Lech Ordon
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Poznań, Polska
Birthday: November 24, 1928
Deathday: October 21, 2017
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Knave of Spades
Overview: A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-10-16
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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 Last Action
Overview: When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2009-09-10
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Kwiat paproci
Overview: By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost until it was found and finally released in 2009.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2009-05-29
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Mister Blot's Academy
Overview: Thanks to the powers of magic, Adaś Niezgódka is transported to the fairy tale land of Mr. Blot – the protagonist of Jan Brzechwa’s classic book. Mr. Blot is a teacher and a magician in one. His lessons cannot be boring. Especially when bIotology is the subject. Adaś learns about the miracles of the enchanted land, but also gets to know its dark secrets.
Genres: Fantasy Family Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-01-30
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The Peasants
Overview: In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-07
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Letters to Santa
Overview: A romantic comedy set on Christmas Eve in Warsaw and centered around a series of characters.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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Jasne łany
Overview: A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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Odwrócona góra albo film pod strasznym tytułem
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Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2000-05-26
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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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Satan from the Seventh Grade
Overview: A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
Genres: Family Comedy Mystery
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2007-04-07
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Janosik
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Genres: TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-04-14
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Racławice. 1794
Overview: The document describes the preparations and organizational problems related to the outbreak of the Kościuszko Insurrection and the initial phase of the fighting to the Battle of Racławice. He also devotes a lot of space to the peasant question.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1980-06-05
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Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy
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Genres: Drama Romance History Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1982-02-15
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Szkice węglem
Overview: The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1957-11-25
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Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
Overview: Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-09-15
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Yokohama
Overview: An American actress temporarily stops in Warsaw on her way to Japan, where she gets acquainted with the Polish writer.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1982-10-20
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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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Miłość z listy przebojów
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Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-08-12
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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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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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Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany
Overview: Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-12-24
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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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Ktokolwiek wie...
Overview: A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-10-14
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Westerplatte Resists
Overview: Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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Janka - Spełnione marzenie
Overview: A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The second of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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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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Janka - Orły i Wilki
Overview: A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The first of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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Romantyczni
Overview: An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-11-27
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Der Schimmelreiter
Overview: German-Polish adaptation of Theodor Storm's novella.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-11-12
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Immensee
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-12-26
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The Twenties, the Thirties
Overview: On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-03-19
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Echo
Overview: It seems that nothing can ruin Henryk’s (Wieńczysław Gliński) happy life. He’s a respected lawyer with a loving son and wife. One day, he receives a letter from the prosecutor’s office. He’s accused of collaborating with the Gestapo. It’s an echo of his past under occupation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-09-25
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I Hate Mondays
Overview: An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-08-27
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Sprawa do załatwienia
Overview: A series of misfortunes plagues a journalist and his new friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1953-09-05
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Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
Overview: A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1973-08-10
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The Siding
Overview: A journalist is preparing to take a train trip, when he is confronted by the spirit of professor Ryszpans who tells what happened to him. When he boarded a train standing on a siding, he encountered trackman Wiór with a newspaper informing about the crash of the train and the death of several passengers, including professor Ryszpans. The professor is joined by engineer Zniesławski, who has also heard of the impending disaster and is interested in it from the technical side. On hearing the news of an approaching catastrophe, other passengers leave the train in panic at the next station. However, trackman Wiór manages to hypnotize several travelers who continue with the journey. Ryszpans hears a roar and sees objects crumbling around him, and then turns into a shadow. After hearing the story, the journalist resigns from his train trip.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-02-04
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Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka
Overview: Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-12-26
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Special Mission
Overview: In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
Genres: Comedy War Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1987-10-05
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The Nest
Overview: Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-07-17
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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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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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Wife for an Australian
Overview: A Polish-born Australian businessman arrives in Poland to find a wife for himself.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-06-16
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Soból i panna
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-03-09
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Weekend z dziewczyną
Overview: During World War 2 a doctor, patiently waiting for the liberation and unwilling to engage in the struggle against the Nazis is forced at a gunpoint by a Polish Resistance soldier to attend to the members of her squad.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-12-25
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War of Love
Overview: Klara and Aniela are two young girls who decide not to get married. This decision makes bachelors even more eager to conquer them. Adaptation of the classic comedy by Aleksander Fredro.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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Jedenaste przykazanie
Overview: A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-09-07
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The Big Picnic
Overview: Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-10-23
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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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The Deserters
Overview: Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
Genres: Comedy History War Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Wniebowstąpienie
Overview: The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-11-21
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Warszawska syrena
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Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1956-07-20
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Hello, Fred the Beard
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1978-10-16
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