Jan Rybkowski

Director

April 4, 1912 (75 years)

† December 29, 1987

Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland, Russian Empire [now Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]

Biography

Jan Izydor Rybkowski (4 April 1912 – 29 December 1987) was a Polish film director. He directed 30 films between 1949 and 1984. His 1961 film Tonight a City Will Die was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.

Filmography

7.5

Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy

Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor and forced to look for basic food and shelter. Yet, on a day when an unexpected invitation appears, his life changes dramatically.

7.3

The Peasants

A TV adaptation of Władysław Stanisław Reymont's most famous novel, realistically depicting Polish rural life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Against the broad backdrop of rural community life, inextricably linked to the rhythm of nature throughout the four seasons, the complicated and often dramatic story of the Boryna family unfolds.

6.1

The Nest

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.

9.0

Album polski

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.

4.7

Nikodem Dyzma

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

6.0

Marynia

Stanislaw Połaniecki comes to Krzemień, the family estate of the Pławicki family, demanding the return of a loan taken 20 years ago as collateral for a mortgage. There he meets Marynia, Plawicki's daughter, and the seed of affection is born between them. Emilia, who befriends both of them, persuades Połaniecki to propose to Marynia. However, it turns out that the maiden's father does not have the money to repay the debt. Upset, Stach leaves without saying goodbye. Krzemień's mortgage debt is sold to a friend, who buys the property. Plawicki and his daughter leave for Warsaw.

8.0

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.

10.0

When Love Was a Crime

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.

5.4

The Border

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves for Paris to study. Returning after a year with a doctorate in political science, he makes a fast and glamorous career. He becomes the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper and, soon after, mayor of the city. He also marries Elzbieta Biecka, but still does not break up with Justyna.

7.0

The Bus Leaves at 6.20

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

5.5

Naprawdę wczoraj

The story concerns a succesful writer at the height of his career. He is in a state of crisis, unable to forget the girl he had a brief affair in the 40's. At the promotion of his new book he meets her after the years and reminisces about the past, when he was on a government mission to recover a missing art treasure, a triptych. After the years the girl, now married, barely remembers the whole thing, while he re-examines the affair which he has so much romanticized.

6.5

Wniebowstąpienie

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.

6.4

The Hours of Hope

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

8.0

The Lonely House

Basia and her aunt live in peace far away from war efforts. One day that peace is shattered when a concentration camp prisoner, a communist activist seeks refuge in their house.

6.0

Dulscy

Set at the end of the XIX-th century. Madame Dulska is the sole and absolute ruler of her house in Cracow. She is ruthless, greedy and oversensitive of the reputation of her family. To protect his son from temptations she overlooks the affair he is having with the maid. Young Dulski first wants to marry the girl, but then yields to his mother demands and turns his interest to a cousin. Everything returns to normal: his father has his habitaul visits to a brothel, his son to a cabaret and Madame Dulska safeguards her reign.

7.2

Pan Anatol szuka miliona

Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery.

4.3

Sposób bycia

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.

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.

7.0

Kapelusz pana Anatola

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.

6.5

Ostatni strzał

A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars.