Janusz Ściwiarski
Actor · 1901 – 1957 · Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)
Movies11
Movie10.0DramaA social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.
Movie6.9WarDramaStach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.
Movie9.0DramaA juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
Movie5.5DramaThe struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Gromada
1952 · 4 votes
Movie6.0DramaHistoryYoung Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
Movie7.0HistoryMusicPolish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Movie4.7ComedyNikodem 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.
Nikodem Dyzma
1956 · 6 votes
Movie6.5DramaThrough the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Movie5.6DramaRomanceZbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
Movie7.5CrimeAdventureShot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.
Movie6.5CrimeEngineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.
Uczta Baltazara
1954 · 2 votes