Władysław Dewoyno

Acting

Władysław Dewoyno

Born — Died

1915-07-10 — 1991-01-22

Place of birth

Moskwa, Rosja

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 15 titles

New York, 4 A.M. poster
6.5

A sleepy provincial town with only one "Błysk" bar. If it weren't for the nearby prison, it would be forgotten to the world. This is how guests come. Agnieszka works in the bar and dreams of New York . Krzysiek and Józek love the girl. Józek tells her about a militia van carrying money.

New York, 4 A.M.

1988

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober poster
6.6

Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

1988

An Uneventful Story poster
6.3

A well-known professor of medicine finding himself at the threshold of autumn of his life, takes stock of his achievements and experiences. "In the end it ends with what has been known for a long time: that conscious life without a fixed worldview is not life, but torment, horror. - wrote Anton Chekhov in one of his letters summarizing "An Uninteresting Story". The protagonist, Professor Nikolai Stepanovich, is a character characteristic of Chekhov's entire oeuvre - a Russian intellectual from the late nineteenth century, depressed by boredom and a sense of his own uselessness and the meaninglessness of his existence.

An Uneventful Story

1983

The Mother of the Kings poster
6.3

In difficult times of political and social change, a mother raises four sons alone.

The Mother of the Kings

1987

Polonia Restituta poster
10.0

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.

Polonia Restituta

1981

Thais poster
4.0

Thais, an Egyptian courtesan, is converted to a life of a penitant by Paphnutius, a holy man. She is taken to a convent in the desert and lives her life in the care of the abbess there. But Paphnutius is changed by the vision of Thais and becomes obsessed with gaining her love and retrieving her from the spiritual world for himself.

Thais

1984

The Birthday poster
8.5

The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.

The Birthday

1980

No artwork available
8.0

Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.

On, ona, oni

1983

Zamach stanu poster
8.0

Fall 1925. Six hundred officers demonstrate in front of Józef Piłsudski’s country house in Sulejówek, demanding the Marshal’s return to active political life. May 1926—a government crisis; Wincenty Witos forms a new government. Piłsudski’s move sparks clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted government. Piłsudski appoints Kazimierz Bartel as prime minister. The beginning of the “moral reform.” Ignacy Mościcki becomes president. Summer 1930. A joint platform of opponents to the Sanacja government is formed. “Centrolew” is established.

Zamach stanu

1981

Pensja pani Latter poster
10.0

The action takes place in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is the head of the girls' school - Mrs. Emma Latter. Ms Latter is struggling with the financial problems of her institution, because the parents of the students are still in arrears with payments. In addition to professional problems, she is tormented by problems with adolescent children. All this causes Mrs. Latter to experience a mental breakdown.

Pensja pani Latter

1983

No artwork available
6.0

A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series

"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa)

1980

Killing Auntie poster
7.2

A grotesque fairy tale of fantasies in a 21-year old's mind. First he confesses to a priest about killing his aunt. Then he is sending parcels from the post office. Just when it appears that he is going to be arrested, the aunt appears alive and well from her trip. This time though, he decides to go for it...

Killing Auntie

1985

No artwork available
NR

A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.

Wyłap

1984

Diabelskie szczęście poster
NR

Franciszek Mazur is a famous actor. One day, while returning from a holiday in the countryside, a serious accident occurs. Mazur's wife is seriously injured. When she learns about her husband's affair, she falls down the stairs and dies. But Mazur's life with his new wife is not happy ...

Diabelskie szczęście

1985

Points for Parentage poster
9.0

Film about a young man, who wants to become an actor. His rural upbringing is not helpful in achieving his goal, but he overcomes defeat and humiliation with the help of a benevolent old professor.

Points for Parentage

1983

1970s · 16 titles

No artwork available
7.0

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia.

Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych

1973

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach poster
6.4

A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach

1970

The Epidemic poster
9.0

Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.

The Epidemic

1972

Kardiogram poster
8.2

A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants.

Kardiogram

1971

Red Rowan poster
7.0

The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2.

Red Rowan

1970

The Border poster
5.4

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves for Paris to study. Returning after a year with a doctorate in political science, he makes a fast and glamorous career. He becomes the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper and, soon after, mayor of the city. He also marries Elzbieta Biecka, but still does not break up with Justyna.

The Border

1978

The Leaves Have Fallen poster
5.7

Two years after the war, during a train trip, Henryk (20) recollects the occupation period. He passes different train stations and recollects various situations from the past: his family life, working in a garage, guerrilla warfare, the fear that accompanied him every day. He’s looking at the travellers’ faces, including the ones who have survived the war.

The Leaves Have Fallen

1975

Green, Bygone... poster
9.0

A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling

Green, Bygone...

1976

No artwork available
7.0

A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.

Diament radży

1971

Copernicus poster
6.0

A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.

Copernicus

1973

Signs on the Road poster
10.0

A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace.

Signs on the Road

1970

Hour After Hour poster
8.0

Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.

Hour After Hour

1974

Ferry poster
7.5

1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.

Ferry

1970

Umarli rzucają cień poster
NR

Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance.

Umarli rzucają cień

1979

No artwork available
NR

The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player.

Poza układem

1978

Uciec jak najbliżej poster
9.0

A young man meets and falls in love with a woman met on a business trip.

Uciec jak najbliżej

1972

1960s · 15 titles

The Saragossa Manuscript poster
7.7

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

The Saragossa Manuscript

1966

Goodbye to the Past poster
6.7

An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.

Goodbye to the Past

1961

The Codes poster
6.9

An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.

The Codes

1966

The Doll poster
6.6

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.

The Doll

1968

Countess Cosel poster
7.0

The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704.

Countess Cosel

1968

The Neighbours poster
6.2

A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.

The Neighbours

1969

Good Sins poster
8.2

A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.

Good Sins

1963

The Killer Leaves a Trace poster
6.6

In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.

The Killer Leaves a Trace

1967

The Red and the Gold poster
5.2

An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War.

The Red and the Gold

1969

Only the Dead Can Answer poster
6.5

Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.

Only the Dead Can Answer

1969

Our Folks poster
7.7

Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.

Our Folks

1967

The Lost Bridge poster
8.0

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.

The Lost Bridge

1963

Czerwone berety poster
7.0

A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk

Czerwone berety

1963

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

Nafta poster
7.5

Szymek, a young man at clash with his home village takes up a job as a geologist and marries a girl whose parents dissaprove of him.

Nafta

1961

1950s · 13 titles

Two Hours poster
7.3

Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.

Two Hours

1957

Gromada poster
5.5

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.

Gromada

1952

Free City poster
7.2

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

Free City

1958

Unvanquished City poster
6.0

Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.

Unvanquished City

1950

The Eighth Day of the Week poster
5.6

Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.

The Eighth Day of the Week

1958

Difficult Love poster
9.0

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.

Difficult Love

1954

No artwork available
7.0

At a stable a group of horses are poisoned. Suspicion falls on Bronka, the local vet. The woman must prove her innocence and find the real culprit.

The Chase

1954

The Noose poster
7.1

A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life.

The Noose

1958

Signals poster
6.5

A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.

Signals

1959

Cross of Valor poster
6.8

Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.

Cross of Valor

1959

Pills for Aurelia poster
6.0

Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.

Pills for Aurelia

1958

No artwork available
7.5

A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.

Irene, Go Home!

1955

The Stone Sky poster
7.0

The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness.

The Stone Sky

1959

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