved.
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The Ring and the Rose
Title: The Ring and the Rose
Released: February 2, 1987
Type: Movie
TV series based on William Thackeray's novel.
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Child's Scenes of Provincial Life
Title: Child's Scenes of Provincial Life
Character: Dr. W.
Released: January 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Based on a short story by Andrzej Mencwel. Somewhere in Poland, spring 1980. Julian S. is an intelligent young man with a lot of interests. After another argument with his father, he leaves the house. Comrade R., the mayor of the city, engages Julian as his son's tutor. Krzysztof R. doesn't want to study, to annoy his parents, but Julian wins his friendship and encourages independent thinking. Meanwhile, the Mayor is so preoccupied with his career that he doesn't notice the growing intimacy between his wife and Julian.
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Klatka
Title: Klatka
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
A young man, attacked by thugs, seeks shelter in a random apartment block.
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Title: Przyłbice i kaptury
Released: November 23, 1986
Type: TV
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Menedżer
Title: Menedżer
Character: Nowak
Released: November 14, 1986
Type: Movie
After the death of the director of the Polish company "Gont", the competition for his position begins. It is attended by the chief accountant Joachim Mackiewicz. However, the fight for the director's chair is skilfully manipulated by a certain Szczurowski. Mackiewicz, who wants to remain honest at all costs, quickly becomes his victim. At the same time, serious problems arise in Joachim's life.
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Bariery
Title: Bariery
Character: Leon
Released: October 29, 1986
Type: Movie
A radio journalist is having a heart attack. This event becomes a pretext to summarize life.
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Epizod Berlin West
Title: Epizod Berlin West
Character: Nyżyński
Released: October 21, 1986
Type: Movie
The 1980s. Jan Bard, Polish intellectual and writer, leaves for West Berlin. He is working on another novel here. In Germany, he meets his old love Iza. He revives the feeling that once connected them. The woman is the ex-wife of the publisher of Bard's novels. The situation gets complicated soon.
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Das wirkliche Blau
Title: Das wirkliche Blau
Released: October 4, 1986
Type: Movie
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Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes
Title: Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes
Character: TV Showman
Released: September 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that any one man can stomach. But as his new caretakers push him towards even more heinous and deplorable acts, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price; his own violent demise, broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia 458's inhabitants.
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The Deserters
Title: The Deserters
Character: wachmistrz żandarmerii
Released: September 22, 1986
Type: Movie
Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
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Jesienią o szczęściu
Title: Jesienią o szczęściu
Character: kierownik produkcji filmu Jana
Released: July 22, 1986
Type: Movie
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Wakacje w Amsterdamie
Title: Wakacje w Amsterdamie
Character: Zajkiewicz
Released: June 16, 1986
Type: Movie
The film tells the trials and tribulations of marriage Kosińskich, which breaks down as a result of his wife travel to work abroad in Amsterdam. The woman extends her stay in the Netherlands, and eventually divorces her husband Paul. In parting, their deprived son Michael looses both parents, and is forced to be present in court for divorce hearings and sent to child care services.
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Caught by Night
Title: Caught by Night
Released: May 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A communist journalist from Prague is sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp.
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Wet Dough
Title: Wet Dough
Released: March 17, 1986
Type: Movie
The protagonist of the film is Wojtek, who works in finding amber. One day, someone attacks him and steals a whole bag of them. Wojtek decides to find the attacker. However, it is going to be very dangerous.
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Sezon na bażanty
Title: Sezon na bażanty
Character: właściciel warsztatu samochodowego w Austrii
Released: March 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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Travels of Mr. Blot
Title: Travels of Mr. Blot
Character: Robot Philip
Released: February 3, 1986
Type: Movie
The second part of adventures of Mr. Blot and the students of his magic school.
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Der Bärenhäuter
Title: Der Bärenhäuter
Character: Niklaus
Released: January 23, 1986
Type: Movie
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Chrześniak
Title: Chrześniak
Character: ambasador Wacek, ojciec chrzestny Purowskiego
Released: January 21, 1986
Type: Movie
The film depicts three days in the life of a state farm director, during which he celebrates his 40th birthday. He was adopted by four godfathers who have helped him throughout his life and have reached positions of prominence themselves. He makes a mistake at work turning away some foreigh investors and is required to cover the losses, but even his godfathers are unable to help him. He regains affection of his son instead.
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Dłużnicy Śmierci
Title: Dłużnicy Śmierci
Character: prisoner
Released: January 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Poland 1946. Militia looks for commander of anticommunist partisans called Grom (Thunder). It quickly comes out that militiamen have to discover a rat in their group.
