Maria Kaniewska
Biography: Maria Kaniewska (27 May 1911 in Kiev - 11 December 2005 in Warsaw) was a Polish actress, screenplay writer, film director. In 1960 she received a bronze lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 27, 1911
Deathday: December 11, 2005
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Adam's Two Ribs
1964-01-24
Adam's Two Ribs
Overview: An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-01-24
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The Knave of Spades
1960-10-16
The Knave of Spades
Overview: A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-10-16
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Two Hours
1957-12-09
Two Hours
Overview: Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-12-09
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Król Maciuś I
1958-04-08
Król Maciuś I
Overview: A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
Genres: Family
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-04-08
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Kocie ślady
1971-05-01
Kocie ślady
Overview: A young militia lieutenant goes undercover as a journalist to investigate a Zakopane smuggling ring.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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Zaczarowane podwórko
1974-05-24
Zaczarowane podwórko
Overview: A mysterious Mania appears in Warsaw. The girl, together with the other children, experiences amazing adventures.
Genres: Fantasy Music Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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Mansarda
1963-09-27
Mansarda
Overview: After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-09-27
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Ewa Wants to Sleep
1958-03-17
Ewa Wants to Sleep
Overview: Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-03-17
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Jasne łany
1947-12-25
Jasne łany
Overview: A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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The Refuge
1978-09-25
The Refuge
Overview: In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-09-25
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Satan from the Seventh Grade
2007-04-07
Satan from the Seventh Grade
Overview: A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
Genres: Family Comedy Mystery
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2007-04-07
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The Border
1978-01-27
The Border
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-01-27
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Unvanquished City
1950-12-07
Unvanquished City
Overview: Unvanquished City (Polish: Robinson warszawski, Polish: Miasto nieujarzmione) is a 1950 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Zarzycki. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1950-12-07
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Kapelusz pana Anatola
1957-11-11
Kapelusz pana Anatola
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-11-11
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150km Per Hour
1972-08-04
150km Per Hour
Overview: Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1972-08-04
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Meetings In The Dark
1960-05-16
Meetings In The Dark
Overview: A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-05-16
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Pięciu
1964-12-02
Pięciu
Overview: Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-12-02
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Zawsze w niedziele
1966-03-02
Zawsze w niedziele
Overview: Three stories centered around sports.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ab
Release Date: 1966-03-02
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Śmierć w środkowym pokoju
1967-01-04
Śmierć w środkowym pokoju
Overview: The Gestapo searches one of the apartments in Warsaw. It comes to a tragedy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-04
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What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
1978-12-08
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Overview: Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Abel, Your Brother
1970-10-02
Abel, Your Brother
Overview: A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-10-02
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Birth Certificate
1961-10-02
Birth Certificate
Overview: Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-10-02
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Winter Twilight
1957-02-01
Winter Twilight
Overview: Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-02-01
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Husband of His Wife
1961-04-03
Husband of His Wife
Overview: Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-04-03
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Bicz Boży
1967-07-07
Bicz Boży
Overview: A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-07-07
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Wolna sobota
1977-05-28
Wolna sobota
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-05-28
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Trzy starty
1955-10-25
Trzy starty
Overview: Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-25
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Man - Woman Wanted
1973-04-22
Man - Woman Wanted
Overview: Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he has to work for some time, of course, as a woman. He gets a job as a domestic helper. However, he has no luck with employers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-04-22
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The Warsaw Debut
1951-03-04
The Warsaw Debut
Overview: Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Genres: History Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1951-03-04
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Spotkania
1957-11-18
Spotkania
Overview: Four stories showing the various facets of love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-11-18
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The Deserters
1986-09-22
The Deserters
Overview: Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
Genres: Comedy History War Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Hacker
2002-09-27
Hacker
Overview: Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of complete submission to his clever friend Turbo - and he, in turn, guarantees him the easy money and attention to a long-legged beauty.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2002-09-27
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Bad Luck
1960-04-04
Bad Luck
Overview: To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-04-04
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The Last Stage
1948-03-28
The Last Stage
Overview: Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1948-03-28
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Nina's Journey
2005-11-04
Nina's Journey
Overview: Nina's Journey is a feature film, but with an authentic narrator. We follow Nina and her family during six dramatic years, half of them spent in the Warsaw ghetto. The film tells the story of a young girl coming of age under extreme circumstances: Nina falls in love, goes to parties, and graduates high school - all in the Warsaw ghetto. One could say that, in these horrid times, she is almost living the life of a normal teenager. If it wasn't for the fact that all those around her are vanishing, one by one. Nina's Journey is shot in Warsaw, with Polish actors. But it is narrated by the elderly Nina Einhorn herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-11-04
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Horizontal Landscape
1978-10-06
Horizontal Landscape
Overview: Three construction workers live together in a tiny apartment while building a new factory. When their foreman, Kolecki, is fired for neglecting his professional duties, the trio bands together to keep the production on course.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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