Henryk Bielski

Director

January 19, 1935 (90 years)

† March 3, 2025

Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Biography

Henryk Bielski (January 19, 1935 – March 3, 2025) was a Polish director. From 1960, assistant director and second director. In 1976, he became a feature film director. In his youth, as a dancer with the "Mazowsze" Song and Dance Ensemble, he appeared in the documentary "Mazowsze" (1951) and "Adventure at Mariensztat" (1953). While working at "Mazowsze," he completed the required secondary music school in Warsaw and the Vocational Training School at the "Mazowsze" State Song and Dance Ensemble na…

Filmography

6.3

Remember Your Name

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.

6.8

Pharaoh

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.

7.3

Ballada o Januszku

A single mother, blinded by the love for her trouble-making son Januszek, makes more and more sacrifices for him.

10.0

Don Gabriel

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.

9.0

Interrupted Flight

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.

10.0

Pastorale heroica

March 1945. After crossing the Oder River, one of the Polish Army units heading for Berlin encounters resistance from German defensive formations. After a fierce exchange of fire, a doctor operates on seriously wounded soldiers. Private Józef Łopuch helps him in the field hospital and also serves as a barber. Łopuch, who despite sending over twenty letters has received no reply from his wife Sabina, composes another letter assuring his wife that although war is a nasty business, nothing can happen to him, as he was born in a forge...

6.0

Copernicus

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.

6.7

Teenager

A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.

9.0

Wiano

A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.

8.0

Chrześniak

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.

7.0

Countess Cosel

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.

N/A

Warszawskie gołębie

Wacław Kaczmarski has been breeding pigeons for many years, which is a family tradition (his grandfather and father bred pigeons before him). The birds are an important part of his life; he spends every free moment with them, and they are his escape from everyday worries. Kaczmarski and his family live in Targówek in old apartments that are scheduled for demolition. He gets a new apartment in Ursynów, where he immediately installs pigeon boxes on the balcony. The neighbors are outraged.

10.0

Spotkanie w 'Bajce'

"A Meeting in Bajka" tells a seemingly banal story of a marital triangle which bristles with intrigues and psychological nuances as a man, his wife and her lover rendezvous at the Bajce cafe.

7.5

Ferry

1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.

6.4

Husband of His Wife

Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.

10.0

The Contribution

A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now Paweł must choose between helping his loved ones and staying loyal to the underground.

10.0

Shifting Sands

A 12-year-old boy 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.

N/A

Morning Stars

A Soviet tank breaks through the front line during the January 1945 offensive.

7.5

Mrs. Hanka's Diary

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.

7.0

Red Rowan

The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2.