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Diabelskie szczęście
Title: Diabelskie szczęście
Character: Head physician
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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Title: Szaleństwa Panny Ewy
Character: pan Zawiłowski, ojciec Basi
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: TV
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Przemytnicy
Title: Przemytnicy
Character: policjant przy stacji kolejowej
Released: September 30, 1985
Type: Movie
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Killing Auntie
Title: Killing Auntie
Character: Dozorca
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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Piętno
Title: Piętno
Character: Military prosecutor
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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Smażalnia Story
Title: Smażalnia Story
Character: Gminny architekt
Released: May 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Dwaj multi-instrumentaliści, Broda i Redaktorek, po kilku latach muzykowania w Finlandii wracają promem do kraju objętego stanem wojennym. Tomaszow Maz
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Franziska
Title: Franziska
Released: April 7, 1985
Type: Movie
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Przyspieszenie
Title: Przyspieszenie
Character: Maciek's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Released: March 4, 1985
Type: Movie
A movie director finds himself in a mid-life crisis
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End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
Title: End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Drama set on an isolated farm on the Czech-Polish border immediately after the end of WWII.
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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Title: O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Character: Sleek
Released: January 28, 1985
Type: Movie
The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a shepherd for the last remnants of humanity who have gathered together as they await rescue from a mysterious craft known only as 'The Ark.' He wanders among the masses, performing his regular daily tasks; keeping morale from plummeting, wooing prostitutes, squashing rebellions, and sometimes feeding the hungry. But as the true and sinister nature of 'The Dome' comes to light, Soft must ask himself if humanity is worth saving...
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Fucha
Title: Fucha
Released: January 14, 1985
Type: Movie
International Critics’ Week - Cannes Festival 1985
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Szaleństwa Panny Ewy
Title: Szaleństwa Panny Ewy
Character: Mr. Zawiłowski
Released: January 7, 1985
Type: Movie
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Ultimatum
Title: Ultimatum
Released: December 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on actual events in 1982, the film recreates a hostage-taking in Switzerland. Four men storm the Polish embassy: a criminal, a crazed killer, a student and an idealist. When the embassy is stormed by the police, the four captors react differently.
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Fort 13
Title: Fort 13
Character: Captain
Released: November 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A captain and lieutenant of the Russian army are buried in the basement of the Przemysl Fortress during the First World War.
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Kamienne tablice
Title: Kamienne tablice
Character: Professor
Released: October 22, 1984
Type: Movie
The film is set in 1956 in India. John Tokarski has an affair with the beautiful Margit . He is close to abandonment of wive and children, who were in the country. But one day, while in the cinema, he watches a newsreel of the shocking riots in Poznan. Deeply moved by the events that are taking place in the country John is faced with a fundamental problem of the determination of his own nationality.
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The Planet 'Tailor'
Title: The Planet 'Tailor'
Character: Chairman
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: Movie
In the 50's a tailor drinking with his friends has an attack that requires an emegency treatment in the hospital. He has damaged kidneys. Given a second lease on life the tailor thinks that while in a coma he has communicated with the distant stars. He gives up tailoring and turns to the stars. He engages his friends in a village to build an observatory. He becomes recognized and for a time being even the authorities back him up. But then comes bitter awakening: his wife can't take his obsessions anymore and leaves him. The town council calls upon him to close his work as the first Sputnik goes into space. Then he is invited to an astronomical convention, He becomes the sensation of the conference, not however, as a amateur astronomer, but by guessing the clothing measurements of the delegates. Back home he realizes that his dream may be over, but he cannot help gazing at the sky. Written by Polish Cinema Database
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Remis
Title: Remis
Character: Wiśnioch
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
The story of a sold football match and a conflict between a father - a football referee and his son.
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Ray
Title: Ray
Released: April 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Dr Raduski returns from abroad to his hometown. He starts a profitable business there and revives the town's cultural life. However, the tsarist government and local nobles don't take kindly to his presence and try to sabotage him.
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Wyłap
Title: Wyłap
Character: Dogcatcher / Professor Kazio
Released: March 29, 1984
Type: Movie
A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
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Mister Blot's Academy
Title: Mister Blot's Academy
Character: Shaver Philip
Released: January 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Thanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.
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Woman Doctors
Title: Woman Doctors
Released: January 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Lydia Kowalenko is fired from the pharmaceutical company where she has worked for many years because she refused to help cover up the use of a dangerous chemical. Her daughter Katja, however, has no scruples and risks an operation which is more beneficial to her own medical research than to the convalescence of a young patient. Then Katja's only son dies after a car accident. Was he too the victim of a career-minded doctor?
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Pastorale heroica
Title: Pastorale heroica
Character: pełnomocnik do spraw reformy rolnej
Released: January 16, 1984
Type: Movie
War film directed by Henryk Bielski.
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Fetysz
Title: Fetysz
Character: Major MO, nabywca samochodu
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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On, ona, oni
Title: On, ona, oni
Character: Vicedirector (segment 2)
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.
