Directing
Marcin Koszałka
Born
1970-12-30 (55)
Place of birth
Kraków, małopolskie, Polska
Known for
Directing
Credits
26 titles
Known for
5.2Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
The Red Spider
2015
7.4Marcin Koszałka returns in this film to a forgotten genre, namely a mountain film. The protagonist of his story is Piotr ‘Mad' Korczak, while somewhere in the background there is his rival Andrzej Marcisz. The director focuses on the career decline of a great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. A moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and the desire of immortality.
Declaration of Immortality
2010
6.6The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious Wolfram, an anthropologist and climber. He shares with him his mountaineering technique and knowledge about the Prague origins of the highlanders. Andrzej returns to Zakopane, war breaks out. To protect the Highlanders from wartime destruction, he wants to persuade them to cooperate with the Germans. Andrzej and Maciek are standing on opposite sides of the barricade. The brothers' confrontation is bloody and painful.
White Courage
2024
Part of the television series "Decalogue...After The Decalogue" is a prankish take on the Bible's fifth commandment "Honor thy father and thy mother"
Till It Hurts
2008
An employee of a crematorium in the Czech city of Ostrava speaks dispassionately about his work and the technology of cremation.
User-Friendly Death
2007
4.8Get an inside look into the Polish national soccer team as it competes in the EURO 2012, which was hosted by Poland for the first time in history.
You're Gonna Be a Legend, Man
2013
Film credits
Behind the camera
5.2Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
The Red Spider
2015
5.2Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
The Red Spider
2015
7.4Marcin Koszałka returns in this film to a forgotten genre, namely a mountain film. The protagonist of his story is Piotr ‘Mad' Korczak, while somewhere in the background there is his rival Andrzej Marcisz. The director focuses on the career decline of a great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. A moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and the desire of immortality.
Declaration of Immortality
2010
7.4Marcin Koszałka returns in this film to a forgotten genre, namely a mountain film. The protagonist of his story is Piotr ‘Mad' Korczak, while somewhere in the background there is his rival Andrzej Marcisz. The director focuses on the career decline of a great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. A moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and the desire of immortality.
Declaration of Immortality
2010
6.6The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious Wolfram, an anthropologist and climber. He shares with him his mountaineering technique and knowledge about the Prague origins of the highlanders. Andrzej returns to Zakopane, war breaks out. To protect the Highlanders from wartime destruction, he wants to persuade them to cooperate with the Germans. Andrzej and Maciek are standing on opposite sides of the barricade. The brothers' confrontation is bloody and painful.
White Courage
2024
6.6The film tells the story of two Highlander brothers – Maciek and Andrzej. After the death of their father, which Andrzej contributed to, and the loss of his beloved Bronka, Andrzej leaves the family home. On his way, he meets the mysterious Wolfram, an anthropologist and climber. He shares with him his mountaineering technique and knowledge about the Prague origins of the highlanders. Andrzej returns to Zakopane, war breaks out. To protect the Highlanders from wartime destruction, he wants to persuade them to cooperate with the Germans. Andrzej and Maciek are standing on opposite sides of the barricade. The brothers' confrontation is bloody and painful.
White Courage
2024
Part of the television series "Decalogue...After The Decalogue" is a prankish take on the Bible's fifth commandment "Honor thy father and thy mother"
Till It Hurts
2008
An employee of a crematorium in the Czech city of Ostrava speaks dispassionately about his work and the technology of cremation.
User-Friendly Death
2007
An employee of a crematorium in the Czech city of Ostrava speaks dispassionately about his work and the technology of cremation.
User-Friendly Death
2007
4.8Get an inside look into the Polish national soccer team as it competes in the EURO 2012, which was hosted by Poland for the first time in history.
You're Gonna Be a Legend, Man
2013
4.8Get an inside look into the Polish national soccer team as it competes in the EURO 2012, which was hosted by Poland for the first time in history.
