Bogumił Kobiela
Also Known As: Bogumil Kobiela, B. Kobiela, Bohdan Kobiela, Богумил Кобеля
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Katowice, Polska
Adult: No
Birthday: May 31, 1931
Age: 93 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 10, 1969
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Ashes and Diamonds
Overview: A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-10-03
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Farewells
Overview: The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-10-13
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Magical Bicycle
Overview: The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win, it is not far from the leading Hungarian national team, in which great cyclist Haranda rides in the yellow jersey. Only the best Pole - Popiel - can take it from him. But he is a competitor - individualist, unruly and undisciplined ...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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Poradnik matrymonialny
Overview: Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-03-26
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What is Dudek?
Overview: The "Dudek" cabaret group, Edward Dziewoński’s lifetime achievement, one of the greatest post-war cabaret groups recorded by a documentary filmmaker during rehearsals. The stars of Polish acting could be seen on stage, accompanied by excellent songs by Wojciech Młynarski.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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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
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Spóźnieni przechodnie
Overview: Five short stories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-09-03
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A Little Sunshine
Overview: A short documentary by Stanisław Bareja showing the beauty of Masurian Lakes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-08-11
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This is Your New Son
Overview: Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-03-26
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Nowy pracownik
Overview: A new employee has to deal with the horrors of bureaucracy in this satirical short poking fun at the insititutions of the Polish People's Republic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Story of the Golden Boot
Overview: Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1961-12-28
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Korn's Password
Overview: An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-10-21
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Inspekcja pana Anatola
Overview: PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-08-31
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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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Mistrz tańca
Overview: A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death.
Genres: Fantasy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-04-23
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Roly Poly
Overview: Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris). The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-03-17
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Człowiek z M-3
Overview: A young doctor receives an allotment for a state-owned M-3 type flat, but to his disfortune only married couples have a right to an M-3, so he begins a frantic search for a wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-02-21
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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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Hands Up!
Overview: The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1985-01-21
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Bad Luck
Overview: To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1960-04-04
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Mieszczanin szlachcicem
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Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-12-26
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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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Trzy kroki po ziemi
Overview: Three stories about life problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1965-09-03
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Klub szachistów
Overview: Wacław Urbin joins an exclusive club, learning the secrets of its members.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-12-27
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Nad wielką wodą
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1962-07-16
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Three Stories
Overview: The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1953-04-24
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Everything for Sale
Overview: Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1969-01-28
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Maria and Napoleon
Overview: In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1966-10-04
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Kulig
Overview: A TV musical featuring the appearances of famed actor Bogumił Kobiela and the most popular Polish musicians of the time.
Genres: Music Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1968-12-31
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The Marriage of Convenience
Overview: Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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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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Nowy
Overview: A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1970-01-09
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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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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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Trzy starty
Overview: Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-25
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Checkmate!
Overview: Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo, brilliant chess player, who had ruined his private life because of his passion for chess.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Kryptonim Nektar
Overview: A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1963-10-11
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Career
Overview: Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1955-03-26
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Eroica
Overview: Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1958-01-04
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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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Argument About Basia
Overview: Through various misunderstandings young Basia gets into the custody of several people after her mother's death.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1959-11-03
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The Sun and the Shadow
Overview: The first love between two very different characters is the prism through which we are shown the point of view of the film-makers who denounce war and plead for simple human happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1962-10-21
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