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Ostrze na ostrze
Title: Ostrze na ostrze
Character: Walenty Dąbski
Released: November 28, 1983
Type: Movie
The action of the film takes place in the 17th century. Piotr Wolski returns to the country and is appointed juridic governor. A man tries to rule fairly and restore order. He soon falls in love with Konstancja, but his background causes problems.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Character: Midroń
Released: November 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Two old friends meet at a mountain shelter and recall their university years. Midroń and Świdrycki are mature, intelligent men, experiencing a crisis of faith in the meaning of life, in their abilities, as well as fear of death. The next day, their wives join them. Although they have not had the opportunity to get to know each other so far, they become friends very quickly.
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Przeklęta ziemia
Title: Przeklęta ziemia
Character: University dean
Released: October 24, 1983
Type: Movie
Jan, the café pianist, comes from the countryside. The talented boy was taken care of by an old organist. Jan then studied at the conservatory, where he made friends with Paweł, an undisciplined but very talented composer. Paweł's works gain publicity abroad, but he himself, unable to bear human envy and accept the loss of his beloved girl, commits suicide ... Jan's father dies, and soon his mother ...
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Title: Blisko, coraz bliżej
Character: Manfred Wehlinger
Released: October 23, 1983
Type: TV
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Na odsiecz Wiedniowi
Title: Na odsiecz Wiedniowi
Character: H. G. Wettin
Released: September 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it.
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The Ambulance Will Come
Title: The Ambulance Will Come
Character: Rudzka's father
Released: August 30, 1983
Type: Movie
After being transferred to a new position, the young doctor becomes the target of harassment by her colleagues.
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Palace Hotel
Title: Palace Hotel
Character: Mr. Lacoste
Released: July 15, 1983
Type: Movie
The finder of a suitcase stolen in 1939 from the French embassy in Warsaw tries to reach its owner.
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Big Shar
Title: Big Shar
Character: Stefan Mikun
Released: May 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Released from prison after five years, con-artist Szu is sent packing by his young wife; he heads for the town of Lutyn where he runs a con and attracts the interest of Jurek, a young cab driver who imagines himself a great grifter. Szu ("Sharp") teaches Jurek a few tricks enabling the young man to win some money in Wroclaw, then Sharp departs with Jola, a prostitute who offers him a mark. How that plays out, Jurek's determination to win big, Sharp's cold calculations, and the wages of sin await.
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Jest mi lekko
Title: Jest mi lekko
Character: Associate professor
Released: May 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A story of two young people - Marcin and Renata, who one day meet on the train when Marcin tries to steal money from Renata.
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Wilczyca
Title: Wilczyca
Character: Count Wiktor Smorawinski
Released: April 11, 1983
Type: Movie
In 1848 Poland, Kacper Wosinski is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.
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Title: Życie Kamila Kuranta
Character: Julian Wercman
Released: February 12, 1983
Type: TV
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Environs of a Quiet Sea
Title: Environs of a Quiet Sea
Character: Barański
Released: February 7, 1983
Type: Movie
Captain Roman Markowski is a sailor. One day, after returning from the sea, his ex-wife calls him. It turns out that their son has disappeared. It also turns out that the boy got to the Maritime School. The captain's life gets complicated when his son suffers a serious accident.
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The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas
Title: The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas
Released: November 27, 1982
Type: Movie
The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches the lion who agrees to his request with one condition: that he send the first person he meets upon his return home to the lion's den. It is Constanze. Against her father's will she goes to the lion and discovers that he is an enchanged prince and that only a woman's love can release him from the spell.
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A Long Way to School
Title: A Long Way to School
Released: July 13, 1982
Type: Movie
A young boy fantasizes his way to school into a battle between cowboys and Indians, where the bad guys want to steal some gold medals. Real events and fantasy interacts in his mind.
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Krab i Joanna
Title: Krab i Joanna
Character: Cezary, kapitan "Rybaka Morskiego"
Released: June 18, 1982
Type: Movie
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The Big Race
Title: The Big Race
Character: przewodniczący
Released: December 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Set in 1952, the story follows events around the "Peace Run", a propaganda 3-day marathon for peace. The winner is to be presented with a new motorcycle by the country's president. Chief organizer is a ruthless manipulator who will stop at nothing to make sure that the right man wins. There are two runners, Budny and Stolar, who are participating in the race for different reasons.
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Vabank
Title: Vabank
Character: Jubiler
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.
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Die Kolonie
Title: Die Kolonie
Released: September 4, 1981
Type: Movie
South America at the beginning of the 1980s. A man is on the run from a group of armed pursuers. He does not manage to escape and is shot down mercilessly. Young Maria witnesses the cruel event and asks her friend, the journalist Oswaldo, to find out about the backgrounds of this case. The police also start to investigate the case and find out that a mysterious German farm is involved in the shooting. But the farm lies in an exterritorial area, thus the police officers cannot investigate any further.
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Tender Spots
Title: Tender Spots
Character: Minister
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: Movie
The year is 1998 and the world is in an ecological cataclysm: there is shortage of water, environment is polluted and being outside brings high risks. The main character is a tv technician, Jan, an individualist, who is harassed by the conformists. Jan loves Ewa, a ballet student, who in turn is in a liaison with Allan, a successful and powerful man.
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Jeśli serce masz bijące
Title: Jeśli serce masz bijące
Character: Officer on the train (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A group of Polish boys is opposed to a German teacher who aims to Germanise the young men.
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„Anna” i wampir
Title: „Anna” i wampir
Character: Mjr. Dobija
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A reconstruction of the capture of Polish serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki – the Vampire from Zagłębie.
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From the French Period
Title: From the French Period
Character: Müller Voß
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Carmilla
Title: Carmilla
Character: Ojciec
Released: November 13, 1980
Type: Movie
Polish adaptation of the J. Sheridan LeFanu vampire novella.
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Levin's Mill
Title: Levin's Mill
Character: Korrinth
Released: November 13, 1980
Type: Movie
In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner, secretly opens the dam gates and floods the mill of his Jewish rival Levin. After his business is ruined and his calls for justice go unanswered, Levin leaves town.
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Plankton oder das Wunder der Anpassung
Title: Plankton oder das Wunder der Anpassung
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
A 40-minute German film from 1980.
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A Party for Ten, Plus Three
Title: A Party for Ten, Plus Three
Character: Piątek
Released: October 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.
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Laureat
Title: Laureat
Character: Uncle Albin
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
Professor Borusiewicz receives a high state decoration, while family and friends await him at home.
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The Death Sentence
Title: The Death Sentence
Character: Ravich
Released: September 8, 1980
Type: Movie
A spy thriller set in 1943 when the Polish Resistance was killing SS- officers and collaborators in Lublin and Zamosc. Polish hitman romances with "officer's lady" while he is setting up her boyfriend for his sentence of death. In the end, he loses out to a collaborator living next door.
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Demokrati
Title: Demokrati
Released: August 29, 1980
Type: Movie
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Anamnese
Title: Anamnese
Character: Dr.Richter
Released: May 25, 1980
Type: Movie
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Na własną prośbę
Title: Na własną prośbę
Character: Jerzy
Released: May 6, 1980
Type: Movie
The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.
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Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod
Title: Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod
Character: Waldemar Dreßler
Released: April 18, 1980
Type: Movie
In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia and Prussia – Jan on the Russian, Martin on the Prussian side. Both are occasionally smuggling stuff over the border. But while Jan acts from political conviction and is smuggling illegal writings over the border, Martin is only interested in the money. That is why he does not question his shadowy client when he sneaks out refugees into Russia. But then it becomes evident that the distinguished gentleman has robbed the refugees from all of their belongings, only to turn them over to the authorities of the Czar.
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Father of the Queen
Title: Father of the Queen
Character: Baron von und zu Waldzug
Released: April 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.
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Morning Stars
Title: Morning Stars
Released: February 8, 1980
Type: Movie
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Title: Archives of Death
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Archiv des Todes
Character: Janek
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: TV
Archiv des Todes is a 1980 13-part television series German war television film series set during World War II.
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Title: Gazda z Diabelnej
Character: Szabrownik
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: TV
Hosted by Diabelnej
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Placówka
Title: Placówka
Released: October 1, 1979
Type: Movie
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
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Des Drachens grauer Atem
Title: Des Drachens grauer Atem
Character: Prof. Leo Wilkers
Released: June 3, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Życie na gorąco
Character: pułkownik Dario Lucas, funkcjonariusz policji z Malavity
Released: March 3, 1979
Type: TV
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Des Henkers Bruder
Title: Des Henkers Bruder
Character: Berner
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: Movie
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The Hijacking of 'Savoy'
Title: The Hijacking of 'Savoy'
Character: Berget
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi criminal Henrich Scharf.
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Wiśnie
Title: Wiśnie
Character: Speaker
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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Fleur Lafontaine
Title: Fleur Lafontaine
Character: Bangemann
Released: December 25, 1978
Type: Movie
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Achillesferse
Title: Achillesferse
Released: December 7, 1978
Type: Movie
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Anton the Magician
Title: Anton the Magician
Released: September 19, 1978
Type: Movie
A flamboyant comedy about love, work and money—revealing that the "planned" economy produced some unconventional entrepreneurial methods.
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Poza układem
Title: Poza układem
Character: Jerzy Paćko
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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Koty to dranie
Title: Koty to dranie
Character: Pimp at the market
Released: June 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.
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Severino
Title: Severino
Released: June 30, 1978
Type: Movie
After a ten-year absence, Severino returns to his tribe, the Manzeneros, who live on the edge of the Argentinian Andes. The reason for his visit is to take his younger brother back with him up north. However, in his home village, Severino finds a tense and troubled situation. His father Raymundo has recently been found dead. He was on the tracks of a gang of white bandits who had stolen cattle from both Indians and settlers. A sheep breeding company is behind these criminal machinations. This company seeks to drive the Indians and settlers off the fertile land so that they can purchase it cheaply.
