Ryszard Kotys

Ryszard Kotys

Born: March 20, 1932
Died: January 27, 2021
in Mniów, świętokrzyskie, Polska

Movies for Ryszard Kotys...

Gods
Title: Gods
Character: Członek komisji etyki lekarskiej
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
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Battle of Westerplatte
Title: Battle of Westerplatte
Released: July 4, 2013
Type: Movie
This harrowing war film is an epic dramatization of the first battle of World War II. The Battle of Westerplatte that began on 1 September 1939 will forever be remembered as the one that announced the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. Over one week, fewer than 200 Polish soldiers fought against heavy German bombardment and in the process came to symbolize the power of resistance. As the violence rages, a complex battle of a more personal nature plays out between two Polish commanders over how to best lead their men. Amid the bloodshed, they must ask themselves – should they fight until the last man standing or surrender in the face of overwhelming odds? What unfolds is a stirring exploration of the fight against the forces of tyranny.
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Erratum
Title: Erratum
Character: ojciec Michała
Released: September 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Michał jedzie do miasta swojego urodzenia, aby załatwić sprawę o którą prosi go szef i od razu wracać. Sprawy przybierają jednak inny obrót. Michał musi pozostać tu parę dni dłużej. Chodząc po mieście spotyka bliskie mu niegdyś osoby, natrafia na znajome miejsca. Powoli odzywa się w nim coś, o czym dawno zapomniał.
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Title: Ekipa
Character: Buczek, wicepremier i minister gospodarki
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: TV
Ekipa is a Polish political drama TV series created and directed by Agnieszka Holland, aired from 13 September 2007 until 6 December 2007 on Polsat. Ekipa is the second Polish political fiction series after the 1980s miniseries The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma.
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Title: Niania
Character: Mr. Binderski
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: TV
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Title: The Witcher
Character: centurion
Released: September 22, 2002
Type: TV
Wiedźmin is a 2002 fantasy television series. 13 episodes were made. The series received relatively poor reviews, particularly in the light of the failure of the preceding movie. The story is based on the stories of The Witcher, by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
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Eucalyptus
Title: Eucalyptus
Character: Sony's father
Released: May 10, 2002
Type: Movie
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Sezon na leszcza
Title: Sezon na leszcza
Character: mąż starszej kobiety na stacji benzynowej
Released: January 26, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Świat według Kiepskich
Character: Marian Paździoch
Released: September 4, 1999
Type: TV
Follow the life of a dysfunctional Polish family from Wrocław, who live in an old apartment in Wrocław on 3/4 Ćwiartki street. The show is centered on Ferdynand Kiepski, who tries to make various schemes to improve his financial or life situation, all of which ultimately fail.
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Trees
Title: Trees
Character: man (uncredited)
Released: July 25, 1996
Type: Movie
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The Story About Master Twardowski
Title: The Story About Master Twardowski
Character: diabeł marszałek polny
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Kamień na kamieniu
Title: Kamień na kamieniu
Character: Chłop
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Tu stoję...
Title: Tu stoję...
Character: colonel Marcinkowski
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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Tu stoję...
Title: Tu stoję...
Character: pułkownik Marcinkowski
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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Pigs 2: The Last Blood
Title: Pigs 2: The Last Blood
Character: maszynista
Released: April 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by Nowy, a former police colleague. Franz tries to go straight starting hard work in a steel mill. Nevertheless, he must leave the factory as a criminal with an uncertain past when he doesn't join the strike organized by the workers' union. At the same time, a merciless war continues in former Yugoslavia. Wolf and William, two high rank officers, come to Poland in order to organize a network selling and smuggling arms to Yugoslavia by way of Albania.
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Kraj świata
Title: Kraj świata
Character: milicjant w komendzie
Released: March 24, 1994
Type: Movie
TV movie directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.
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Kraj świata
Title: Kraj świata
Released: March 24, 1994
Type: Movie
TV movie directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.
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Two Moons
Title: Two Moons
Character: Policjant
Released: December 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.
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Title: The Alaska Kid
Released: December 1, 1993
Type: TV
The Alaska Kid is a 1991 German / Russian / Polish television miniseries, based on Jack London's 1912 short story anthology, Smoke Bellew. First broadcast on the German ZDF network in December 1993, the series stars Mark Pillow as "The Alaska Kid" Jack Bellew, a newspaper reporter on his beat during the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska.
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The Case of Bronek Pekosinski
Title: The Case of Bronek Pekosinski
Character: Rysio, milicjant - szachista
Released: November 19, 1993
Type: Movie
Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.
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A Bachelor's Life Abroad
Title: A Bachelor's Life Abroad
Character: Factory Inspector
Released: January 15, 1993
Type: Movie
The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.
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Title: Panny i wdowy
Character: więzień komunista
Released: November 11, 1992
Type: TV
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Kanalia
Title: Kanalia
Character: Jefim
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: Militiaman overhearing Phone Conversations
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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Les Enfants du vent
Title: Les Enfants du vent
Character: miller
Released: December 11, 1991
Type: Movie
It is World War II, and the Nazis have taken over Poland. In this story, three citified children of Resistance fighters have taken refuge in the mountains, and they manage to hook up with three local youngsters. All six of them are being hunted by the Germans, and they are also being looked for by an adult who wants to take them to greater safety. Along the way, the children occasionally put on spontaneous theatricals.
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Seychelles
Title: Seychelles
Character: maszynista
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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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Title: Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
Character: złodziej I
Released: April 1, 1991
Type: Movie
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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The Secret of a Wild Forest
Title: The Secret of a Wild Forest
Character: Pińczuk
Released: January 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Tadeusz, a junior high school student, visits to his forester grandfather who lives in an ancient forest. During one of the hunts, his grandfather tells him about the rumors circulating around about a treasure sunk in the lake.
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Po upadku
Title: Po upadku
Character: dyrektor Rozpuda
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception.
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The Return of She-Wolf
Title: The Return of She-Wolf
Character: Inspector
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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Zabić na końcu
Title: Zabić na końcu
Character: Restaurant Manager
Released: June 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Two workers, bored with their current situation, decide to rob a famous movie director.
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Piggate
Title: Piggate
Character: Simpson
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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Ring
Title: Ring
Released: January 7, 1990
Type: Movie
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Return of the Pied Piper
Title: Return of the Pied Piper
Character: Szczur
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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Konsul
Title: Konsul
Character: Local Communist Party Secretary
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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Światło odbite
Title: Światło odbite
Released: June 26, 1989
Type: Movie
The writer Zbigniew takes part in a psychotherapeutic session, during which he tells his story.
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Dotknięci
Title: Dotknięci
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Polish film directed by Wieslaw Saniewski.
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Thief
Title: Thief
Character: Syn Szczepan
Released: November 27, 1988
Type: Movie
A father and his sons want to catch a man who steals their apples.
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Title: Ballada o Januszku
Released: November 8, 1988
Type: TV
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Bermuda Triangle
Title: Bermuda Triangle
Character: Mr Wacek (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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Swan Song
Title: Swan Song
Character: Customs Officer
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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The Crossing
Title: The Crossing
Character: "Lont", członek oddziału AK
Released: June 27, 1988
Type: Movie
WWII. Joined forces of Polish and Russian partisans (despite they are in conflict) stand against German Sturmwind I & II actions.
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Sonata marymoncka
Title: Sonata marymoncka
Character: Acting Director
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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King Size
Title: King Size
Character: Więzień Nosacz
Released: May 2, 1988
Type: Movie
A comedy. The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the most obedient get the chance to grow to king size and inhabit the larger world. Once there, nobody wants to return to Shuflandia. Also, there are no women in Shuflandia.
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Black Feet
Title: Black Feet
Character: Marek's Caretaker
Released: November 16, 1987
Type: Movie
A group of Boy scouts who name themselves Black Feet learn lessons about honor and brotherhood in a camp.
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Freelancer
Title: Freelancer
Character: Labus
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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A Woman Alone
Title: A Woman Alone
Character: Władek
Released: March 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, knowing that the whole day at work, she is leaving her young son. But the worst is the loneliness, exacerbated by her single mother status. She meets a crippled pensioner Jacek, who appears to be the key to her happiness, but tragedy continues to strike.
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Rykowisko
Title: Rykowisko
Released: February 20, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Wild One
Title: The Wild One
Character: Mohiła
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Przyłbice i kaptury
Released: November 23, 1986
Type: TV
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Zátah
Title: Zátah
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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Crumbs of War
Title: Crumbs of War
Character: Szaruga
Released: February 26, 1986
Type: Movie
A young partisan named Derkacz is fighting in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. In order to transport the wounded commander, he takes a horse from a nearby village along with its owner, teenage Józek.
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Sam pośród swoich
Title: Sam pośród swoich
Released: January 24, 1986
Type: Movie
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Title: Pan na Żuławach
Character: Walenciak
Released: November 24, 1985
Type: TV
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Romans z intruzem
Title: Romans z intruzem
Released: August 29, 1985
Type: Movie
End of August 1939. The Polish-German border is crossed by a German defector from the Wehrmacht, Ernst Hoffman, with the information that on August 26 at 4:45 Germany will attack Poland.
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Piętno
Title: Piętno
Character: Stablehand
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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Vabank II
Title: Vabank II
Character: Melski - współpracownik Kwinty
Released: May 6, 1985
Type: Movie
A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager.
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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Title: O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Character: Cellulose Maker
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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Bohun and Kmicic
Title: Bohun and Kmicic
Released: August 26, 1984
Type: Movie
A unit of the People's Army celebrates the moment of liberation of the country. They remember the times of occupation, the actions they took, and their fallen colleagues.
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The Twenties, the Thirties
Title: The Twenties, the Thirties
Character: Grześ' Coach
Released: March 19, 1984
Type: Movie
On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.
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Co dzień bliżej nieba
Title: Co dzień bliżej nieba
Character: Janitor
Released: February 27, 1984
Type: Movie
After the death of his mother, fifteen-year-old Piotr goes to boarding school. He makes friends with Mirek there.
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On, ona, oni
Title: On, ona, oni
Character: Juror (segment 3)
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.
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Big Shar
Title: Big Shar
Character: Kanciarz we Wrocławiu
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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Wilczyca
Title: Wilczyca
Character: Oleksiak
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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Barbed Wire
Title: Barbed Wire
Character: telefonista Józek
Released: January 17, 1983
Type: Movie
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Shivers
Title: Shivers
Character: Guard
Released: November 23, 1981
Type: Movie
A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.
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The Big Picnic
Title: The Big Picnic
Character: Rysiek's Father
Released: October 23, 1981
Type: Movie
Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
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Vabank
Title: Vabank
Character: Melski - bileter w byłym kinie Duńczyka - "krawiec"
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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Biała gorączka
Title: Biała gorączka
Released: April 27, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Dom
Character: kapral Patro, były podkomendny Bizanca
Released: November 9, 1980
Type: TV
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Olympics 40
Title: Olympics 40
Character: strażnik Schlappke
Released: June 23, 1980
Type: Movie
The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.
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Father of the Queen
Title: Father of the Queen
Character: Zierowski's servant
Released: April 7, 1980
Type: Movie
Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.
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Golem
Title: Golem
Character: Elevator Operator
Released: March 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's released back into a world of raving lunatics and deranged dentists, murderous doctors and scientists who believe the secret of human creation is inside the walls of a cast-iron oven.
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Leisure Time
Title: Leisure Time
Released: November 30, 1979
Type: Movie
Poland in the mid-1970s. In a small town, the student theater is preparing its premiere.
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Lesson of a Dead Language
Title: Lesson of a Dead Language
Character: strażnik jeńców
Released: September 6, 1979
Type: Movie
An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
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Operation
Title: Operation "Himmler"
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.
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Provincial Actors
Title: Provincial Actors
Character: Majchrzak
Released: August 10, 1979
Type: Movie
The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production gets his usual stereotypical role, but the aging idol of the ensemble senses opportunity to give the performance of his life. For young director everything is already set. The leading man, however, is not giving up and is trying to restore the role according to his view. His wife listens to his fears, complaints and frustrations, while resigning herself to a fading career in a puppet theatre.
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Hospital of the Transfiguration
Title: Hospital of the Transfiguration
Character: Józef
Released: March 28, 1979
Type: Movie
The film is set toward the beginning of World War II, at a psychiatric hospital in the country. But this is an unusual hospital: there are several incurable schizophrenic cases, staff is bit strange and a writer has voluntarily entered the clinic because he is "peculiar" and a drug addict. Then, the occupying forces arrive...
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Top Dog
Title: Top Dog
Character: Kazik Danielak, brat Lutka
Released: July 24, 1978
Type: Movie
An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything, including throwing mud at his best friend, to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.
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A Room with a View on the Sea
Title: A Room with a View on the Sea
Character: Worker
Released: March 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.
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Merry Christmas
Title: Merry Christmas
Character: drwal
Released: December 21, 1977
Type: Movie
Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends.
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Wolna sobota
Title: Wolna sobota
Character: Kierowca ciężarówki
Released: May 28, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Znaki szczególne
Character: robotnik Gontek
Released: February 28, 1977
Type: TV
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Sunday Children
Title: Sunday Children
Released: January 16, 1977
Type: Movie
A young couple who are unable to have children make a deal with a poor woman to buy her illegitimate child rather than wait through the time-consuming process of legal adoption.
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Strach
Title: Strach
Released: June 24, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Droga
Character: kuzyn Jadwigi Sęk
Released: January 3, 1975
Type: TV
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A Story in Red
Title: A Story in Red
Character: Sexton
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village
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Lost Night
Title: Lost Night
Character: Stanisław
Released: February 20, 1974
Type: Movie
A Warsaw writer, Wacław Kisielecki, returning from Rome, has his car break down somewhere late in the evening on a country road, so he and his chauffeur, Konstanty, have to look for accommodation in a nearby manor house. Its owner is a young man, Jan, who has been managing the severely run-down estate himself since his mother's death.
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Bolesław Śmiały
Title: Bolesław Śmiały
Released: October 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Portrays the power struggle between the king of Poland, Bolesław the Bold, and the Bishop of Kraków, Stanisław Szczepanowski.
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The Epidemic
Title: The Epidemic
Character: Nurse
Released: April 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.
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Fortune
Title: Fortune
Character: Kasiarz Ważych
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Post-WWI the Polish currency is practically worthless, and a timid bank clerk is pressured by gangsters, a temptress, and his fellow employees to help steal the bank's supply of dollars.
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Leprosy
Title: Leprosy
Character: Lieutenant Strzalka
Released: December 2, 1971
Type: Movie
When Stanislaw Czermien is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real perpetrator. He suspects him to be his own brother, Witold.
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Nos
Title: Nos
Character: fryzjer
Released: October 22, 1971
Type: Movie
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First Love
Title: First Love
Character: Białobzorow
Released: September 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Based on a novella by Ivan Turgenev, Pierwsza milosc is the story of a 15 year old boy and a 21 year old girl who develop an ill-fated romance.
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Wezwanie
Title: Wezwanie
Character: Edward, brat Zośki
Released: March 20, 1971
Type: Movie
A young farm boy spends his days dreaming and making totem-pole like sculptures out of wood. His brother is a go-getter: studies agricultural engineering, comes back with diploma to marry the pretty girl next door. The dreamer graces puts his sculptures around, invoking anger of his father and ridicule of the peasants who find him useless. During the brother's wedding he sets his totems ablaze. He makes a pass at his new sister-in-law, but returns to his own reveries. In the end he hears a call to bring a log out of the marshes, but during the escapade sinks into the bog.
