
Acting
Jerzy Karaszkiewicz
Born — Died
1936-01-01 — 2004-01-01
Place of birth
Warsaw, Poland
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Known for
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.5The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
Calling 07
1976
3.0Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.
Theatre Macabre
1971
6.9In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
With Fire and Sword
1999
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Życie na gorąco
1979
Film credits
1990s · 6 titles
6.9In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
With Fire and Sword
1999
5.6A well-known wheeler dealer joins the underground opposition to avoid responsibility after stealing valuable coins. When he is released from prison, he sets up a private bank with high interest rates together with a Security Service colonel. However, the colonel has bigger ambitions.
The Great Give-Away
1993
5.2A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong to the local outfit of the Russian mob, he takes on the outfit's boss, as well as Dr. Lem, who handles illegal organ trade for the mob.
Blood of the Innocent
1994
6.1When the ex-racing driver's teenage daughter is brutally raped, her father seeks justice on his own.
Father's Law
1999
6.2Barbara leads a stable life, is fulfilled professionally and has a loving family. Her foster daughter Alicja, who learns that she is adopted, decides to find her biological mother. When Alicja finds the real mother, the life of the main characters changes, and the positive relationships that linked them become blurred.
Matka swojej matki
1996
NRKazimierz Lipecki lives in a small town, with his three children. The mother died during childbirth, the youngest, a four-year-old girl, did not develop normally. When the grandmother, the pillar of home life, is also gone, Kazimierz Lipecki and his two older children, thirteen-year-old Łukasz and eleven-year-old Ula, start a desperate fight to defend simple, superior values - mutual love and family bonds.
Ptaszka
1995
1980s · 9 titles
7.8En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.
Teddy Bear
1981
NRSzczepan Zadra, a Polish expatriate living permanently in Sweden, maintains close ties with his homeland while working as a representative for an international transport company. Meanwhile, the Polish militia receives reports of a smuggling operation involving valuable icons being transported to Sweden. Szczepan meets Agata, a Polish woman on a business trip to Sweden, who agrees to deliver a small package to Stockholm for an antique dealer in Warsaw. Unbeknownst to her, the package contains a valuable icon.
Ferry to Sweden
1980
7.0The action of the film takes place in the 17th century. Piotr Wolski returns to the country and is appointed juridic governor. A man tries to rule fairly and restore order. He soon falls in love with Konstancja, but his background causes problems.
Ostrze na ostrze
1983
9.0The finder of a suitcase stolen in 1939 from the French embassy in Warsaw tries to reach its owner.
Palace Hotel
1983
NRA teenage boy from a respectable family, Stanisław Czajkowski, dies in mysterious circumstances in a Krakow guesthouse. His brother-in-law, Count Maksymilian Rotter, married to Stanisław's older sister, Ksawera, is accused of the murder.
The Rotter Case
1987
8.0Captain Roman Markowski is a sailor. One day, after returning from the sea, his ex-wife calls him. It turns out that their son has disappeared. It also turns out that the boy got to the Maritime School. The captain's life gets complicated when his son suffers a serious accident.
Environs of a Quiet Sea
1983
6.8Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and decide to go on a rampage through the city.
The Big Picnic
1981
NRZdzicho leaves prison and tries to get his share from his former partners.
Starzy znajomi
1987
4.0An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out.
Daze
1989
1970s · 13 titles
6.9Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Brunet Will Call
1976
7.4An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
I Hate Mondays
1971
The tale of "The Golden Duck" in the reality of 17th-century Warsaw.
Gold Duck
1976
6.8A young man strikes up an ill-fated romance with a married woman.
A Slip-Up
1972
9.0Polish intelligence sends a mole into the ranks of a high-profile gang, the boss of which recently died in mysterious circumstances.
Brylanty pani Zuzy
1972
6.8The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Kraków Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other politicians.
Passion
1978
9.0World War II. Lieutenant Bogdan Mayer is tasked with delivering a sample of valuable metal alloy from Warsaw to London.
Sto koni do stu brzegów
1979
7.1A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games. Before long, Tym has got everyone under his thumb and created his own comedic dictatorship.
The Cruise
1970
A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.
Diament radży
1971
Zbyszek volunteers as an organ donor for his friend.
A Chance
1970
7.5The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
Kazimierz Wielki
1976
A young sea rescuer tries to find his place in the difficult world of his work.
In Any Weather
1970
7.5An antique guitar brings upon a series of increasingly fantastical encounters.
Milion za Laurę
1971
1960s · 22 titles
6.5Teenaged Beata, disgusted with hypocrisy around her, runs away from home.
Beata
1965
6.9A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Cooked Doves
1966
6.0Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named Koszajtis. Soon they get thrown right in the middle of a hilarious war between two rivaling music-and-dance groups.
Kochajmy syrenki
1967
8.0A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart.
The Wall of Witches
1967
Two soldiers discuss the future in a small café. Their conversation is interrupted by an elegant French woman who visits the café.
Zwierzęta futerkowe
1960
6.1Wajda'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.
Everything for Sale
1969
4.7At Kuba's wedding an unknown woman comes up to him and accuses him of cheating on her. This causes Kuba's soon-to-be wife, Majka, to leave him. It turns out that the woman, Lola, confused Kuba with his boyfriend, famous guitarist Johnny, so Kuba embarks on a journey to find him and prove his innocence.
Big Beat
1967
6.3A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.
Penguin
1965
5.2The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
Unloved
1966
6.7A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
Rendes-Vous with a Spy
1964
5.6Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Włodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive for better things in his life and professional career. Together, the two take off for a three-day affair, but surprises could await Włodek upon his return home.
Hunting Flies
1969
A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club.
Liczę na wasze grzechy
1964
6.0Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.
Zwariowana noc
1967
6.9Kazmierz Dziewanowicz's hobby is very strange. He collects people who were born on the 29th of February. One day he sees that in his collection there are two men with the same name, the same birth place, the same date of birth and the same parents. In the middle of the night somebody kills him. The Intelligence Agency begins investigation.
Two Gentlemen 'N'
1962
The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9.
More Than Life At Stake Part Four
1969
6.0After completing a project, a shipbuilder grows restless and travels the country on his motorcycle. He leaves his wife as he engages in a series of drunken escapades.
The Pier
1969
7.0A girl finds herself transported to 1880's Warsaw.
Godzina pąsowej róży
1963
4.3A 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
6.7A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.
Teenager
1963
8.0Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
The Unknown
1964
6.8A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.
Bicz Boży
1967
8.0Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones.
Alone in the City
1965
Series credits
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.5The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
Calling 07
1976
3.0Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.
Theatre Macabre
1971
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Życie na gorąco
1979
8.0A gripping cycle of Polish crime thrillers featuring a stellar cast. Each episode presents a sophisticated story of con artists from different parts of the world. The series is known for its suspenseful action and unexpected endings.
Con Artist Parade
1977
7.01957. Excessively high production standards imposed by the authorities result in the plan not being fulfilled, and the workers cannot imagine living normally without rewards and bonuses. A rebellion breaks out. Worker democracy wins – the working class elects a director from among its own ranks. He is an old locksmith with no managerial experience. Although he believes in the socialist spirit and has a communist past, he does not hold the position for long, as he makes promises too easily that he is unable to keep.
Dyrektorzy
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Podziemny front
1965
9.0Adaptation of several autobiographical novels by Zbigniew Uniłowski, a well-known writer of the interwar period: "Common Room", "Recruit Day", "Twenty Years of Life". The first three episodes are a story about the maturation of a teenage boy in a poor urban environment. The next ones show an adult hero who tries to become a writer.
Życie Kamila Kuranta
1983