You're Gonna Be a Legend, Man
2013
The protagonists of the film are two employees of a Silesian morgue: an older, experienced worker and a younger one who has not yet mastered the secrets of organ harvesting. The film shows them at work in the morgue and discussing topics related to their unique profession. The younger man has a son, from whom he has long hidden the drastic details of his work. He also has dreams: to spend his vacation in the Seychelles. After work, the older man relaxes by skiing and spending time in his beloved pigeon loft.
Martwe ciało
2007
6.1A bold uncompromising look at the hell of the director's real-life family life. He still shares the apartment with his dysfunctional parents who use verbal violence towards him on a daily basis.
Such a Nice Boy I Gave Birth To
2000
6.1A bold uncompromising look at the hell of the director's real-life family life. He still shares the apartment with his dysfunctional parents who use verbal violence towards him on a daily basis.
Such a Nice Boy I Gave Birth To
2000
An aging Polish thesp looks death in the eye as he prepares for the inevitable in the absorbing, well-mounted docu "The Existence." While thesp Jerzy Nowak ("Schlindler's List," "Promised Land") addresses a number of concerns about the end of his life, the film explores the question of what will happen to his body after he donates it to medical science. Subject is handled respectfully and tastefully, balancing the clinical with the personal. Pic will thrive on the fest circuit and can expect a long life via Euro pubcaster outlets. (c) Variety
The Existence
2007
An aging Polish thesp looks death in the eye as he prepares for the inevitable in the absorbing, well-mounted docu "The Existence." While thesp Jerzy Nowak ("Schlindler's List," "Promised Land") addresses a number of concerns about the end of his life, the film explores the question of what will happen to his body after he donates it to medical science. Subject is handled respectfully and tastefully, balancing the clinical with the personal. Pic will thrive on the fest circuit and can expect a long life via Euro pubcaster outlets. (c) Variety
The Existence
2007
7.5With a running camera adult siblings dissect their relations with parents and with each other. The protagonist of the film, affluent businesswoman, who still hasn't come to terms with the death of their mother and father, becomes the director's conscience. He is trying to get closer to his dead parents in his own way - filming the last moments of patients in a hospital.
Let's Run Away from Her
2010
7.5With a running camera adult siblings dissect their relations with parents and with each other. The protagonist of the film, affluent businesswoman, who still hasn't come to terms with the death of their mother and father, becomes the director's conscience. He is trying to get closer to his dead parents in his own way - filming the last moments of patients in a hospital.
Let's Run Away from Her
2010
Does gloomy fascination that surrounds serial killers tell us something important about ourselves? The figure of Joachim Knychala, who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982, is used to focus our attention on those whose lives were marked by the infamous 'vampire from Bytom'. Among them there is a former journalist, Edward Kozak, who, despite his old age, admits he has a variety of obsessions. The film about the 'vampire' offers him an opportunity to enter the limelight one more time.
The Lust Killer
2013
Among the residents are mentally disabled and autistic people. Most of them are single. "The name day party must be held in splendor and glory. So that the director likes it and is happy with you," the group's caregiver oversees the entire artistic program. The routine and monotony are interrupted by preparations for the name day. And then... everyday life returns. Routine and monotony.
Imieniny
2003
A continuation of the style found in Such A Nice Boy I Gave Birth To is applied to another family situation: the son has a wife and child now.
It Will Be All Right
2005
A short documentary.
Made in Poland
2003
A short documentary.
Made in Poland
2003
A documentary featuring the clash between the two cultures: Polish and Japanese. The filmmakers’ efforts to shoot the film are challenged by numerous obstacles they come across, that is cultural, linguistic, age and personality barriers and differences. Here is what Marcin Koszałka said about the film himself: “There are two jerks coming from Poland. They sit at some Japanese woman’s house, who is either busy or absent generally speaking, and they strive to shoot the film about her.
All Day Together
2006
NRA moving documentary about women for whom prison has become a second home. Each of the women staying there is a separate story - usually long and complicated. All dream of freedom, men and a new life. But for now, this cell is their whole world. They watch the courtyard from behind bars and exchange stories about what was, what is and what will be. Freedom is the theme - they dream about it, but also feel fear it. Afraid to return to reality, the reaction of the family, friends, exchanging the world for the prison walls.
Judgement Of Life
2008
