Zygmunt Malawski
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 03, 1923
Deathday: August 30, 1983
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Nad Odrą
1966-05-25
Nad Odrą
Overview: The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.
Genres: Drama TV Movie War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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Pełnia nad głowami
1983-06-27
Pełnia nad głowami
Overview: Set in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an impersonated devil appears in its place. The local leader and priest try to make him go away by different ways.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-06-27
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Salvation
1972-09-15
Salvation
Overview: A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance, he learns that he will need a kidney transplant. Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart: he refuses his wife's offer to donate the kidney for him; the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere. In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure, waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1972-09-15
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The Finger of God
1973-08-03
The Finger of God
Overview: The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams to the state acting school and has a nervous breakdown. Eventually he commits himself to the mental institution where patients are rehabilitated by doing some artwork. He refuses to paint but does some acting. He participates in a play where a lead, playing Oedipus, actually blinds himself. Out of the institution he has dreams of killing his father, but finally seems to be ready to start over again and either act without the state license or take another job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-08-03
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Man on the Tracks
1957-01-17
Man on the Tracks
Overview: One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, knows for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-01-17
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A Face of an Angel
1971-01-20
A Face of an Angel
Overview: Story of 11-year old Tadeusz, a prisoner in a children's concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-01-20
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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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Milioner
1977-09-05
Milioner
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-09-05
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A Lady from the Window
1964-12-18
A Lady from the Window
Overview: Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-12-18
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Hour After Hour
1974-12-06
Hour After Hour
Overview: Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-12-06
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A Room with a View on the Sea
1978-03-13
A Room with a View on the Sea
Overview: Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-03-13
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Story of the Golden Boot
1961-12-28
Story of the Golden Boot
Overview: Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-12-28
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Octopus Cafe
1959-12-23
Octopus Cafe
Overview: Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-12-23
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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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Green, Bygone...
1976-01-01
Green, Bygone...
Overview: A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Kazimierz Wielki
1976-03-09
Kazimierz Wielki
Overview: The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-03-09
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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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Glass Mountain
1960-12-23
Glass Mountain
Overview: A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-12-23
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Obok prawdy
1965-03-19
Obok prawdy
Overview: After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-03-19
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Julia, Anna, Genowefa...
1968-03-15
Julia, Anna, Genowefa...
Overview: 25-year-old Anna works in the laboratory of the Lodz textile factory. She lives with her mother and recently married husband. Her life collapses when a stranger appears, looking for a daughter who has disappeared during the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-03-15
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Then There Will Be Silence
1966-01-17
Then There Will Be Silence
Overview: Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-01-17
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Place on Earth
1960-03-21
Place on Earth
Overview: A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-03-21
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Where the Water Is Pure and the Grass Is Green
1977-04-13
Where the Water Is Pure and the Grass Is Green
Overview: The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata begins to introduce competent people to managerial functions, which is enthusiastically received by workers who want changes for the better.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-04-13
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Maria and Napoleon
1966-10-04
Maria and Napoleon
Overview: In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-10-04
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Martians
1967-01-01
Martians
Overview: Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Jadą goście jadą...
1962-09-17
Jadą goście jadą...
Overview: Guests from America came to Poland, and there were three of them. One, a businessman, intends to buy the land from the battlefields in order to cash it for a profit abroad. The second is looking for a wife in his home village, highlander, and the third wants to visit his uncle's family. Will their trip be successful?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-09-17
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Pieczona gęś
1967-01-01
Pieczona gęś
Overview: Polish TV movie.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Heads and Tails
1975-02-10
Heads and Tails
Overview: In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal
Genres: Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1975-02-10
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Night Train
1959-09-06
Night Train
Overview: Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-09-06
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The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
1963-03-04
The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
Overview: A young boy and girl travel in a strange car and encounter various objects which come alive to help them. Eventually they leave the Earth altogether and visit a strange, new planet.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Family Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-03-04
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The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
1961-10-12
The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
Overview: The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-10-12
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The Impossible Goodbye
1962-08-31
The Impossible Goodbye
Overview: All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unless some new life is infused into its acts, its future does not look very rosy. Into this precarious situation comes a new mime with the uncanny ability to sap the confidence of his fellow performers. If he continues for long in this vein, no one will be able to believe they have any talent left at all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-08-31
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The Mother of the Kings
1987-03-01
The Mother of the Kings
Overview: Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1987-03-01
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Drugi brzeg
1962-04-30
Drugi brzeg
Overview: A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-04-30
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Placówka
1979-10-01
Placówka
Overview: The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Szkice warszawskie
1970-01-30
Szkice warszawskie
Overview: Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-01-30
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More Than Life At Stake Part One
1969-10-29
More Than Life At Stake Part One
Overview: The first of six episode compilations of the TV show released theatrically, featuring episodes 1 and 3.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-10-29
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Samson
1961-09-11
Samson
Overview: The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the Warsaw Uprising.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-09-11
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Zwariowana noc
1967-07-28
Zwariowana noc
Overview: Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-07-28
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Operation "Brutus"
1971-05-11
Operation "Brutus"
Overview: Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-11
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Złote koło
1971-04-22
Złote koło
Overview: An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-04-22
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Głos ma prokurator
1965-05-11
Głos ma prokurator
Overview: A prosecutor takes on the case of a peasant accused of murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-05-11
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Fever
1981-09-04
Fever
Overview: The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters are committed anarchists. The bomb maker puts an invention together to place it at the disposal of young inexperienced terrorists fighting against Tsarist oppression. The story follows the passing of this bomb from anarchist to anarchist as several attempts are made on the life of Tsarist governor general, until, at the end, it is effectively and harmlessly defused by a bomb expert. The presence of the bomb has a destroying effect on all of the Polish revolutionaries, they either die or breakdown.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-09-04
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Time Past
1961-04-11
Time Past
Overview: Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighters.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-04-11
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Under the Phrygian Star
1954-10-30
Under the Phrygian Star
Overview: Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Madzia in this sequel to "Cellulose".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-10-30
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Mother Joan of the Angels
1961-02-09
Mother Joan of the Angels
Overview: A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior, who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-02-09
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Quiet Is the Night
1978-11-17
Quiet Is the Night
Overview: A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he has an adolescent son he has not been able to communicate with.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-11-17
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Reverse Gear
1978-06-02
Reverse Gear
Overview: The house of a family of five is to be demolished due to the expansion of the city. The residents who are waiting to move are surprised by the progressive paralysis of their son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-06-02
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