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Wesela nie będzie
Title: Wesela nie będzie
Character: ordynator
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
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I Want to See You
Title: I Want to See You
Character: Kommandeur
Released: May 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Film by Veiczi.
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Rekolekcje
Title: Rekolekcje
Character: Professor (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Two artists conduct philosophical disputes about practicing art.
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Milioner
Title: Milioner
Character: taksówkarz
Released: September 5, 1977
Type: Movie
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Trini
Title: Trini
Released: August 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Trini avenges the torture of his uncle by a landowner’s son. Trini and his fellow peons destroy the landowner’s home and overpower his guards with the help of Emiliano Zapata. Zapata is killed in a conspiracy before Trini can warn him.
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Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute
Title: Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute
Released: April 8, 1977
Type: Movie
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Hasło
Title: Hasło
Character: Grocery store owner
Released: February 25, 1977
Type: Movie
Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
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Karino
Title: Karino
Character: Jabłecki
Released: February 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal. Their adventures together are followed during the years to come, from the age of a newborn to the time when Karino's a full-grown competition horse.
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Title: Calling 07
Character: Leon Skotnicki, dyrektor „Elbawu”
Released: November 25, 1976
Type: TV
The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
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Title: Calling 07
Character: eon Skotnicki, dyrektor „Elbawu”
Released: November 25, 1976
Type: TV
The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
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Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
Title: Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
Character: Fürst Andreas Rasumowski
Released: October 14, 1976
Type: Movie
Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and faced by his progressive hearing loss, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman’s poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works on his Ninth Symphony.
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Sein letzter Fall
Title: Sein letzter Fall
Released: September 23, 1976
Type: Movie
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In the Dust of the Stars
Title: In the Dust of the Stars
Character: Thob
Released: July 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A retro '70s vision of the future, IN THE DUST OF THE STARS was made by the DEFA film studio. A radio signal attracts a team of astronauts to a mysterious planet. Once there, they are warmly welcomed by an alien race, but are soon suspicious of what is really occurring on this strange land.
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Kazimierz Wielki
Title: Kazimierz Wielki
Character: Charles I of Hungary
Released: March 9, 1976
Type: Movie
The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
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Title: Karino
Character: Jabłecki, trener na Służewcu
Released: February 14, 1976
Type: TV
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Bezkresne łąki
Title: Bezkresne łąki
Character: Daniel, przyjaciel Marty
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Black Mill
Title: The Black Mill
Character: Müller
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
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Mein blauer Vogel fliegt
Title: Mein blauer Vogel fliegt
Character: Onkel Marian
Released: October 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Based upon a true story, the movie centers on the German communist Robert, a "Kapo" in a concentration camp. When some Polish children are brought to the camp, Robert tries to save them from certain death. Due to his efforts they are being trained as masons and become part of his construction gang. Nevertheless, the boys, and mainly the clever Janusz, are very suspicious of Robert. They have already experienced too much evil and do not want to trust anybody – least of all a German.
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Případ mrtvého muže
Title: Případ mrtvého muže
Released: May 30, 1975
Type: Movie
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Die unheilige Sophia
Title: Die unheilige Sophia
Released: March 28, 1975
Type: Movie
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Suse, liebe Suse
Title: Suse, liebe Suse
Released: February 27, 1975
Type: Movie
Suse works as a truck driver on a major construction site. The young woman has a hard life behind her. She was foundling, was raised by farmers. Manne, the father of her child, wanted to escape from the GDR and is in prison. After he is released, Manne wants to live again with Suse and their child together. But she rejects him as well as another worshiper. Suse is more interested in the Soviet engineer Boris, but apparently not for her, since he can never remember her at their chance encounters. But a much bigger problem - and a difficult one - is Suse, when she is offered to go to the Soviet Union for six months.
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Her Return
Title: Her Return
Character: Factory owner
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
An industrialist's wife announces that she is leaving him, but returns shortly after and tells him that she will only stay with him for appearances. This causes the industrialist to rethink his life choices.
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Visa für Ocantros
Title: Visa für Ocantros
Character: Oberst Skindara
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
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Remember Your Name
Title: Remember Your Name
Character: Capt. Piotrowski
Released: November 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Beginning of WWII. Zinaida, a Russian woman, is taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp together with several other women. She is imprisoned with her baby son, Gena, who is learning to walk and takes his first steps in the snow, in the concentration camp. They spend a few years together in the camp until they are separated, first within Auschwitz itself, then, for good, when the Germans are losing the war and decide to evacuate.
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The Deluge
Title: The Deluge
Character: Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Released: September 2, 1974
Type: Movie
During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.
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The Keys
Title: The Keys
Released: February 21, 1974
Type: Movie
During their holiday in Kraków, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.
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Unterm Birnbaum
Title: Unterm Birnbaum
Released: November 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...
