
Maciej Szary
Actor · b. 1949 · Piotrków Trybunalski, łódzkie, Polska
Movies20
Movie8.0DramaTV MovieJacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
Movie6.0DramaHistoryPolish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.
Przedwiośnie
2001 · 9 votes
Movie5.6DramaHistoryOn the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.
MovieTV MovieDramaTelevision play adaptation of Wajda's stage play of Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night. The drama takes place on two levels - historical and metaphorical. The first one is almost a chronicle of several hours of the uprising - it shows the drama of the attitudes of Poles at the beginning of the armed struggle, in confrontation with the attitude of Grand Duke Constantine, the Tsar's deputy in Poland. The second one presents the world of gods playing out their arguments. Man becomes a plaything in their hands, but it is he who experiences his fear, heroism and hope.
Movie5.3ComedyJournalist Anna is trying to make a documentary about an opposition activist she met years ago.
Człowiek z...
1993 · 3 votes
- Movie6.0DramaTV Movie
Based on the facts, the story of Dr. Barbara Makowska-Witkowska, arrested in 1983 by the civil militia. She was accused of beating up and stealing a drunk patient's wallet.
- Movie6.0Documentary
The protagonist of "Passerby" is writer and filmmaker Tadeusz Konwicki. His story, which reflects the paradoxes of the 20th century history, is commented by means of fragments of his films, documentary newsreels and stage productions.
Movie8.0A portrait of cabinet intrigues, the false aspirations of the party elite and the grinding reality of the 1960s, or "our little stability." Robert Meller and Janusz Dymek's documentary drama concerns the famous 1964 meat scandal, in which three death sentences were demanded and one was adjudicated and executed. The victim was Stanislaw Wawrzecki. Ostensibly, it was about fraud and bribes in the meat industry. In fact, it was about covering up the government's economic ineptitude, shortages of supplies and directing the people's anger at a few defendants.
Afera Mięsna
2007 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaCrimeBased on true events, the movie tells the story of two men who want to start a scooter business but don't have the required collateral for a bank loan. Then one of them runs into a former flat neighbour who offers to lend them the money. The guy turns out to be a thug and starts to extort them. Their life goes downhill from there.
Movie6.9DramaComedyA man, after having abandoned his family to live in a monastery, goes back into the world after 17 years.
Movie9.0ComedyTV MovieThe fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war.
Movie7.0WarDramaThe final months of World War II. The fate of a young girl, Second Lieutenant Horak, and an experienced frontline officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kaszyba.
W te dni przedwiosenne
1975 · 1 votes
Movie6.3FantasyFamilyA 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all. Written by Polish Cinema Database.
- Movie8.5DramaTV Movie
A Polish writer is arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and sent to the notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw. He will spend the next 111 days fighting for survival.
111 dni letargu
1985 · 1 votes
Movie7.3DramaMusicThe life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs.
Movie7.3DramaTV MovieDorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.
Movie4.5DramaWarBased on the autobiographical memoir of Ola Wat, the film follows the ordeal of Ola and her husband, poet Aleksander Wat, during the Second World War. Separated after the Soviet invasion of Poland, Ola endures exile, persecution, and unimaginable hardship while desperately searching for her husband. Sustained by hope and love, she struggles to survive against the brutal realities of war and political repression.
Movie8.0DramaA film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...
Movie4.0DramaWarAn actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.
Movie8.0WarDramaThe Home Army's battles against the communist authorities in the Żywiec region.
Znikąd donikąd
1975 · 1 votes
Series5
TV5.7DramaKryminalni was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from September 18, 2004 until May 24, 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio. The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cup, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating. Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people involved in just one particular investigation. The serial was one of the most popular in Poland: each week it had an audience of 4 million.
Kryminalni
2004 · 9 votes
TV7.3DramaThe story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980 · 13 votes
TV8.3DramaThe Ten Commandments, exact and uncompromising, literally cast in stone, continues to provide a source of moral conflict in contemporary society. In the ten part collection of films, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieślowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.
Dekalog
1989 · 116 votes
TV7.5DramaCrimeThe series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
TV7.9CrimeAction & AdventureTulipan
1987 · 8 votes