Jacek Bławut

Directing

Jacek Bławut

Born 1950-11-03 · Zagórze Śląskie, Polska

Acting credits

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NR

A boy accidentally gets involved in a fight between partisans and a German patrol.

Nad rzeką

1962

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1.0

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.

Talking Heads 2021

2021

Echo poster
6.8

It seems that nothing can ruin Henryk’s (Wieńczysław Gliński) happy life. He’s a respected lawyer with a loving son and wife. One day, he receives a letter from the prosecutor’s office. He’s accused of collaborating with the Gestapo. It’s an echo of his past under occupation.

Echo

1964

Birth Certificate poster
7.2

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.

Birth Certificate

1961

Agnes 1946 poster
4.3

A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.

Agnes 1946

1964

Marysia i Krasnoludki poster
8.0

King Błystek of the Dwarf Kingdom, wary of Winter sends his chronicler, Koszałek to search for signs of Spring.

Marysia i Krasnoludki

1961

Behind the camera

Below the Surface poster
4.0

It's 1940. German forces are prevailing over Allies across Europe. The crew of the Polish submarine, now serving in the Royal Navy, is waging a heroic fight against the invisible enemy.

Below the Surface

2022

Below the Surface poster
4.0

It's 1940. German forces are prevailing over Allies across Europe. The crew of the Polish submarine, now serving in the Royal Navy, is waging a heroic fight against the invisible enemy.

Below the Surface

2022

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NR

An original impressionistic film that asks viewers about the shape and duration of life. By fulfilling their needs, humans devastate the environment and cause ecological disasters. It is also up to them whether life will be destroyed or continue.

View

1984

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NR

An original impressionistic film that asks viewers about the shape and duration of life. By fulfilling their needs, humans devastate the environment and cause ecological disasters. It is also up to them whether life will be destroyed or continue.

View

1984

The Abnormal poster
7.4

When a demanding and seemingly tactless music teacher from Warsaw is assigned to a special needs educational centre in a remote village, he and his new group of students become increasingly at odds with each other as they struggle to understand and accept each other’s ways. They have but one month to reconcile their differences, and make something meaningful together.

The Abnormal

1990

The Abnormal poster
7.4

When a demanding and seemingly tactless music teacher from Warsaw is assigned to a special needs educational centre in a remote village, he and his new group of students become increasingly at odds with each other as they struggle to understand and accept each other’s ways. They have but one month to reconcile their differences, and make something meaningful together.

The Abnormal

1990

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8.0

An unemployed census representative asks questions to others experiencing similar difficulties.

Your Native Country

2002

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7.0

The film follows kickboxer Marek Piotrowski’s rise to fame after winning the amateur world championship and moving to the US, where he becomes the US and World Champion. His success attracts Hollywood stars and a movie offer. However, after a knockout loss to Ricky Roufus and a defeat to Rob Kaman, his health and life decline. Facing personal struggles, including a divorce and the revelation he isn’t his son’s father, he returns to Poland to rebuild his life.

Wojownik

2007

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7.0

The film follows kickboxer Marek Piotrowski’s rise to fame after winning the amateur world championship and moving to the US, where he becomes the US and World Champion. His success attracts Hollywood stars and a movie offer. However, after a knockout loss to Ricky Roufus and a defeat to Rob Kaman, his health and life decline. Facing personal struggles, including a divorce and the revelation he isn’t his son’s father, he returns to Poland to rebuild his life.

Wojownik

2007

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6.0

Documantry

Zaduma

1988

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6.0

The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust.

Before Twilight

2009

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6.0

The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust.

Before Twilight

2009

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NR

Stanislaw Skalski, the most brilliant ace pilot in Polish history, who took part in the Battle of Britain, shares his wartime memories. He also tells about the horrifying post-war period when he spent seven years in jail.

Skalski's Circus

1986

A Lump of Sugar poster
NR

What initially appears a hymn to equestrianism soon turns into an illustration of the kind of horrible injuries horses can suffer in riding and jumping contests.

A Lump of Sugar

1987

Man At War poster
6.5

A film about the international community of people fascinated with World War II, who fulfill their ambitions in computer games. They take the role of pilots of flying machines during WWII and participate in air battles in real time. Some of them treat it as a hobby, but for many of them the game has become their life. Has a new human species been born - Homo Virtualis?

Man At War

2012

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NR

Kazimierz Leski tells the story of his life. During the war, he was a spy of the Polish resistance, pretending to be a German general. After the war, he was tortured and imprisoned for espionage, and spent ten years in Stalinist jail.

I Was a General of Wehrmacht

1988

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NR

A student film made during the second year of extramural studies at the Department of Cinematography and Television Production at the PWSFTviT in Łódź. An expression of the author's fascination with cinema: Bergman, Wajda, Eisenstein, Polanski, Kieślowski, Marczewski – recognizing the references is a task for the viewer.

(No Title)

1980

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NR

A student film made during the second year of extramural studies at the Department of Cinematography and Television Production at the PWSFTviT in Łódź. An expression of the author's fascination with cinema: Bergman, Wajda, Eisenstein, Polanski, Kieślowski, Marczewski – recognizing the references is a task for the viewer.

(No Title)

1980

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9.0

The story of a young ex-con working with handicapped children and the changes that gradually occur in him.

Born Dead

2004

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NR

Portrait of an outstanding Polish athlete - Waldemar Marszałek.

A Slide to the Sky

1985

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NR

Portrait of an outstanding Polish athlete - Waldemar Marszałek.

A Slide to the Sky

1985

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NR

Documentary about the French Foreign Legion centering on a Pole who fought in Sarajevo.

Rugged Souls

2005

Rat in the Crown poster
8.3

Documentary about an alcoholic and his unsuccessful struggle with addiction.

Rat in the Crown

2005

Rat in the Crown poster
8.3

Documentary about an alcoholic and his unsuccessful struggle with addiction.

Rat in the Crown

2005