Leonard Buczkowski

Directing

Leonard Buczkowski

Born 1900-08-05 · Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]

Leonard Buczkowski (August 5, 1900 – February 19, 1967) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films between 1928 and 1966. His 1959 film The Eagle was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Daredevils poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Daredevils

1928

First Start poster
9.0

A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.

First Start

1951

The Haunted Manor poster
10.0

The brothers, Zbigniew and Stefan, return from a war expedition to their patrimony.

The Haunted Manor

1936

Rhapsody of the Baltic Sea poster
8.0

The story of two friends Adam and Zygmunt, serving in the floatplanes escadrille of the Polish Navy.

Rhapsody of the Baltic Sea

1935

Wierna rzeka poster
7.0

1863. Bloody battles are raging. A squadron of dragoons is pursuing an insurgent. It is the wounded Prince Odrowąż. With his last ounce of strength, he makes his way to the home of the administrator Brynicki. Mija Brynicka, the steward's daughter, risks her own life and compromises her honor to hide him. Odrowąż finds caring attention and slowly recovers. Love blossoms between Mija and Odrowąż. Lost in ecstasy, they dream of a liberated homeland and marriage. Unfortunately, the prince's mother's selfishness stands in the way of their love, as she does not allow this misalliance. She takes her son away, leaving Mija in boundless despair.

Wierna rzeka

1936

Maria and Napoleon poster
6.8

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.

Maria and Napoleon

1966

Maria and Napoleon poster
6.8

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.

Maria and Napoleon

1966

Interrupted Flight poster
9.0

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.

Interrupted Flight

1964

Biały Murzyn poster
10.0

After the tragic death of her fiancé, the countess of Leipzig finds out that she is with hope. The threat of a moral scandal forces her to marry the son of her father's servant - a very promising future doctor.

Biały Murzyn

1939

Testament profesora Wilczura poster
8.0

The film picks up the story of the brilliant surgeon-turned–folk healer from the beloved “Znachor” and “Profesor Wilczur,” this time with its original author, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, co-writing the screenplay and even appearing on screen as the tale’s own chronicler. Considered lost.

Testament profesora Wilczura

1942

Florian poster
8.0

War is raging in Poland, and nothing is certain. The Germans are retreating, and Soviet troops are taking their place. In these turbulent times, feelings develop between Alfred Rupiejko and Bronka Wereszczyńska. The girl and her brothers hide the Florian bell from confiscation. The siblings are betrayed, but they decide not to give up without a fight.

Florian

1938

Treasure poster
6.9

Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his wife will sleep with the word "treasure". The other lodgers find the draft and a frantic search for the treasure begins.

Treasure

1949

The Starry Squadron poster
NR

Polish war film.

The Starry Squadron

1930

Eagle poster
6.8

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.

Eagle

1959

Eagle poster
6.8

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.

Eagle

1959

Sprawa pilota Maresza poster
8.0

A Polish RAF Officer returns to his homeland and finds himself torn between love for his friend's wife and illegal activities he gets himself involved in.

Sprawa pilota Maresza

1956

Sprawa pilota Maresza poster
8.0

A Polish RAF Officer returns to his homeland and finds himself torn between love for his friend's wife and illegal activities he gets himself involved in.

Sprawa pilota Maresza

1956

Adventure in Marienstadt poster
6.5

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. She returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women can work as hard as men

Adventure in Marienstadt

1954

No artwork available
7.0

Preparations for a rural folk festival. The shop manager, GS Patyk, quietly resells the goods to a private shopkeeper.

W chłopskie ręce

1947

Time Past poster
NR

Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighters.

Time Past

1961

Time Past poster
NR

Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighters.

Time Past

1961

Forbidden Songs poster
7.4

Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.

Forbidden Songs

1947

No artwork available
8.0

Jaracz is an experienced oilman. He discovers a place where oil is found underground and installs a well there to extract the valuable resource. Needing a year to work, he hires Jerzy, who is a friend of Antek, who rents a room from him and works nearby in a steel mill. Both men are in love with Basia, Jaracz's daughter. Seeing that he is losing the competition for Barbara's heart to Jurek, Antek decides to take a reckless step.

Szyb L-23

1932

Rainy July poster
6.5

A woman learns that her husband has cheated on her and decides to do the same.

Rainy July

1958