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Signs on the Road
Title: Signs on the Road
Character: mechanik Bulaga
Released: June 2, 1970
Type: Movie
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Only the Dead Can Answer
Title: Only the Dead Can Answer
Released: December 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.
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Skok
Title: Skok
Character: Wiktor's Friend
Released: June 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.
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The Pier
Title: The Pier
Released: March 21, 1969
Type: Movie
After completing a project, a shipbuilder grows restless and travels the country on his motorcycle. He leaves behind his wife, a woman of virtue and responsibility, as he goes off on his amorous drunken escapades. He is part of a lost generation whose economic and vocational prospects have been severely limited in the decades following World War II. His summer cabin on the Baltic beach is torn apart by drunken revelers to feed a bonfire in this brooding and often depressing film.
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Red Rowan
Title: Red Rowan
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Doll
Title: The Doll
Character: Bidder
Released: December 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
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Title: More Than Life At Stake
Character: Wiehnert, brytyjski agent Z-82
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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Our Folks
Title: Our Folks
Character: Cat Seller (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.
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The Killer Leaves a Trace
Title: The Killer Leaves a Trace
Character: Worker dragging a Dressing Table (uncredited)
Released: August 18, 1967
Type: Movie
In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.
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Ściana czarownic
Title: Ściana czarownic
Character: Ryszard Parzeniec
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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Bumerang
Title: Bumerang
Character: Man at the Accident Scene (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1966
Type: Movie
A German man and a Polish woman fall in love in the days preceding World War II.
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Sobótki
Title: Sobótki
Character: Sentry
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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Title: Four Tank-Men and a Dog
Character: saper
Released: May 9, 1966
Type: TV
Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.
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Katastrofa
Title: Katastrofa
Character: Militiaman (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1966
Type: Movie
A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses.
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Then There Will Be Silence
Title: Then There Will Be Silence
Character: Soldier making a Deceased List (uncredited)
Released: January 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans.
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The Saragossa Manuscript
Title: The Saragossa Manuscript
Character: Van Worden's Father's Servant
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: Sailor
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: Semen
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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Avatar: The Exchange of Souls
Title: Avatar: The Exchange of Souls
Character: Łabiński's Butler
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Count Olgierd Łabiński lives with his beloved wife in Paris in a beautiful palace. The Countess recalls her stay in Florence and her insistent admirer Octavius ​​de Saville. Soon, Octavius, arrives in Paris and calls for the famous Dr. Cherbonneau, suspected of being a charlatan. Citing the teachings of the East, Cherbonneau offers the patient an "avatar", a reincarnation of the soul, which takes a different body...
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White Tracks
Title: White Tracks
Character: Bjorn
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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Dziewczyna z dobrego domu
Title: Dziewczyna z dobrego domu
Character: Man by the Cloakroom (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1962
Type: Movie
Instead of coming to her own engagement party, Joanna throws herself into New Year's Eve partying. Her fiancé follows her lead.
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Silent Traces
Title: Silent Traces
Character: Stusina (as Ryszard Kotas)
Released: September 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.
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Pills for Aurelia
Title: Pills for Aurelia
Character: Man in a Flower Shop
Released: November 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.
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Two from the Big River
Title: Two from the Big River
Released: November 17, 1958
Type: Movie
A Pole and a German fall in love to the discouragement of their parents.
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Zemsta
Title: Zemsta
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry.
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Trzy starty
Title: Trzy starty
Character: Edek
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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A Generation
Title: A Generation
Character: Jacek (as Ryszard Kotas)
Released: January 26, 1955
Type: Movie
Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.
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Clergyman
Title: Clergyman
Character: Tailor
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie