Władysław Dewoyno
Also Known As: Владислав Девойно
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moskwa, Rosja
Adult: No
Birthday: July 10, 1915
Age: 109 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 22, 1991
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Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
Overview: A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-09-25
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The Eighth Day of the Week
Overview: Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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The Neighbours
Overview: A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-09-05
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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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Signals
Overview: A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-10-09
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Killing Auntie
Overview: A grotesque fairy tale of fantasies in a 21-year old's mind. First he confesses to a priest about killing his aunt. Then he is sending parcels from the post office. Just when it appears that he is going to be arrested, the aunt appears alive and well from her trip. This time though, he decides to go for it...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-09-20
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Poza układem
Overview: The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-08-18
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On, ona, oni
Overview: Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-12-12
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Wyłap
Overview: A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-03-29
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Fun and Games
Overview: In the villa of the party dignitary, the fates of Stanisław, his son's friends, Zbyszek, a worker leaving the army, and the head of the thieves' gang, cross. The film was shelved by the censors for 27 years before finally getting a limited release in 2009.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2009-09-14
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Diabelskie szczęście
Overview: Franciszek Mazur is a famous actor. One day, while returning from a holiday in the countryside, a serious accident occurs. Mazur's wife is seriously injured. When she learns about her husband's affair, she falls down the stairs and dies. But Mazur's life with his new wife is not happy ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-11-25
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The Codes
Overview: An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-12-25
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An Uneventful Story
Overview: A well-known professor of medicine finding himself at the threshold of autumn of his life, takes stock of his achievements and experiences. "In the end it ends with what has been known for a long time: that conscious life without a fixed worldview is not life, but torment, horror. - wrote Anton Chekhov in one of his letters summarizing "An Uninteresting Story". The protagonist, Professor Nikolai Stepanovich, is a character characteristic of Chekhov's entire oeuvre - a Russian intellectual from the late nineteenth century, depressed by boredom and a sense of his own uselessness and the meaninglessness of his existence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-09-12
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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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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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Irene, Go Home!
Overview: A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1955-11-26
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Difficult Love
Overview: A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-04-10
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New York, 4 A.M.
Overview: A sleepy provincial town with only one "Błysk" bar. If it weren't for the nearby prison, it would be forgotten to the world. This is how guests come. Agnieszka works in the bar and dreams of New York . Krzysiek and Józek love the girl. Józek tells her about a militia van carrying money.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-10-10
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Copernicus
Overview: A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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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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Kardiogram
Overview: A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-04
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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Overview: Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.
Genres: Drama Fantasy History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-12-26
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The Hot Line
Overview: Przybora, an engineer, undertakes the construction of a modern mine. His fiancée supports him in the hardships of his work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-09-17
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Pensja pani Latter
Overview: The action takes place in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is the head of the girls' school - Mrs. Emma Latter. Ms Latter is struggling with the financial problems of her institution, because the parents of the students are still in arrears with payments. In addition to professional problems, she is tormented by problems with adolescent children. All this causes Mrs. Latter to experience a mental breakdown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-09-05
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"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa)
Overview: A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1980-03-03
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Zamach stanu
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-04-06
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Polonia Restituta
Overview: A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-05-18
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The Border
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-01-27
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Diament radży
Overview: A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-10-15
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Good Sins
Overview: A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-11-22
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The Chase
Overview: At a stable a group of horses are poisoned. Suspicion falls on Bronka, the local vet. The woman must prove her innocence and find the real culprit.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-07-22
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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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Gromada
Overview: The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1952-04-29
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Cross of Valor
Overview: Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-03-27
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Free City
Overview: The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-09-01
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The Stone Sky
Overview: The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-11-16
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Nafta
Overview: Szymek, a young man at clash with his home village takes up a job as a geologist and marries a girl whose parents dissaprove of him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-11-17
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The Lost Bridge
Overview: Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-03-22
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The Killer Leaves a Trace
Overview: In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.
Genres: War Action Crime Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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Our Folks
Overview: Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-09-15
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The Noose
Overview: A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-01-20
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Ferry
Overview: 1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-12-11
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Piżama
Overview: A woman desperate to improve her social standing goads her husband into buying pajamas - a symbol of high status.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-07-22
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Countess Cosel
Overview: The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704.
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-09-06
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The Red and the Gold
Overview: An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-09-19
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Thais
Overview: Thais, an Egyptian courtesan, is converted to a life of a penitant by Paphnutius, a holy man. She is taken to a convent in the desert and lives her life in the care of the abbess there. But Paphnutius is changed by the vision of Thais and becomes obsessed with gaining her love and retrieving her from the spiritual world for himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-09-24
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Signs on the Road
Overview: A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-06-02
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Points for Parentage
Overview: Film about a young man, who wants to become an actor. His rural upbringing is not helpful in achieving his goal, but he overcomes defeat and humiliation with the help of a benevolent old professor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-02-14
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Czerwone berety
Overview: A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-04-05
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Red Rowan
Overview: The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-01-17
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Umarli rzucają cień
Overview: Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1979-09-06
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Only the Dead Can Answer
Overview: Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-12-02
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The Doll
Overview: Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-11-07
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The Epidemic
Overview: Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1972-04-07
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Agnes 1946
Overview: A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-11-24
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Pills for Aurelia
Overview: Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-11-24
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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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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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Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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The Leaves Have Fallen
Overview: Two years after the war, during a train trip, Henryk (20) recollects the occupation period. He passes different train stations and recollects various situations from the past: his family life, working in a garage, guerrilla warfare, the fear that accompanied him every day. He’s looking at the travellers’ faces, including the ones who have survived the war.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1975-11-17
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