Roman Załuski

Director

December 10, 1936 (85 years)

† November 29, 2022

Lida k. Nowogródka, Polska [obecnie Białoruś]

Biography

Roman Załuski (December 10, 1936 – November 29, 2022) was a Polish director, screenwriter, and actor. He graduated from the Directing Department of the Łódź Film School in 1958. He made his first independent film, "Home," in 1970. He gained popularity with comedies, such as: "Emergency Exit", "Oh, Karol", "Kogel-Mogel", and "Galimatias czyli Kogel-Mogel II".

Filmography

7.0

Znaki szczególne

Engineer Bogdan Zawada moves to the construction of a port on the Baltic Sea. The man tries to arrange his personal and professional life in a new environment.

7.4

Egg Nogg

Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.

8.0

Sobótki

Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.

8.3

Wściekły

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.

7.0

Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2

Kasia and Pawel, having got married, live in the village of Brzozki, 10 kilometres from Grabow. Kasia wants to return to her pedagogical studies, so she does not want to have children yet. Pawel announces that he wants to break away from the traditional village farm and focus on specialised sheep breeding, which causes a family argument. Kasia's parents anxiously await the birth of their grandchildren. Things get even more complicated when the Wolanskis arrive in Grabow. They offer to help Kasia go back to university, but in return Kasia has to look after little Piotr as the docent is leaving for London where he has received a month-long study grant.

4.8

Oh, Karol!

Karol has everything. He has three mistresses in addition to the bride. He is charming, loves sex and enslaves women in the blink of an eye. He's also well aware of that women like and uses it for his benefits.

10.0

Rzeczywistość

The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.

4.6

The Anatomy of Love

A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship.

8.3

Kardiogram

A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants.

5.7

Skok

Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.

9.0

The Epidemic

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.

8.0

Ostatni po Bogu

Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea.

10.0

Sekret

After her husband's death Stefania learns that her respected spouse, who was a university professor, had a flat of his own where he lead a second life.

8.0

Pięciu

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.

8.0

Hour After Hour

Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.

5.4

Comedy of Marriage

Disappointed with being a housewife and annoyed by her cheating husband, Maria decides to abandon her family, move to Warsaw and get a well-paid job.

7.5

The Refuge

In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man.

9.0

Stajnia na Salvatorze

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.

7.0

Bitwa o Kozi Dwór

A group of boys in pre-war Warsaw fight for the right to train at an abandoned square.

8.8

Rust

After many years, director Bryła reveals hidden family secrets.