Władysław Grabowski

Acting

Władysław Grabowski

Born — Died

1883-06-01 — 1961-07-06

Place of birth

Warszawa, Imperium Rosyjskie (obecnie Polska)

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Trędowata poster
8.0

Based on the novel by Helena Mniszek entitled "The Leper". The film has not survived to this day.

Trędowata

1926

No artwork available
NR

Władka, a seamstress, is in love with a brave working man, but her mother is constantly complaining about their poverty and telling her, “Władka, don’t be foolish.” Influenced by her mother’s advice, Władka falls prey to the schemes of Nolski, a shady character who will stoop to anything, including pimping. She becomes the count’s mistress, eventually driving him to ruin and suicide. The news of the count’s death initially comes as a shock to Władka, but she soon shakes off the unpleasant impression. Raising a glass of champagne, she exclaims, “Long live life!” and begins listening to Nolski’s proposal for a “new and profitable venture.” No copies of the film have survived.

The Derailed

1913

No artwork available
5.0

Directed by Zbigniew Gniazdowski and Aleksander Hertz.

Promised Land

1927

No artwork available
NR

Majority of the film is lost, only 5-7 minutes remain to this day. Two influential Jewish families: The Ezofovichs, famous for their modern views advocating the assimilation of Jews, and the Todros, Karaites preaching a return to the teachings of the Bible live in the same town.

Meir Ezofowicz

1911

Black Diamonds poster
7.2

Engineer Nawrat, together with the mining crew, takes up the fight to save the local mine from being taken over by foreign capital.

Black Diamonds

1939

Arabella poster
7.0

Part 1 of the Mysteries of Warsaw trilogy. The film’s protagonist, a wealthy man, is poisoned by his valet, who hopes to seize his fortune. No copies of the film have survived.

Arabella

1917

Film credits

1940s · 3 titles

1930s · 16 titles

Black Diamonds poster
7.2

Engineer Nawrat, together with the mining crew, takes up the fight to save the local mine from being taken over by foreign capital.

Black Diamonds

1939

Leper poster
7.3

Stefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.

Leper

1936

Love Conquers All poster
7.7

Joasia fiercely pursues employment based solely on her professional skills, nervously rejecting crude advances and disguising herself as unattractive to avoid harassment. When she meets her new, handsome employer Robert Rostalski, she begins to regret her impulsive decision.

Love Conquers All

1935

Ordynat Michorowski poster
6.5

Franciszek Brodniewicz reprises the role of Duke Waldermar Michorowski he played in the 1936 "Tredowata." Here, he leaves his recluse existence to help rescue the victims of a great fire, and suffers severe injuries. In his delirious state, he believes he is being taken care of by his dead wife, and (amara Wiszniewska, who is serving as his nurse, thinks his statements of love are meant for her. He is subsequently forced to disillusion the girl when he becomes normal, and she drifts into a casual love affair, but later falls in love with the Duke's nephew, (Wojciech Wojtecki.) The Duke later takes his nephew's place in a duel with the rejected suitor.

Ordynat Michorowski

1937

Is Lucyna a Girl? poster
6.2

After becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski.

Is Lucyna a Girl?

1934

Bolek i Lolek poster
8.0

Bolek, a young locksmith’s apprentice, fights off two suspicious men to defend a friend and, fleeing the police, hides at a party where guests mistake him for the wealthy but naïve Lolek.

Bolek i Lolek

1936

Wacuś poster
7.0

The main character is Tadeusz Rosołek, an average civil servant who, unfortunately for him, falls in love with the beautiful Kazi. However, he does not have the courage to confess his feelings to her in person. He comes up with the idea of pretending to be her fictional brother Wacus. This is not easy, as he has to constantly change his clothes...

Wacuś

1935

Girls of Nowolipki poster
6.2

Bronka, Franka, Amelka and Kwiryna are four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw and going to the same school. They all fight for a better future but what the future brings is usually disappointment, sometimes even tragedy.

Girls of Nowolipki

1937

Dodek at the Front poster
6.4

During World War I in 1916, Austrian soldier Dodek Wędzonka is mistaken for a Russian lieutenant and freed by a Russian patrol, only to be quartered at the seized Majewo estate - home of his own superior, Lieutenant Majewski.

