Adam Pawlikowski
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 21, 1925
Deathday: January 17, 1976
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Ashes and Diamonds
1958-10-03
Ashes and Diamonds
Overview: A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-10-03
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The Saragossa Manuscript
1965-06-10
The Saragossa Manuscript
Overview: During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
Genres: Drama History Comedy Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-06-10
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Kanal
1957-04-20
Kanal
Overview: During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-04-20
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The Office
1969-12-14
The Office
Overview: Juliusz Starzewski goes to Rome to seek justice on behalf of his father.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-12-14
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I Would Like to Have a Shave
1966-08-07
I Would Like to Have a Shave
Overview: A macabre film about the experiences of a client who is shaved by a hairdresser-psychopath.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-08-07
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Gold Dreams
1962-10-26
Gold Dreams
Overview: The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-26
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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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Barrier
1966-11-18
Barrier
Overview: A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-11-18
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Naprawdę wczoraj
1963-11-08
Naprawdę wczoraj
Overview: The story concerns a succesful writer at the height of his career. He is in a state of crisis, unable to forget the girl he had a brief affair in the 40's. At the promotion of his new book he meets her after the years and reminisces about the past, when he was on a government mission to recover a missing art treasure, a triptych. After the years the girl, now married, barely remembers the whole thing, while he re-examines the affair which he has so much romanticized.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-11-08
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Farewells
1958-10-13
Farewells
Overview: The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-10-13
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The Two Who Stole the Moon
1962-11-12
The Two Who Stole the Moon
Overview: Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-11-12
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The Woodpecker
1971-05-21
The Woodpecker
Overview: A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-21
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Where Is the Third King?
1967-01-20
Where Is the Third King?
Overview: Two militia officers are assigned to a museum in an undercover assignment to protect a valuable painting from an international group of art thieves.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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Izkustvenata patitza
1974-05-17
Izkustvenata patitza
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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Album polski
1970-05-08
Album polski
Overview: University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-05-08
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Checkmate!
1967-07-01
Checkmate!
Overview: Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo, brilliant chess player, who had ruined his private life because of his passion for chess.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Ping-pong
1966-04-17
Ping-pong
Overview: A woman has difficulty choosing between her husband and her new lover, so she sets up a table tennis game between them.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-04-17
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Goodbye to the Past
1961-03-23
Goodbye to the Past
Overview: An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-03-23
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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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Lotna
1959-09-27
Lotna
Overview: Set in the beginning of Wold War II, when the Polish cavalry still fought with lances against German troops. LOTNA is about a white thoroughbred horse that passed through various hands in a military outfit.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-09-27
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Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
1960-05-25
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow
Overview: Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful, charming French girl. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-05-25
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Drugi człowiek
1961-10-19
Drugi człowiek
Overview: A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-10-19
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Zuzanna i chłopcy
1961-12-29
Zuzanna i chłopcy
Overview: Two man and a woman get buried by the snow while on a cave expedition. Tensions rise between the two men, both in love with the woman as they try to find a way out.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-12-29
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Pistolet typu "Walter P-38"
1963-01-01
Pistolet typu "Walter P-38"
Overview: The People's Guard unit takes a pistol from a German soldier. It is then used as a training weapon and in actions against the occupant.
Genres: TV Movie War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Wounded in the Forest
1964-04-14
Wounded in the Forest
Overview: While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-04-14
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Giuseppe in Warsaw
1964-08-07
Giuseppe in Warsaw
Overview: The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
Genres: Romance Comedy War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-08-07
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Alone in the City
1965-12-25
Alone in the City
Overview: Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-12-25
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Instrumentum mortis
1965-01-01
Instrumentum mortis
Overview: Polish TV movie. Lost.
Genres: TV Movie War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Cooked Doves
1966-05-12
Cooked Doves
Overview: A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-05-12
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Hell and Heaven
1966-09-19
Hell and Heaven
Overview: A 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-09-19
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The Nutcracker
1967-12-25
The Nutcracker
Overview: On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-12-25
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Wolves' Echoes
1968-04-14
Wolves' Echoes
Overview: A lonely Border Guard officer, with a girl and a former villain, has to face a local corrupt Militia commandant and his people in wild Bieszczady Mountains in the Polish East.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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More Than Life At Stake Part Three
1969-10-29
More Than Life At Stake Part Three
Overview: The third of six episode compilations of the TV series released theatrically, featuring episodes 5 and 7.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-10-29
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The Road West
1961-09-07
The Road West
Overview: In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-09-07
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One Room Tenants
1960-02-08
One Room Tenants
Overview: A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-02-08
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Mrs. Hanka's Diary
1963-08-29
Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Overview: The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-08-29
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Polar Bear
1959-12-03
Polar Bear
Overview: A Jewish man who escapes a Nazi transport hides in a Polish ski resort town by posing for photos with tourists dressed as a polar bear.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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Kochajmy syrenki
1967-04-25
Kochajmy syrenki
Overview: Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named Koszajtis. Soon they get thrown right in the middle of a hilarious war between two rivaling music-and-dance groups.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-04-25
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Everything for Sale
1969-01-28
Everything for Sale
Overview: Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-01-28
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Back to Life Again
1965-03-12
Back to Life Again
Overview: Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-03-12
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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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Mój stary
1962-09-05
Mój stary
Overview: A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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The Criminal and the Lady
1963-07-08
The Criminal and the Lady
Overview: Young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills the driver and two security guards and takes the money. The police finds out that the stolen banknotes are being spent at a fashionable spa resort. The only way to find the criminal is to favor Małgorzata with a seaside holiday in the company of a handsome Captain as her brother.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-07-08
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No More Divorces
1964-02-25
No More Divorces
Overview: Three short segments about love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-02-25
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It Started Yesterday
1961-01-12
It Started Yesterday
Overview: Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-01-12
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