Jerzy Duszyński
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 14, 1917
Deathday: July 23, 1978
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Hydro-Puzzle
1971-04-30
Hydro-Puzzle
Overview: Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-04-30
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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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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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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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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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Wielki układ
1976-06-25
Wielki układ
Overview: 40-year-old engineer Marek Kołodziejski comes to his hometown after fifteen years. He wants to take revenge on his friends who kicked him out of the band for appropriating the authorship of the project.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-06-25
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Domek z kart
1954-01-16
Domek z kart
Overview: August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-01-16
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The Bus Leaves at 6.20
1954-02-25
The Bus Leaves at 6.20
Overview: A young hairstylist leaves her husband and joins a group of working women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-02-25
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Treasure
1949-02-15
Treasure
Overview: The first Polish post-war comedy. Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his wife will sleep with the word "treasure". The other lodgers find the draft and a frantic search for the treasure begins.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1949-02-15
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Człowiek z M-3
1969-02-21
Człowiek z M-3
Overview: A young doctor receives an allotment for a state-owned M-3 type flat, but to his disfortune only married couples have a right to an M-3, so he begins a frantic search for a wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-02-21
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How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
1970-04-06
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Overview: After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
Genres: Comedy Adventure War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-04-06
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Shoot Paragon!
1970-03-20
Shoot Paragon!
Overview: A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-03-20
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Index
1977-05-25
Index
Overview: The story begins in March of 1968, the days of students protests. A hot- headed student protests the Dean's decision to expell a fellow student on fake accusation charges, upon which he drops out of university rather than make a compromise. He loses everything in the process: his girlfriend, housing privileges - he becomes a coal deliverer. On the job he witnesses an accident that causes death of a fellow worker. He decides to write a story, which is good and a publishing house wants to print it, but only after some corrections are made. He refuses again and the story is not printed. Finally, a story is commercialized and made into a succesful film and brings fame to the original author.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-05-25
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Death of a President
1977-10-10
Death of a President
Overview: After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-10-10
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Young Chopin
1952-03-25
Young Chopin
Overview: Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1952-03-25
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Forbidden Songs
1947-01-08
Forbidden Songs
Overview: Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
Genres: Music War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1947-01-08
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Christmas Eve
1966-04-09
Christmas Eve
Overview: A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-04-09
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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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Far Is the Road
1963-06-10
Far Is the Road
Overview: After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-06-10
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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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Soldier of Victory
1953-05-08
Soldier of Victory
Overview: Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1953-05-08
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To Save the City
1976-10-11
To Save the City
Overview: 1945. Soviet offensive is approaching Cracow. Local resistance cooperate despite political differences to save the city from destruction planned by Germans.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-10-11
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The Black Battalion
1958-06-13
The Black Battalion
Overview: A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1958-06-13
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Argument About Basia
1959-11-03
Argument About Basia
Overview: Through various misunderstandings young Basia gets into the custody of several people after her mother's death.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-11-03
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