Dodek at the Front

1936

Papa się żeni poster
8.0

Famed singer Vinconti returns home after seventeen years abroad, reigniting past love Mira Stella, who bears his secret daughter Lili, and sparking a young reporter’s shifting interest from Stella to the mysterious child.

Papa się żeni

1936

Love Only Me poster
5.8

A comedy of errors, whose main characters are a revue star Lidia Relska and the secretary of an oil tycoon Stefan. While in Cracow, the girl passes herself off as another person, which leads to many amusing misunderstandings, and this is only the beginning of the confusion.

Love Only Me

1935

Cabman No. 13 poster
8.0

The story of Felek, a cab driver, who, thanks to his accidental fortune, enters the distinguished world of high society.

Cabman No. 13

1937

No artwork available
7.5

Sygnaly is a 1938 Polish drama directed by Joseph Lejtes about a pair of jewel thieves. A older man and a young woman, with the elder manipulating the frail one into the world of crime.

Sygnały

1938

Lucky Thirteen poster
8.5

The main character is a very superstitious man. On the 13th day of the month, after a very bad start to the day, he reads the newspaper and learns that he won the lottery. The unexpected happiness causing him to make a scene at work. Soon it turns out that there was an error in the newspaper and he did not win.....

Lucky Thirteen

1938

Wrzos poster
7.0

The story of a marriage arranged under family pressure, against the couple's feelings. Adapted from a novel by Maria Rodziewiczówna.

Wrzos

1938

Ja tu rządzę poster
8.5

The young Count Józio Lulewicz leads a rather dissolute life. At the urging of his friends, he tries to extract a large sum of money from his mother to start an operetta. When she refuses, he defiantly applies to a shoemaker for a job as a terminator. The distraught countess agrees to give her son the money he needs, but Józio is already head over heels in love with his boss's daughter and has no intention of giving up his new job.

Ja tu rządzę

1939

1920s · 8 titles

1910s · 5 titles

No artwork available
NR

Władka, a seamstress, is in love with a brave working man, but her mother is constantly complaining about their poverty and telling her, “Władka, don’t be foolish.” Influenced by her mother’s advice, Władka falls prey to the schemes of Nolski, a shady character who will stoop to anything, including pimping. She becomes the count’s mistress, eventually driving him to ruin and suicide. The news of the count’s death initially comes as a shock to Władka, but she soon shakes off the unpleasant impression. Raising a glass of champagne, she exclaims, “Long live life!” and begins listening to Nolski’s proposal for a “new and profitable venture.” No copies of the film have survived.

The Derailed

1913

No artwork available
NR

Majority of the film is lost, only 5-7 minutes remain to this day. Two influential Jewish families: The Ezofovichs, famous for their modern views advocating the assimilation of Jews, and the Todros, Karaites preaching a return to the teachings of the Bible live in the same town.

Meir Ezofowicz

1911

Arabella poster
7.0

Part 1 of the Mysteries of Warsaw trilogy. The film’s protagonist, a wealthy man, is poisoned by his valet, who hopes to seize his fortune. No copies of the film have survived.

Arabella

1917

No artwork available
10.0

The story follows two young students, Ładnowski and Paszkowski. Bound by honour, Ładnowski marries the woman he loves. Paszkowski, however, abandons his lover the moment she tells him she is pregnant. Left alone and unable to support herself, she dies, leaving behind a baby daughter named Pola. Years later, Pola has grown into a beautiful young woman working in a fashion salon. One day she delivers a dress to the home of her unknown father, the engineer Paszkowski. Captivated by her charm, he takes her under his wing. Pola soon becomes a celebrated dancer. After the death of his wife, Paszkowski falls madly in love with her and wishes to marry her. Out of gratitude, Pola is prepared to make this sacrifice—even though she herself loves the young painter Henryk, who is Ładnowski’s son. Thus life, more vivid and intricate than any poet’s invention, creates a tangled and tragic dilemma. No copies of the film have survived.

Students

1916

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Przesądy

1912