Igor Śmiałowski
Also Known As: Игор Смяловский
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Moskau, Russland
Adult: No
Birthday: June 20, 1917
Age: 107 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 16, 2006
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Forbidden Songs
Overview: Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
Genres: Music War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1947-01-08
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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: pl
Release Date: 1973-12-07
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Soldier of Victory
Overview: Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1953-05-08
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The Others Will Follow
Overview: A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis, showing the activities of the left-wing underground in the occupied capital.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1949-05-12
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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 Issa Valley
Overview: The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unrests among the mixed population of Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Russians. He, however, is captivated by a paradise surrounding him, the forest, and his fantasies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1982-09-20
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Bigda is Coming!
Overview: The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the people came to the fore. In fact, he turned out to be a cunning populist and an immoral politician, ready for any tricks for the sake of his goals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1999-11-29
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Rodzina Milcarków
Overview: The fate of a working-class family during the third Silesian Uprising.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-11-09
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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: 1969-06-12
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Nuremberg Epilogue
Overview: Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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Wawelski convuntus dowódców
Overview: A TV special - host Irena Dziedzic interviews notable figures of Polish history at the Wawel Castle.
Genres: TV Movie History Documentary
Original Language: ab
Release Date: 1970-12-26
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Decalogue IV
Overview: A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1989-05-16
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Not Far from Warsaw
Overview: Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-10-21
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Wystrzał
Overview: Study of a man obsessively seeking revenge.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-04-18
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Don Gabriel
Overview: The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-09-01
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The Quack
Overview: A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1982-04-12
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Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy
Overview: Pilot Stefan Janotta recalls the war and the years following, when he helped rebuilding Polish Airlines.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-11-21
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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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Master
Overview: A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-10-07
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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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Historia jednego myśliwca
Overview: The film follows the exploits of Stefan as he fights against the Nazis as a RAF pilot.
Genres: War
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-08-19
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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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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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