Edward Kowalczyk

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

A young Jewish man from Warsaw is imprisoned after an antisemitic incident at his university. He is released when the Second World War breaks out and manages to escape from the ghetto. However, he chooses to leave his hiding place and fight, determined to share the fate of those threatened by the Holocaust. The protagonist is compared to the biblical Samson, who sacrificed his own life.

An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters.

The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.

A disturbed woman, still reeling over the death of her lover finds solace in a Swedish sailor amidst the regional conflicts of the late nineteenth century.

The story of a worker who was dismissed for inconvenience to management for making justified and necessary criticisms of the factory's operations.

A family drama set in a Polish village - a woman recounts her life after her husband's death, focusing on the differences between her two sons and the tragedy that befalls one of them.

Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.

1957. Excessively high production standards imposed by the authorities result in the plan not being fulfilled, and the workers cannot imagine living normally without rewards and bonuses. A rebellion breaks out. Worker democracy wins – the working class elects a director from among its own ranks. He is an old locksmith with no managerial experience. Although he believes in the socialist spirit and has a communist past, he does not hold the position for long, as he makes promises too easily that he is unable to keep.