Piotr Dumała

Directing

Piotr Dumała

Born

1956-07-09 (70)

Place of birth

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Last Supper poster
5.0

A contemporary take on the Last Supper of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles with an unexpected twist. A drama based around a group of men seated at a table, moving to the rhythm of modern music for a string quartet.

The Last Supper

2019

Cartoon Noir poster
6.9

Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker themes, such as alien snatchings, life among mannequins and a spiritual rebirth. Among the films are "Ape," which features a couple fighting over a cooked monkey every night; "The Story of the Cat and the Moon," which is a tale of unrequited love; and "Gentle Spirit," which is based on a Fyodor Dostoyevsky story.

Cartoon Noir

1999

A Gentle Spirit poster
7.5

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" on which it is based.

A Gentle Spirit

1985

A Gentle Spirit poster
7.5

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" on which it is based.

A Gentle Spirit

1985

Hipopotamy poster
4.8

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men who, at one point, decide to approach them in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.

Hipopotamy

2014

Hipopotamy poster
4.8

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men who, at one point, decide to approach them in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.

Hipopotamy

2014

Little Black Riding Hood poster
5.0

A short film about a little black riding hood.

Little Black Riding Hood

1983

Lykantropia poster
3.9

Wolves reveal they are really humans in wolf costumes and proceed to eat each other.

Lykantropia

1981

Lykantropia poster
3.9

Wolves reveal they are really humans in wolf costumes and proceed to eat each other.

Lykantropia

1981

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kołysanka

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kołysanka

2012

Franz Kafka poster
6.5

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

Franz Kafka

1992

Franz Kafka poster
6.5

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

Franz Kafka

1992

Walls poster
6.1

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

Walls

1988

Walls poster
6.1

An animated short film from 1987 that deals with the incarceration of a man in a dark cell from where there is no escape.

Walls

1988

Flying Hair poster
5.8

Under the starlight, a boy and a girl are running. A thunderstorm breaks out, trees are shattered, and a rain of silver needles turned into hair floats through the air.

Flying Hair

1984

Freedom of the Leg poster
6.9

A dream-like story of a sleeping man whose body parts live their own lives at night to return to him in the morning - all except one leg which has chosen freedom. Its owner as well as a crowd of homeless men chase the leg, but it grows feathers and flies away as a bird. A grotesque tale with a poetic ending and with interesting music by Janusz Hajdun.

Freedom of the Leg

1989

Crime and Punishment poster
6.5

"It is the story of love and of how love can be destroyed by obsession. In our lives we are subject to two contradictory drives - the drive to be good and bad, the propensity to love and to hate" -Piotr Dumala, director

Crime and Punishment

2000

Walka, miłość i praca poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Walka, miłość i praca

2009

Walka, miłość i praca poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Walka, miłość i praca

2009

Ederly poster
5.0

A man with an enigmatic look arrives at a town called Ederly. "Ederly is not only the name of the town, it has a deeper meaning", the visitor is told.

Ederly

2015

Ederly poster
5.0

A man with an enigmatic look arrives at a town called Ederly. "Ederly is not only the name of the town, it has a deeper meaning", the visitor is told.

Ederly

2015

A Nervous Life of Cosmos poster
4.5

A short black comedy movie with a scent of horror. A distant planet somewhere in space inhabited by black Characters from fairy tales.

A Nervous Life of Cosmos

1986

A Nervous Life of Cosmos poster
4.5

A short black comedy movie with a scent of horror. A distant planet somewhere in space inhabited by black Characters from fairy tales.

A Nervous Life of Cosmos

1986

Fin del mundo? poster
NR

Waldi and his three sisters live in an old villa outside the city, and their 100-year-old parents, who died a few years ago, live in the basement. The whole family enjoys shared breakfasts and warm air, so Waldi does not discover supernatural powers in himself. Then unexpected guests draw the family into a secret plan, forcing their deceased parents to launch their connections in the afterlife.

Fin del mundo?

2024

Fin del mundo? poster
NR

Waldi and his three sisters live in an old villa outside the city, and their 100-year-old parents, who died a few years ago, live in the basement. The whole family enjoys shared breakfasts and warm air, so Waldi does not discover supernatural powers in himself. Then unexpected guests draw the family into a secret plan, forcing their deceased parents to launch their connections in the afterlife.

Fin del mundo?

2024

No artwork available
NR

The second part of an animated pastiche of popular science television programs from the early days of Polish television. The presenter's guests include a man who taught an ant to eat with a knife and fork, and Helena-Maszyna, who loves ironing.

Dr Character Presents II

2011

No artwork available
NR

The second part of an animated pastiche of popular science television programs from the early days of Polish television. The presenter's guests include a man who taught an ant to eat with a knife and fork, and Helena-Maszyna, who loves ironing.

Dr Character Presents II

2011

The Forest poster
7.8

The action of the film takes place in two periods of time. An old man leads his son through a forest, and is simultaneously under his care confined to bed with a deadly illness.

The Forest

2010

The Forest poster
7.8

The action of the film takes place in two periods of time. An old man leads his son through a forest, and is simultaneously under his care confined to bed with a deadly illness.

The Forest

2010

No artwork available
NR

A pastiche of old TV programmes explaining science to the general public and an ironic commentary on peculiarities that have pervaded contemporary TV programmes. In his original programme Dr Character, modelled on a person from the opening credits of A Billion in Mind, a game show (which, by the way, was made by Piotr Dumata many years ago), presents extraordinary scientists, original inventors and a selection of curiosities. Jerzy, Ptazewski, a doyen of the Polish film critics, gave his voice to the character.

Dr Character Presents I

2010

No artwork available
NR

A pastiche of old TV programmes explaining science to the general public and an ironic commentary on peculiarities that have pervaded contemporary TV programmes. In his original programme Dr Character, modelled on a person from the opening credits of A Billion in Mind, a game show (which, by the way, was made by Piotr Dumata many years ago), presents extraordinary scientists, original inventors and a selection of curiosities. Jerzy, Ptazewski, a doyen of the Polish film critics, gave his voice to the character.

Dr Character Presents I

2010

Academy Leader Variations poster
5.6

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

Academy Leader Variations

1987

America poster
NR

A story about growing up, making decisions, and the daily cruelty of the world, based on an unfinished novel by Franz Kafka. An older servant seduces Karl Rossmann in his family home. To avoid scandal, Karl’s parents send him to America, where he is thrown into the vortex of a strange and ruthless world. He begins an endless journey in search of his place in an unknown country.

America

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