Zdzisław Szymborski
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Radzymin, Mazowieckie, Poland
Adult: No
Birthday: September 04, 1932
Age: 92 years old
Gender: Male
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The First Day of Freedom
Overview: Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. While waiting to be repatriated, the war-weary group is forced to fight some German soldiers who invade the town. The war brings out conflicting emotions of the Poles who find themselves trapped in the house and once again under fire from the enemy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-12-21
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Daughters of Fortune
Overview: A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1999-12-10
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Bołdyn
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Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Ciosy
Overview: Wiktor Wiarecki is an unsuccessful writer. He is also not successful in his personal life: Wiktor's marriage is in crisis, and his adult son wants nothing to do with his father. The turning point is the death of his friend Wiarecki, an outstanding writer Stefan Przewłocki. A literary widow gives Wiktor the materials for the deceased's last novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-06-01
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Wizja lokalna 1901
Overview: More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia follows the dictates of the Germans in parliament and insists that the children be taught their religion classes in German. When the children refuse to take part in the classes, they are supported by the local priest, but that does not save them from being beaten. They are also kept after school and tormented in other ways as well. Newspapers, parents, and the nation as a whole get involved, transforming a simple children's strike into a national incident.
Genres: History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-01-26
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Red Thorns
Overview: A descendant of a noble family takes the side of the proletariat, fighting against the mistreatment of factory owners and the oppresion from the Tsar during the 1905 revolution.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-01-20
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Father of the Queen
Overview: Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1980-04-07
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Kamienne tablice
Overview: The film is set in 1956 in India. John Tokarski has an affair with the beautiful Margit . He is close to abandonment of wive and children, who were in the country. But one day, while in the cinema, he watches a newsreel of the shocking riots in Poznan. Deeply moved by the events that are taking place in the country John is faced with a fundamental problem of the determination of his own nationality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1984-10-22
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Brunet Will Call
Overview: Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-10-18
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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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Bezkresne łąki
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema
Overview: The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1990-10-14
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Controlled Conversations
Overview: Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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Battle of Warsaw 1920
Overview: Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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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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Fiasco of Operation Terror
Overview: The action-packed historical and revolutionary film about the struggle of the VCHK with the international conspiracy against the Soviet government in Russia in the beginning 20s. On the activities of Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the VCHK, People's Commissar of Internal Affairs and at the same time Commissar of Railways. About the work on resuscitation of a collapsed industry, army, railways, to which the Iron Felix attracts (some by threats, some by persuasion) pre-revolutionary intellectuals.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-08-10
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The Leper
Overview: A simple governess and a wealthy aristocrat fall madly in love with each other. However, his family are prejudiced towards her and have other plans for him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-11-29
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The Hexer
Overview: A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breathing dragons guard untold treasures, and human greed leads to an endless struggle for power, cruelty, bloodshed, and violence. And this world has its own superheroes - fearless witchers, people with magical powers. Their mission is to protect the human race from any misfortune. The witcher Geralt of Rivia must find the young princess Ciri, kidnapped by enemies. Only her return to the small kingdom of Cintra, which was attacked by aggressors, can restore peace and order there. The brave witcher sets off on a journey, long, distant and deadly.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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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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Childish Questions
Overview: A young architect is locked up in prison. He recalls his uncompromising youth and gradual sliding into the moral swamp of compromises. He was not alone. A group of his friends, dreamers and glass house builders, accompanied him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-11-13
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Criminal Records
Overview: Two young men from a town near Łódź attack and rob a taxi driver. Unsatisfied with the loot, they make their escape from the authorities across Poland.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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Cyrk odjeżdża
Overview: The circus leaves 1948. In one of the towns there is a circus organized right after the liberation. A conflict arises between Kossakowski, a lion trainer, and Chamron, a horse trainer, which creates a tense atmosphere in the entire team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-04-25
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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 Unknown
Overview: Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1964-10-13
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Vabank
Overview: October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstabbing and double-crossing Kramer. Kwinto designs a clever plan not to only rob the Kramer's bank but to make it look like Kramer himself did it.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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Kontrybucja
Overview: A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now Paweł must choose between helping his loved ones and staying loyal to the underground.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-04-07
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Man of Marble
Overview: A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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The Hollow Men
Overview: Matthew comes to a seaside town to see a performance of his play, although even his brother Marc, who plays the role of Napoleon, does not know that Metthew is its author. Also in life Marc plays "Napoleon", becoming the leader of a group of local youth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1993-04-01
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The Window
Overview: Krzysztof, a 30-something writer has been on a downward spiral ever since the success of his first novel. Struggling to compete his new work, the "Book of All Books" he retreats into alcoholism when he meets Basia, with whom he begins a volatile relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1983-08-22
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The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God
Overview: In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, Ziemowit. Meanwhile Ziemowit falls in love with Dziwa, lovely girl who is to become a priestess in the local temple ...
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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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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Teddy Bear
Overview: En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1981-05-04
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The Gorgon Case
Overview: In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect. Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on the surface, but very complicated in details.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-11-25
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Passenger
Overview: A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-09-20
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Colonel Kwiatkowski
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1996-05-10
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Boczny tor
Overview: Old couple dreams about a cruise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1988-12-07
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Merry Christmas
Overview: Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1977-12-21
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The Hexer
Overview: A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breathing dragons guard untold treasures, and human greed leads to an endless struggle for power, cruelty, bloodshed, and violence. And this world has its own superheroes - fearless witchers, people with magical powers. Their mission is to protect the human race from any misfortune. The witcher Geralt of Rivia must find the young princess Ciri, kidnapped by enemies. Only her return to the small kingdom of Cintra, which was attacked by aggressors, can restore peace and order there. The brave witcher sets off on a journey, long, distant and deadly.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Rok pierwszy
Overview: 1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-09-22
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Virtuti
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Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-09-20
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Daze
Overview: An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-02-20
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