Andrzej Barański

Directing

Andrzej Barański

Born

1941-04-02 (85)

Place of birth

Pińczów, Polska

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Taboo poster
5.9

Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daugther and a farmhand. A good-looking widow lives alone on a farm with her teenage daughter. Their neighbor occasionally helps them in the farmwork. He would have eventually married the mother, but the daughter tries to seduce him at all costs. He becomes the lover of both women, but eventually runs away leaving the mother shattered and the daughter pregnant.

Taboo

1988

No artwork available
NR

Andrzej Strumiłło's reflections about his life and work.

Strumiłło

1977

Leisure Time poster
7.0

Poland in the mid-1970s. In a small town, the student theater is preparing its premiere.

Leisure Time

1979

By the River Nowhere poster
7.0

Early 1960s. Four friends, Admiral, Ataman, Pasha and Chief, walk the streets of the town all day or sit at the train station, wallowing in their dreams. Everything changes when the Admiral meets Marta, a student on an internship. The boy begins to prefer the company of the girl over that of his colleagues. This becomes the cause of misunderstandings between friends. Soon, however, Marta leaves.

By the River Nowhere

1991

Little Brother poster
5.0

A film based on real events about the art of passing, goodness and mercy... The titular Little Brother is based on Alojzy Kosiba, "Alojzeczek" - a fundraiser and almoner who lived in the years 1855-1939. A monk approaching the end of his days wants to save a young boy's life before his earthly farewell.

Little Brother

2007

A Few People, a Little Time poster
6.3

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

A Few People, a Little Time

2007

Behind the camera

Taboo poster
5.9

Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daugther and a farmhand. A good-looking widow lives alone on a farm with her teenage daughter. Their neighbor occasionally helps them in the farmwork. He would have eventually married the mother, but the daughter tries to seduce him at all costs. He becomes the lover of both women, but eventually runs away leaving the mother shattered and the daughter pregnant.

Taboo

1988

Taboo poster
5.9

Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daugther and a farmhand. A good-looking widow lives alone on a farm with her teenage daughter. Their neighbor occasionally helps them in the farmwork. He would have eventually married the mother, but the daughter tries to seduce him at all costs. He becomes the lover of both women, but eventually runs away leaving the mother shattered and the daughter pregnant.

Taboo

1988

No artwork available
NR

Andrzej Strumiłło's reflections about his life and work.

Strumiłło

1977

Leisure Time poster
7.0

Poland in the mid-1970s. In a small town, the student theater is preparing its premiere.

Leisure Time

1979

Leisure Time poster
7.0

Poland in the mid-1970s. In a small town, the student theater is preparing its premiere.

Leisure Time

1979

By the River Nowhere poster
7.0

Early 1960s. Four friends, Admiral, Ataman, Pasha and Chief, walk the streets of the town all day or sit at the train station, wallowing in their dreams. Everything changes when the Admiral meets Marta, a student on an internship. The boy begins to prefer the company of the girl over that of his colleagues. This becomes the cause of misunderstandings between friends. Soon, however, Marta leaves.

By the River Nowhere

1991

By the River Nowhere poster
7.0

Early 1960s. Four friends, Admiral, Ataman, Pasha and Chief, walk the streets of the town all day or sit at the train station, wallowing in their dreams. Everything changes when the Admiral meets Marta, a student on an internship. The boy begins to prefer the company of the girl over that of his colleagues. This becomes the cause of misunderstandings between friends. Soon, however, Marta leaves.

By the River Nowhere

1991

Little Brother poster
5.0

A film based on real events about the art of passing, goodness and mercy... The titular Little Brother is based on Alojzy Kosiba, "Alojzeczek" - a fundraiser and almoner who lived in the years 1855-1939. A monk approaching the end of his days wants to save a young boy's life before his earthly farewell.

Little Brother

2007

Little Brother poster
5.0

A film based on real events about the art of passing, goodness and mercy... The titular Little Brother is based on Alojzy Kosiba, "Alojzeczek" - a fundraiser and almoner who lived in the years 1855-1939. A monk approaching the end of his days wants to save a young boy's life before his earthly farewell.

Little Brother

2007

A Few People, a Little Time poster
6.3

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

A Few People, a Little Time

2007

A Few People, a Little Time poster
6.3

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.

A Few People, a Little Time

2007

A Bachelor's Life Abroad poster
4.6

The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.

A Bachelor's Life Abroad

1993

A Bachelor's Life Abroad poster
4.6

The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.

A Bachelor's Life Abroad

1993

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Na wyjeździe

1980

No artwork available
NR

Różewicz's play from 1968 is rather a dramatized picture, closer to the open formula of poetry than to the traditional dramatic structure. This is an important voice of a poet concerned about the future of the world. The drama shows a civilization threatened with extinction, dominated by consumerist ideals, mental emptiness, disappearance of authorities and moral decay. The title character symbolizes life, energy and the immutability of the basic laws of nature. In Barański's staging, he moves in a wheelchair. The piece consists of two parts. The first takes place in a botanical garden, the second in the scenery of a huge junkyard, which symbolizes modern civilization.