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Apache
Title: Apache
Character: Ramon
Released: June 29, 1973
Type: Movie
The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, and are now reliant on them for booze, 'relief flour' and beef steak.
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Through the Fifth Dimension
Title: Through the Fifth Dimension
Character: Człowiek z przyszłości
Released: May 5, 1973
Type: Movie
Through some strange experiment, Siwiec, a journalist, gets moved back in time. In this new dimension, he encounters unforeseeable adventures.
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Copernicus
Title: Copernicus
Character: don Alonso, poseł hiszpański w Ferrarze
Released: February 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Poland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1973
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Er - Sie - Es
Title: Er - Sie - Es
Character: Harald Ebert
Released: December 21, 1972
Type: Movie
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Skarb trzech łotrów
Title: Skarb trzech łotrów
Character: dubbing roli Jerzego Bińczyckiego (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1972
Type: Movie
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Tail Wind
Title: Tail Wind
Released: November 3, 1972
Type: Movie
The kid Kolyo dreams of traveling. One day he meets Bim-Bam who introduces himself as a writer and great traveler. The two build a cabin in a vineyard and live there. They meet different people; start working in the quarry. Time passes. One day someone tells Kolyo that Bim-Bam is no writer. He has stolen the furniture from a local community center. Bim Bam was gone. Kolyo leaves for home, trying to call Bim-Bam with their secret signal.
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Tecumseh
Title: Tecumseh
Character: McKew
Released: July 1, 1972
Type: Movie
At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Native American inhabitants to gain possession of vast hunting grounds at ludicrously low prices without any bloodshed. Harrison, Governor of Indiana, has made and broke no less than fifteen such treaties, driving increasing numbers of Indians out to the infertile West. To put a stop to this criminal practice, the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh tries to unite the Native Americans.
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Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?
Title: Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?
Character: dyplomata Michał, przyjaciel Piotra
Released: May 3, 1972
Type: Movie
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Szerokiej drogi, kochanie
Title: Szerokiej drogi, kochanie
Character: Adam Mackowski
Released: April 18, 1972
Type: Movie
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Zabijcie czarną owcę
Title: Zabijcie czarną owcę
Character: Carbonero
Released: February 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Young man struggles with being rejected by society.
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Lekce
Title: Lekce
Character: Stone
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Theatre Macabre
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: TV
Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors.
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Title: Polizeiruf 110
Character: Petzold
Released: June 27, 1971
Type: TV
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
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Declaration of Love to G.T.
Title: Declaration of Love to G.T.
Released: June 2, 1971
Type: Movie
Dr. Gisa Tonius, a physicist in her thirties who has a nearly adult stepdaughter, cherishes the desire to have her own child. Suddenly, a big interdisciplinary research project threatens to significantly change Gisa′s life. Uncertain whether to look for professional or private fulfillment she asks her family and friends for their opinions. They all have different views on the point at issue. While her husband is afraid of losing her to her profession, her professor thinks that because of her talent she has an obligation towards science. In the end, Gisa reaches a decision: She wants to have a baby as well as take on the research project.
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A Strange Duel
Title: A Strange Duel
Character: Robert Huston
Released: May 7, 1971
Type: Movie
A Bulgarian spy movie
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Title: Salut Germain
Character: Armand Lebrun
Released: April 20, 1971
Type: TV
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Pygmalion XII
Title: Pygmalion XII
Released: March 28, 1971
Type: Movie
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KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra
Title: KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra
Released: March 25, 1971
Type: Movie
East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.
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A Face of an Angel
Title: A Face of an Angel
Character: German officer visiting the camp
Released: January 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Story of 11-year old Tadeusz, a prisoner in a children's concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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Five and Half of Pale Joe
Title: Five and Half of Pale Joe
Character: towarzysz Czekała z komitetu powiatowego
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.
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Pogoń za Adamem
Title: Pogoń za Adamem
Character: inżynier Babecki, emigrant żyjący w Johannesburgu
Released: December 22, 1970
Type: Movie
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Folge einem Stern
Title: Folge einem Stern
Character: Wendorff
Released: October 18, 1970
Type: Movie
A working-class son who became orphaned in the war is brought up by his foster father to become an upright citizen. Now, after graduating from a teacher training college, he is faced with the task of preparing young people for life.
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Różaniec z granatów
Title: Różaniec z granatów
Character: oficer hiszpański
Released: July 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Fall 1944. A wounded Polish officer, Ryszard, was brought to the Allied field hospital. He notices another soldier on the table - also a Pole - a rosary made of pomegranate seeds. Józef, overjoyed at the arrival of his countryman, tells the story of the rosary.
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Signs on the Road
Title: Signs on the Road
Character: Pasławski, kierownik bazy transportowej w Bukówce
Released: June 2, 1970
Type: Movie
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Heaven on Earth
Title: Heaven on Earth
Released: May 22, 1970
Type: Movie
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Verdacht auf einen Toten
Title: Verdacht auf einen Toten
Released: November 6, 1969
Type: Movie
Film by Rainer Bär.
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Time to Live
Title: Time to Live
Character: Lorenz Reger
Released: September 25, 1969
Type: Movie
The communist and resistance fighter Lorenz Reger, who after the war put all his efforts in the creation of a socialist German state, learns that he has only a short time left to live. Nevertheless, he wants to take on one last difficult new task: He wants to restructure a large firm which has run deep into the red numbers. In a short amount of time, Reger manages to establish mutual trust between the employees and the new management. Furthermore, he motivates the employees with his personal interest for their concerns.
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The Neighbours
Title: The Neighbours
Character: The chief of police
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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Venus of Ille
Title: Venus of Ille
Released: April 30, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1969’s WENUS Z ILLE (VENUS D’ILLE) Majewski returned to the work of Prosper Merimee, specifically his 1835 story “Venus d’Ille,” about an accursed statue (a story that was subsequently filmed by Mario and Lamberto Bava in 1979). Said statue, fashioned in the guise of an anguished woman, is seen in a remote inn, having been recently interred from the ground. The occasion is a wedding attended by the protagonist, an unassuming man who becomes caught up in a bizarre nightmare when the groom unthinkingly sticks his wedding ring on a finger of the statue--and can’t get it off!
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Shifting Sands
Title: Shifting Sands
Character: Man arguing with Anka
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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Otello z M-2
Title: Otello z M-2
Character: Chrupkowa's Lawyer
Released: December 18, 1968
Type: Movie
A man believes his wife is cheating on him.
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: Rioletto / Kapitan Boldt (głos) (niewymieniony w czołówce)
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: Count Lecherenne
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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First Pavilion
Title: First Pavilion
Character: President
Released: September 2, 1968
Type: Movie
A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a mysterious house in which his former professor is conducting experiments to shrink people.
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Komedie pomyłek
Title: Komedie pomyłek
Character: Stevenson (segment "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg")
Released: July 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Three Polish TV movies packed together and released theatrically
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Przeraźliwe łoże
Title: Przeraźliwe łoże
Character: Millvi
Released: May 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Tom arrives in a strange city, where he meets casino owners who are hiding a secret.
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Świat grozy
Title: Świat grozy
Character: Millvi (segment "A Terribly Strange Bed")
Released: May 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Three comedy-horror TV movies released together theatrically.
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Poradnik matrymonialny
Title: Poradnik matrymonialny
Character: Barman
Released: March 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna.
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The Nutcracker
Title: The Nutcracker
Character: Jan
Released: December 25, 1967
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
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Bicz Boży
Title: Bicz Boży
Character: Głębiszewski
Released: July 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.
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Full Ahead
Title: Full Ahead
Character: His Excellency
Released: April 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.
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Frozen Flashes
Title: Frozen Flashes
Character: Stefan
Released: April 13, 1967
Type: Movie
In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But the British doubt the authenticity of the so called "Oslo report". Thus, the Germans continue their experiments unimpeded. At the same time, resistance groups from France, England, Poland, and Germany try to find and to sabotage the secret Nazi research base. When the first "V 2" rocket is successfully launched, the Allied commanders finally become interested in the "Oslo report".
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Skinny and Others
Title: Skinny and Others
Character: Journalist
Released: February 24, 1967
Type: Movie
A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.
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Return to Earth
Title: Return to Earth
Character: Doctor
Released: February 3, 1967
Type: Movie
After the war, Stefan cannot go back to a normal life.
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Title: The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Character: "Stevenson"
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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Zejście do piekła
Title: Zejście do piekła
Character: Harrison
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Etnographers travelling through the Amazon jungle find an enclosed colony ran by former Nazi Germany officials.
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Don Gabriel
Title: Don Gabriel
Character: Leukamer
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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Katastrofa
Title: Katastrofa
Character: Prosecutor
Released: February 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.
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Tomorrow Mexico
Title: Tomorrow Mexico
Character: Referee
Released: February 11, 1966
Type: Movie
A disqualified trainer of water jumpers starts work in the province, where he discovers Majka's talent.
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Sposób bycia
Title: Sposób bycia
Character: Władek Górny
Released: January 25, 1966
Type: Movie
A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.
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Title: Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Character: podróżnik Krzysztof Małecki
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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Title: Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Character: Podróżnik Krzysztof Małecki
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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Identification Marks: None
Title: Identification Marks: None
Character: Radio speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1965
Type: Movie
The footloose ennui of Poland’s postwar generation is captured to perfection in this jazzy chronicle of a draft-dodger’s final day of freedom. A slacker before there was a word for it, Andrzej (played by Skolimowski himself) drifts through a series of open-ended encounters with women following a wake-up argument with his pouting wife, and a long-delayed military physical (the film’s title derives from one of the questions). Skolimowski hoarded four years’ worth of the annual film footage allotment from his Lódz film school in order to create this first feature marked by compositional bravado and a trademark air of the absurd. -Barbara Scharres, Gene Siskel Film Center
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Walkover
Title: Walkover
Character: MO Lieutenant (voice) (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1965
Type: Movie
Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
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The Saragossa Manuscript
Title: The Saragossa Manuscript
Character: Don Avadoro
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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A Lady from the Window
Title: A Lady from the Window
Character: Prosecutor
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.
