Jerzy Nowak

Jerzy Nowak

Born: June 20, 1923
Died: March 26, 2013
in Brzesko, Polska

Movies for Jerzy Nowak...

August Sky – 63 Days of Glory
Title: August Sky – 63 Days of Glory
Character: Leonard
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: Movie
A decades-old diary found at a construction site reveals the harrowing account of a professor in hiding during the early days of the Warsaw Uprising.
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Manhunt
Title: Manhunt
Character: Wiarus
Released: October 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Marcin Krysztalowicz's film is both a partisan ballad, showing the real face of German occupation of Poland during WW2 and a startling war thriller. It tells a story of corporal "Wydra", struggling not only with Germans and Polish traitors but also with his own past...
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Mystification
Title: Mystification
Character: Askenazy
Released: March 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Lazowski, an expelled university student, investigates the supposed suicide of the famous artist Witkacy and tries to prove that the artist is in fact still alive.
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Scratch
Title: Scratch
Character: Leon
Released: September 19, 2008
Type: Movie
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The Existence
Title: The Existence
Character: Bohater
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
An aging Polish thesp looks death in the eye as he prepares for the inevitable in the absorbing, well-mounted docu "The Existence." While thesp Jerzy Nowak ("Schlindler's List," "Promised Land") addresses a number of concerns about the end of his life, the film explores the question of what will happen to his body after he donates it to medical science. Subject is handled respectfully and tastefully, balancing the clinical with the personal. Pic will thrive on the fest circuit and can expect a long life via Euro pubcaster outlets. (c) Variety
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The Revenge
Title: The Revenge
Character: murarz I
Released: October 4, 2002
Type: Movie
A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On this day, the tongue-tied Cupbearer asks a braggart courtier, Papkin, to sue on his behalf for the hand of the widow Hanna. Papkin succeeds and
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Julie Walking Home
Title: Julie Walking Home
Character: Mieczyslaw "Mietek" Makowsky
Released: September 4, 2002
Type: Movie
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart.
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The Hexer
Title: The Hexer
Character: Vesemir
Released: November 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Adapted from a series of fantasy novels by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher tells the tale of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" — traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers.
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Quo Vadis
Title: Quo Vadis
Character: Krispus
Released: August 30, 2001
Type: Movie
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
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Title: Quo Vadis
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: TV
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Wyspa R.O.
Title: Wyspa R.O.
Character: Guard
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.
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Cabin Fever
Title: Cabin Fever
Character: Olek
Released: November 24, 2000
Type: Movie
The entire extended family is happily on its way to a nostalgic Christmas at a rented cabin in the mountains. The cabin becomes cramped, however, when mom and dad and four grown-up children with their respective families, a dog and in-laws from Poland squeeze inside the frozen cabin walls in 30-below-zero weather.
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Bigda is Coming!
Title: Bigda is Coming!
Character: Ksawery
Released: November 29, 1999
Type: Movie
The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the people came to the fore. In fact, he turned out to be a cunning populist and an immoral politician, ready for any tricks for the sake of his goals.
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Egzekutor
Title: Egzekutor
Character: Franciszek Kozar
Released: October 22, 1999
Type: Movie
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Love Stories
Title: Love Stories
Released: June 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.
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Our God's Brother
Title: Our God's Brother
Character: Anthony
Released: June 8, 1997
Type: Movie
In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.
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A Gentle Creature
Title: A Gentle Creature
Character: sklepikarz
Released: November 9, 1996
Type: Movie
A grieving man tries to find the cause of his young wife's suicide by spending the night next to her dead body and bringing back memories from their past.
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Gnoje
Title: Gnoje
Character: Hryćko, staruszek w Bieszczadach
Released: September 14, 1995
Type: Movie
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Three Colors: White
Title: Three Colors: White
Character: Old Peasant
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
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Schindler's List
Title: Schindler's List
Character: Investor
Released: December 15, 1993
Type: Movie
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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Squadron
Title: Squadron
Character: Lejba
Released: October 28, 1992
Type: Movie
A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to suppress the revolt. He believes that now it's enough to defeat the Poles, become an officer and hero, get a bunch of medals, and then return and lay all of this at the feet of her beloved. However, the "little Polish war" looks completely different to the way that young Jeremin imagined it to be. In course of time, he learns to be on the wrong side. But there is no escape - he must kill or he will be killed. What's more, he falls in love with a beautiful Polish girl...
