Henryk Borowski

Hrabina Cosel

Hrabia Adolf Hoym, mąż hrabiny Cosel

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Knights of the Teutonic Order

Siegfried de Löwe

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.

Az óriás

In the spring of 1945, in bombed-out Budapest, a powerful boy, young István Kovács, recently arrived from the mountains, and a girl from Pest, Juli Szandál, who has lost everyone, meet. They fall in love and move into a hut in the suburbs. Juli is frightened by the giant's sincere feelings and naivety. Their love, which started off idyllically, is partly marked by this and partly by the difficulties of the post-war period...

Professor Tutka Club

Sędzia

Professor Tutka is a storyteller in little café.

Nights and Days

Klemens Klicki

A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.

The Wedding

Old Man

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.

Unvanquished City

Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.

The Bus Leaves at 6.20

Słaboński

A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.

Lazarus' Whims

Jacenty

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.

Copernicus

Tiedemann Giese

A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.

Countess Cosel

Count Hoym

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.

Master

Attorney

A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.

Difficult Love

Bielecki

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.

Kartoteka

Ojciec

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Forbidden Songs

Maria Kędziorek's Executioner

Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.

Król Maciuś I

Minister of Internal Affairs

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

Alchemik

Father Salezy

An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.

The Stone Sky

Professor

The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness.

The Others Will Follow

Professor Brzozowski

A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis, showing the activities of the left-wing underground in the occupied capital.

I ty zostaniesz Indianinem

Jerzy Kubiak

Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.