
Wiesław Michnikowski
Actor · 1922 – 2017 · Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska
Movies23
Movie7.2Science FictionAdventureTwo scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
Movie9.0DramaA juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
Movie6.5RomanceDramaShortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
Movie6.6FantasyFamilyThe second part of adventures of Mr. Blot and the students of his magic school.
Movie7.8ComedyTV MovieThe famous play by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Maciej Englert. A 1999 production.
Tango
1999 · 2 votes
Movie5.8FantasyFamilyThanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.
Movie6.6FamilyAnimationAnimated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.
Movie6.8ComedyMusicThe revue theater "Red Mill" is in crisis, the owner has no money to pay the salaries of the employees. When the bailiff hands the director an order to seize the theater's assets, an elegant gentleman engineer Fred Kampinos unexpectedly appears and offers his help.
Movie8.0ComedyA cinematic ode to actor Adolf Dymsza, one of the biggest stars of pre-war Polish cinema. The film combines footage from Dymsza's new movies and contextualises in the frame story of Mr. Dodek, a retired actor who recounts his past exploits while trying to earn an allotment for a plot of land.
Pan Dodek
1971 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0HorrorComedy
A potter putting up a fireplace tells a story of a man, who decided to build a house at an infamous fire site.
MovieAdventureComedyThe protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
Movie7.0ComedyDramaYoung Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.
Movie6.8ComedyMusicRysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
Movie6.7ComedyA group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.
Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
1973 · 3 votes
Movie9.0DramaThree stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.
Trzy kroki po ziemi
1965 · 1 votes
Movie6.4WarDramaIn 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.
Movie5.0ComedyA group of retirees, wanting to help a friend, plan to break into a bank.
Rififi po sześćdziesiątce
1989 · 4 votes
Movie6.8ActionComedyThe movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.
Movie8.0AdventureComedyMirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
1962 · 1 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieHorrorAn adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, transposed to a contemporary setting. A couple visits a remote asylum where the woman knows the staff, only to discover that the institution is overrun and the lines between doctors and patients have collapsed.
System
1981 · 1 votes
Movie5.7ComedyA man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away.
Movie6.5ComedyFantasyA bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
Movie9.0AnimationAdventureBased on a romantic knightly ballad. The story takes place in the world of insects. The Blue Knight sets off on a long journey with his squire to free the sister of the Butterfly Queen. After many adventures, he reaches the castle where the princess is imprisoned. The Blue Knight defeats the cruel suitor-kidnapper and sets off on the return journey with the princess. The brave hero is in love with the beautiful princess, but she chooses Count Zawisak, whom she met on the way. To make matters worse, the vengeful knight Jelonek wounds the Blue Knight in a duel. Fortunately, at the court of the Queen of Butterflies, the kind Ant rescues the wounded hero, who, as he recovers, notices the beauty and kindness of the Ant, who is in love with him.
Series6
TV7.8Action & AdventureWar & PoliticsCzterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War II, and follows the adventures of a tank crew and their T-34 tank in the 1st Polish Army. Although both the book and the TV series contain elements of pro-Soviet propaganda, they have achieved and retain a cult series status in Poland, Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. The T-34 tank Rudy with the identifying number "102", a German Shepherd dog from Siberia Szarik and to a lesser extent the crew Jan Kos, Gustaw Jeleń, Grigorij Saakaszwili, Tomasz Czereśniak, and their commander and mentor Olgierd Jarosz, as well as other heroes of the series, have become icons in Polish popular culture.
TV5.8AnimationKidsPolish animated series about the adventures of clumsy goat - Koziołek Matołek on his way to the city of Pacanów.
TV8.0A story about the professional and personal struggles of the lawyers at a law firm in a town near Warsaw. In their work, they encounter a wide range of human problems, while often dealing with complicated family lives of their own.
Zespół adwokacki
1994 · 1 votes
TV7.5DramaA sensitive idealist, a noble and righteous man, he dreams of a true, great love. Despite turning 40, he is still looking for 'the one'. Before fate unexpectedly turns out to be favorable, he experiences various emotional adversities. Reflective story of the unchanging human longing for goodness and honesty.
Jan Serce
1982 · 2 votes
- TV
Podziemny front
1965
TVDramaAn adaptation of Jerzy Stefan Stawiński’s novel "13 Days in the Life of a Retiree: The Diary of Adam Bzowski", depicting the exemplary life of a Polish intellectual (born well before the war) and his ancestors.