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Agnes 1946
Title: Agnes 1946
Character: Zenon Bałcz
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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Evening
Title: Evening
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
During a trip, middle aged couple realises how disappointing their marriage is.
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Title: "Yokmok"
Character: Transfers organiser
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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Good Sins
Title: Good Sins
Character: Monk (voice) (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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Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Title: Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Character: Count Toto
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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White Tracks
Title: White Tracks
Character: Sikora
Released: May 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Polish and German soldiers stuck in a Research Station in Greenland must overcome their differences and survive the unforgiving conditions.
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Their Everyday Life
Title: Their Everyday Life
Character: Doctor
Released: May 10, 1963
Type: Movie
After a violent quarrel, Nitka leaves her husband Andrzej. He meets a young girl with whom he is getting closer and closer.
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Mandrin met le feu aux poudres
Title: Mandrin met le feu aux poudres
Character: Grandville, the traitor
Released: December 19, 1962
Type: Movie
It was the reign of Louis XV and, in 1750, France was at war all the time, and the people, suffocated by taxes, liked their beloved Louis less and less. When the governor of Dauphiné arrived in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, he had to deal with opponents of the regime who had gathered around cooper Louis Mandrin. Mandrin becomes the vigilante who respects his king, but does not tolerate the oppression of the poor through taxation.
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Knife in the Water
Title: Knife in the Water
Character: Andrzej
Released: March 9, 1962
Type: Movie
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
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The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
Title: The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
Character: Saszko
Released: October 12, 1961
Type: Movie
The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
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Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
Title: Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
Character: POW in the shelter(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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Visit of a President
Title: Visit of a President
Character: Jacek's Father / President
Released: April 21, 1961
Type: Movie
A little boy, craving for his father's attention, imagines a made-up "Mr. President" who looks just like his father but is caring and attentive.
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Szczęściarz Antoni
Title: Szczęściarz Antoni
Character: Saturnin Potapowicz
Released: March 3, 1961
Type: Movie
A young public servant receives a house as a wedding gift, but upon arriving he finds only the doors, a military barrack and a tank hidden underground.
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Glass Mountain
Title: Glass Mountain
Character: Jarek
Released: December 23, 1960
Type: Movie
A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
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Knights of the Teutonic Order
Title: Knights of the Teutonic Order
Character: Fulko de Lorche
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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Signals
Title: Signals
Character: Robbery organiser
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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Night Train
Title: Night Train
Character: Jerzy
Released: September 6, 1959
Type: Movie
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
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The Depot of the Dead
Title: The Depot of the Dead
Character: "Nine"
Released: August 10, 1959
Type: Movie
In the rugged mountain gorges and ravines of southeastern Poland, a new boss and his wife become a catalyst for violence.
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Kalosze szczęścia
Title: Kalosze szczęścia
Character: Fake American in Rome (voice) (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?
Character: Train Passenger
Released: September 26, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Eighth Day of the Week
Title: The Eighth Day of the Week
Character: "Ciapuś", Ela's "fiancé"
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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Król Maciuś I
Title: Król Maciuś I
Character: King Sad's envoy (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: Lt. Istvan Kolya (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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Spotkania
Title: Spotkania
Character: English officer (segment 4) (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1957
Type: Movie
Four stories showing the various facets of love.
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Man on the Tracks
Title: Man on the Tracks
Character: Man doing Business at a Train Platform (uncredited)
Released: January 17, 1957
Type: Movie
One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?
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Nikodem Dyzma
Title: Nikodem Dyzma
Character: Mr. Cox's Interpreter
Released: October 29, 1956
Type: Movie
Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
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Sprawa pilota Maresza
Title: Sprawa pilota Maresza
Character: Surowiec
Released: April 7, 1956
Type: Movie
A Polish RAF Officer returns to his homeland and finds himself torn between love for his friend's wife and illegal activities he gets himself involved in.
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Magical Bicycle
Title: Magical Bicycle
Character: Race doctor
Released: December 25, 1955
Type: Movie
The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win, it is not far from the leading Hungarian national team, in which great cyclist Haranda rides in the yellow jersey. Only the best Pole - Popiel - can take it from him. But he is a competitor - individualist, unruly and undisciplined ...
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Trzy starty
Title: Trzy starty
Character: Photographer
Released: October 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
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The Hours of Hope
Title: The Hours of Hope
Character: American Officer
Released: May 9, 1955
Type: Movie
In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.
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Cellulose
Title: Cellulose
Character: Stuposz
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.