Jan Himilsbach

Acting

Jan Himilsbach

Born 1931-11-30 · Mińsk Mazowiecki, mazowieckie, Polska

Acting credits

Stardust poster
6.6

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house.

Stardust

1982

The Ascended poster
7.5

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.

The Ascended

1973

Rodzina Leśniewskich poster
6.5

Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself.

Rodzina Leśniewskich

1983

Smażalnia Story poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Smażalnia Story

1985

No artwork available
NR

A study of the psyche of a sick, aging man who loses faith in the meaning of life.

Punkt wyjścia

1972

Flames poster
10.0

Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.

Flames

1977

The End of the Holiday poster
7.4

A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.

The End of the Holiday

1975

Brunet Will Call poster
6.9

Modest 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

Mr. Blot in Space poster
5.5

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...

Mr. Blot in Space

1988

Excuse Me, Is It Here They Beat Up People? poster
6.3

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile delinquents who plans big robbery of a jewelry store. The scheme works and the gang is caught in the act except the gang leader.

Excuse Me, Is It Here They Beat Up People?

1976

Random Love Story poster
7.5

This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married.

Random Love Story

1974

A Jungle Book of Regulations poster
6.9

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.

A Jungle Book of Regulations

1974

Filip z konopi poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Filip z konopi

1981

The Cruise poster
7.1

A 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

To Kill This Love poster
5.8

A dramatization of problems faced by a young couple in 1970's Poland - job uncertainty, conflicts with parents, living together, unfaithfulness.

To Kill This Love

1972

Pictures from Life poster
8.0

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland.

Pictures from Life

1976

No artwork available
NR

After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality.

Na przełaj

1972

No artwork available
8.0

Stefan Pulman, a lonely Varsovian, spends his vacation every year in a quiet guesthouse. He makes very real marriage plans. The object of his sighs is beautiful Susanna.

Książę sezonu

1970

It's Spring, Sergeant poster
7.4

In Trzebiatów, a small town, there is an unusual bustle. A crowd of residents has gathered in the market square to welcome their beloved MO sergeant, Władysław Lichniak. The sergeant has just returned from his written high school final exam. The residents, who adore him, make sure he has the right conditions to study. They have limited their alcohol consumption and maintain order in the town themselves. Unfortunately, a fight breaks out and disturbs the sergeant's peace.

It's Spring, Sergeant

1974

Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius poster
10.0

Three young friends travel round Poland, making a living by acting out religious scenes at fairs and selling photographs. Problems arise when a mysterious man joins them.

Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius

1973

No artwork available
4.3

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.

Koty to dranie

1978

A Party for Ten, Plus Three poster
7.1

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.

A Party for Ten, Plus Three

1980

Dog poster
10.0

A young couple's dog becomes a subject of crutiny by the other residents of their apartment complex, setting off a bureacratic nightmare in this satire of Polish society.

Dog

1981

No artwork available
NR

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost until it was found and finally released in 2009.

Kwiat paproci

2009

Behind the camera