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Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland
Title: Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland
Character: Serafin
Released: February 12, 1990
Type: Movie
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A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve'
Title: A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve'
Character: Choir Singer
Released: November 6, 1989
Type: Movie
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.
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Alchemik
Title: Alchemik
Character: Książę Kiejstut
Released: October 7, 1989
Type: Movie
An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
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Wherever You Are...
Title: Wherever You Are...
Character: Officer-Interpreter
Released: September 11, 1988
Type: Movie
An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II.
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And the Violins Stopped Playing
Title: And the Violins Stopped Playing
Character: professor Epstein
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
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Medium
Title: Medium
Character: Ernst Wagner
Released: October 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Story of four people in Sopot in 1933, mysteriously brought together to an old villa to reenact a murder ritual that took place 36 years earlier.
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End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
Title: End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
Character: Florian
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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Tumor Witkacego
Title: Tumor Witkacego
Character: Sokołowski's Father
Released: February 25, 1985
Type: Movie
The film, which is a reconstruction of the life and work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, known under the pseudonym Witkacy, was produced especially on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Witkacy is one of the outstanding European artists of the early twentieth century. Author of many short stories and plays translated into eighteen languages. Author of his own philosophical system, art theorist, painter of Formist paintings and portraits, a man who left behind a legend of a unique personality.
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Fog
Title: Fog
Character: dziadek
Released: February 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Ewa decides to end her romance with Alek. From the mountain guesthouse they go by car to Warsaw. . . Kim, after being released early from prison, returns to his wife, Jola, who lives in a lonely house. Here he finds a man who claims he has been hired for hard work. Kim wants to find out if Mietek is not Jola's lover.
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The Egg
Title: The Egg
Character: Gospodarz Ewy
Released: November 29, 1984
Type: Movie
It tells a story of a bird-monster from South America originally treated as god by Incas. Long believed to be extinct, due to genetical experiment gone awry its egg fossil hatches and the monster starts to search for females to impregnate.
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Nie było słońca tej wiosny
Title: Nie było słońca tej wiosny
Character: Josek
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.
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A Year of the Quiet Sun
Title: A Year of the Quiet Sun
Character: lekarz przy ekshumacji zwłok
Released: September 9, 1984
Type: Movie
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
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Krab i Joanna
Title: Krab i Joanna
Character: Grzegorz Zaruba
Released: June 18, 1982
Type: Movie
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From a Far Country
Title: From a Far Country
Character: Professor
Released: September 15, 1981
Type: Movie
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
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Title: Misja
Character: Jakub Gutman
Released: March 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Na własną prośbę
Title: Na własną prośbę
Character: Tomkowski
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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Wściekły
Title: Wściekły
Released: January 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where he might strike next. He uncovers that the mentally deranged sniper can't stand seeing people happy together in public places.
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Elegia
Title: Elegia
Released: November 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Story of Podgaje massacre in January 1945 in which SS troop murdered captured Polish soldiers.
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Camera Buff
Title: Camera Buff
Character: Stanisław Osuch
Released: November 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
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Placówka
Title: Placówka
Character: Josel Szatzman
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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Umarli rzucają cień
Title: Umarli rzucają cień
Released: September 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance.
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Title: Ziemia obiecana
Character: Zucker, mąż Lucy Zuckerowej
Released: May 21, 1978
Type: TV
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Title: Polskie drogi
Character: fotograf Tadeusz Białas, ojciec Basi
Released: October 16, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Polskie drogi
Character: Tadeusz Białas, fotograf
Released: October 16, 1977
Type: TV
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Hasło
Title: Hasło
Character: Old tar maker
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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Zofia
Title: Zofia
Character: Kelner w mordowni
Released: November 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law doctorate bookmarks which she removed unknowingly during dusting. She then spends Christmas in an empty restaurant, surrounded by waiters and musicians waiting to be tipped.
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The Promised Land
Title: The Promised Land
Character: Zucker
Released: February 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
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Sędziowie. Tragedya
Title: Sędziowie. Tragedya
Character: Jukli
Released: November 29, 1974
Type: Movie
An old man appears in Samuel's inn and seek revenge on the owner.
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The Beard
Title: The Beard
Character: "The Baldy", the school inspector
Released: October 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Unconventional pedagogical methods of a new teacher raise concerns of the provincial school's principal.
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A Story in Red
Title: A Story in Red
Character: Gamekeeper
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village
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Title: Clouds of War
Character: oberżysta Schulz (nie występuje w napisach)
Released: December 23, 1973
Type: TV
Polish Fanfan, the first Polish series from the "cloak and dagger" - written about the "black cloud" in the press of the 70's. Axis of the plot became a dramatic episodes of the struggle for the maintenance of the Polish Prussia. They remained in feudal depending on the Republic from 1525, when Albrecht Hohenzollern secularized religious state and filed in Krakow tribute to the Polish king.
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Title: Clouds of War
Character: oberżysta Schulz
Released: December 23, 1973
Type: TV
Polish Fanfan, the first Polish series from the "cloak and dagger" - written about the "black cloud" in the press of the 70's. Axis of the plot became a dramatic episodes of the struggle for the maintenance of the Polish Prussia. They remained in feudal depending on the Republic from 1525, when Albrecht Hohenzollern secularized religious state and filed in Krakow tribute to the Polish king.
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Copernicus
Title: Copernicus
Character: uczestnik procesji mnicha Mateusza (nie występuje w napisach)
Released: February 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Poland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1973
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The Sun Rises Once a Day
Title: The Sun Rises Once a Day
Character: "Koślawy" (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1972
Type: Movie
After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.
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Gwiazda Wytrwałości
Title: Gwiazda Wytrwałości
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Officers of the 5th Horse Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division go to Brussels, where they meet Joachim Lelewel. To verify the story, the press officer of the division goes to Brussels.
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: krawiec Marian Skowronek
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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Stajnia na Salvatorze
Title: Stajnia na Salvatorze
Character: Budapest Courier (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1967
Type: Movie
WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer.
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Full Ahead
Title: Full Ahead
Character: Bosman
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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Ściana czarownic
Title: Ściana czarownic
Character: Barkeeper
Released: February 14, 1967
Type: Movie
A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart.
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Lovers from Marona
Title: Lovers from Marona
Character: Fisherman (uncredited)
Released: November 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Ola, a local school teacher, meets Janek, a sanatorium patient, and his friend Ark.
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Sobótki
Title: Sobótki
Character: Kranz
Released: June 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
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Lenin in Poland
Title: Lenin in Poland
Character: Austrian Officer
Released: April 8, 1966
Type: Movie
The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.
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Pięciu
Title: Pięciu
Character: Alfred Buchta
Released: December 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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The Unknown
Title: The Unknown
Character: Postman
Released: October 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
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The End of Our World
Title: The End of Our World
Character: Blokfuhrer
Released: March 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it
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April
Title: April
Character: Postman
Released: November 8, 1961
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.
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Rok pierwszy
Title: Rok pierwszy
Character: Miller (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1960
Type: Movie
1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
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Meetings In The Dark
Title: Meetings In The Dark
Character: Worker (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1960
Type: Movie
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
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Place on Earth
Title: Place on Earth
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1960
Type: Movie
A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law.
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Eagle
Title: Eagle
Character: Mate Sznuk
Released: February 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.
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Dezerter
Title: Dezerter
Character: Klein
Released: October 12, 1958
Type: Movie
A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ...
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Lost Feelings
Title: Lost Feelings
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1957
Type: Movie
One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home and gets into trouble.
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Podhale w ogniu
Title: Podhale w ogniu
Character: Soldier stealing Cattle
Released: January 25, 1956
Type: Movie