Old Woman Incubating

2021

All The Saints poster
6.6

As every year, the celebration of All Saints Day brings Polish families together at the graves of their loved ones. On this special day Maria, 80-year-old widow, visits the graveyard with her son, his wife and their children.

All The Saints

2002

No artwork available
6.5

An elderly couple living in a quiet town receives news that their only son has arrived.

At Home

1976

No artwork available
6.5

An elderly couple living in a quiet town receives news that their only son has arrived.

At Home

1976

Horror in Happy Swamp poster
7.0

A grotesque story about a polluted area where gas leaking from a swamp causes noses to drop off.

Horror in Happy Swamp

1995

Horror in Happy Swamp poster
7.0

A grotesque story about a polluted area where gas leaking from a swamp causes noses to drop off.

Horror in Happy Swamp

1995

No artwork available
NR

A grotesque about avid smokers, unable to quit their addiction.

Mirror

1976

No artwork available
NR

A grotesque about avid smokers, unable to quit their addiction.

Mirror

1976

City poster
NR

The content of the film is a set of reflections of the author reflected in unusual combinations of trick shots based on the principles of geometric division of the frame. People and the city walls around them, their everyday life presented in an unusual way, create conditions for personal perception of the film by each viewer individually.

City

1983

City poster
NR

The content of the film is a set of reflections of the author reflected in unusual combinations of trick shots based on the principles of geometric division of the frame. People and the city walls around them, their everyday life presented in an unusual way, create conditions for personal perception of the film by each viewer individually.

City

1983

No artwork available
9.0

A group of soldiers attempt to hit a specific target using a cannon.

Armata

1984

No artwork available
9.0

A group of soldiers attempt to hit a specific target using a cannon.

Armata

1984

Warzywniak, 360 st. poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Warzywniak, 360 st.

2006

The Haunted poster
6.2

1950, a small town in Poland. Not the best times for shop owners like Jozef Piasecki - obstacles from authorities, restricted wholesale supplies. Moreover, he constantly argues with his son, the 17 year old Witek. Witek experiences love for the first time. This should be a time of great excitement for him, but Witek, being rather anxious about the future, becomes an example of a youth generation growing up under the long shadow of Stalin.

The Haunted

1982

The Haunted poster
6.2

1950, a small town in Poland. Not the best times for shop owners like Jozef Piasecki - obstacles from authorities, restricted wholesale supplies. Moreover, he constantly argues with his son, the 17 year old Witek. Witek experiences love for the first time. This should be a time of great excitement for him, but Witek, being rather anxious about the future, becomes an example of a youth generation growing up under the long shadow of Stalin.

The Haunted

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Księżyc

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Księżyc

1973

Essay poster
NR

A teenage boy attempts to define himself and answer the most important questions troubling him.

Essay

1979

Essay poster
NR

A teenage boy attempts to define himself and answer the most important questions troubling him.

Essay

1979

The Day of the Big Fish poster
7.3

A mature man recalls his youthful love and comes to the town where he once met a woman who was important to him. However, it is hard to turn back time.

The Day of the Big Fish

1997

Heritage poster
NR

A small village in Świętokrzyskie. The alcohol-breathing father instills faith in the princely roots of their family in the few-year-old Zbyszek. The awakened aspirations make the tight provincial atmosphere unbearable for Zbyszek several years later.

Heritage

2011

Photography is a Difficult Art poster
NR

Andrzej Barański's film, long fascinated with provincial climates, is based on humorous texts by Stanisław Czycz. Impersonating the fictional character of an amateur photographer Michał C., the writer analyses his photographic output. Michał C., a photography enthusiast, invisible for the audience, comments on the demonstrated photographs from behind the frame.

Photography is a Difficult Art

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Photography is a Difficult Art poster
NR

Andrzej Barański's film, long fascinated with provincial climates, is based on humorous texts by Stanisław Czycz. Impersonating the fictional character of an amateur photographer Michał C., the writer analyses his photographic output. Michał C., a photography enthusiast, invisible for the audience, comments on the demonstrated photographs from behind the frame.

Photography is a Difficult Art

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Two Moons poster
6.0

Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.

Two Moons

1993

Two Moons poster
6.0

Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor.

Two Moons

1993

Woman from the Provinces poster
5.4

Sixty-year-old Andzia has lived in a small town since birth. She is married to the owner of an apartment building. She marries him at the age of 50. Before that, she raised two children alone. Andzia is a simple woman and does not see the banality of her daily existence. In her fifties she is a dishwasher in a restaurant. She desires to marry her daughter and strives for her growing son to get a profession. Small savings give her the greatest satisfaction. During the occupation, she works for the Germans in a soldier's kitchen.

Woman from the Provinces

1985