Janusz Ściwiarski
Also Known As: Януш Сцивярский
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)
Birthday: June 22, 1901
Deathday: October 18, 1957
Adult: No
Gender: Male
Popularity:
Known For:
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
Popularity:
Kurdebalans
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1956-01-01
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
Uczta Baltazara
Overview: Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-11-15
Popularity:
A Generation
Overview: Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1955-01-26
Popularity:
Podhale w ogniu
Overview:
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1956-01-25
Popularity:
Devil's Ravine
Overview: Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.
Genres: Crime Adventure Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1950-01-01
Popularity:
Nikodem Dyzma
Overview: Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1956-10-29
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
First Start
Overview: A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1951-01-25
Popularity:
Two Brigades
Overview: A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1950-09-01
Popularity:
Cellulose
Overview: Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1954-04-27
Popularity:
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
Popularity: