Janusz Zaorski
Biography: Janusz Zaorski (born 19 September 1947) is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral anxiety (Polish: kino moralnego niepokoju), trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comedies and TV series. Zaorski graduated National Film School in Łódź in 1969. He made his own individual film director debut in 1970. In 1987 Zaorski was selected as a chairman of the Polish Federation of Film Societies (Polska Federacja Dyskusyjnych Klubów Filmowych). He was also an art director of the Film Group "Dom" (since 1988), member of the Cinematography Committee (1987–1989), president of the Radio & Television Committee (1991–1992), president of The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television (Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji; 1994–1995), member of the European Film Academy.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 19, 1947
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Escape to the Silver Globe
2021-09-05
Escape to the Silver Globe
Overview: A documentary project about what the filmmakers claim to be the greatest, unfulfilled dream of Polish cinema, the 1970s science fiction epic "On the Silver Globe".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2021-09-05
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Soccer Poker
1989-03-31
Soccer Poker
Overview: Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international referee. He sees the prevailing arrangements, manipulations, and bribery around him. Now desperate, he decides to stage an extraordinary culmination of his career: he wants to create a so-called "miracle Sunday" by "printing" the final round of games - taking substantial bribes from the interested clubs and manipulating the matches so that the results align in the order he set up.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-03-31
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Man of Iron
1981-07-27
Man of Iron
Overview: In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-07-27
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Panny i wdowy
1991-09-12
Panny i wdowy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1991-09-12
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Screen Tests
1977-05-16
Screen Tests
Overview: Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first love affair, which ends badly. In the second a provincial boy with dreams of life in the theater has an affair with his boss' wife. They meet during the film's screen tests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-05-16
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Night Silence
2024-10-31
Night Silence
Overview: Lucjan, a retired and prestigious actor about to turn 80, is admitted by his son to a nursing home. It is supposed to be temporary, while he carries out a reform in his house to accommodate the baby about to be born. Located in the countryside, the residence appears as an idyllic place, with friendly staff always ready to help and hospitable and cheerful residents… although they all hide a secret. Suddenly, he begins to have terrible visions in his dreams, which coincide with the death of several of his companions. Lucjan will have to determine if they are real or if he is losing his mind.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2024-10-31
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Goodnight
1971-04-11
Goodnight
Overview: Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-04-11
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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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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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E=mc²
2002-08-23
E=mc²
Overview: The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong, merciless bully and Stella, Ramzes girlfriend.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2002-08-23
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The Smaller Sky
1981-09-21
The Smaller Sky
Overview: A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter is trying to come up with a story which would help him to save his job. He likes to chase women and the dropout's wife is one of his targets. He gets interested in the story of her husband and tries to make a program about mysterious individual. Once the tv crew arrives to the scene, the subject tries to hide and ends up on the roof of the station, where he catches a glimpse of sunshine - the "smaller sky" - before stepping onto a glass roof and falling to his death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-09-21
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