
Acting
Henryk Hunko
Born — Died
1924-06-25 — 1985-07-12
Place of birth
Warszawa, mazowieckie, Polska
Known for
Acting
Credits
65 titles
Known for
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.7During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
The Saragossa Manuscript
1966
7.4Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.
Droga
1975
8.0Seventh-grade students are just starting their studies in a newly opened school in a small town in the Recovered Territories, right after the end of the war. The difficult process of assimilation of the settlers who came to Lower Silesia in 1946, the echoes of the war: the subversive actions of Werwolf, the actions of the looters - constitute the background for the adventures taking place in the foreground.
Gruby
1973
7.0In 2059 scientists manage to revive two people after 80 years of suspended animation - a boy Marek Torlewski and a dictator Muanty, who quickly becomes a serious threat to humanity. Synteza is an adaptation of a novel by Maciej Wojtyszko.
Synthesis
1984
Film credits
1980s · 10 titles
7.0In 2059 scientists manage to revive two people after 80 years of suspended animation - a boy Marek Torlewski and a dictator Muanty, who quickly becomes a serious threat to humanity. Synteza is an adaptation of a novel by Maciej Wojtyszko.
Synthesis
1984
Józef comes to his hometown on the anniversary of the murder of his father - a peasant activist, and explores the circumstances of his death.
Piętno
1985
6.7When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside.
The Weather Forecast
1983
8.3Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where he might strike next. He uncovers that the mentally deranged sniper can't stand seeing people happy together in public places.
Mad Dog
1980
4.9Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment by virtue of being blonde. She is billeted with the commandant of a concentration camp near the Baltic coast, where his kindness towards her provokes his wife's jealousy, but is compromised when Emilka witnesses his brutality towards the prisoners.
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
1985
6.6Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, knowing that the whole day at work, she is leaving her young son. But the worst is the loneliness, exacerbated by her single mother status. She meets a crippled pensioner Jacek, who appears to be the key to her happiness, but tragedy continues to strike.
A Woman Alone
1987
7.1A 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
NRThe residents of an apartment complex in World War 2 Poland face a moral dilemma when they discover one of their neighbours is hiding a Jew.
Long Night
1989
8.0Set in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an impersonated devil appears in its place. The local leader and priest try to make him go away by different ways.
Pełnia nad głowami
1983
10.0The 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
1970s · 28 titles
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
7.0The protagonist of the film is Józek Mikuła, a "peasant worker" who runs a small farm with his mother and makes a living as a truck driver at a nearby cement plant. When one day he wins a million in a toto-lottery, news of his unexpected fortune spreads rapidly through the village. Józek decides to invest the money wisely: he buys more land, renovates farm buildings, brings in machinery. He has a gesture - he funds the village with a color TV, which he installs in the clubhouse. But neighbors are stung by Józek's unexpected wealth.
Milioner
1977
6.6When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction.
The Scar
1976
A mother carries her sick baby through nine bridges, believing a superstition that it will cure it.
Through Nine Bridges
1972
Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law doctorate bookmarks which she removed unknowingly during dusting. She then spends Christmas in an empty restaurant, surrounded by waiters and musicians waiting to be tipped.
Zofia
1976
10.0Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.
Flames
1977
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Strach
1975
4.6Teresa is an attractive 30-year-old doctor. She divides her stable life between work, caring for her younger sister Ania, a high school student, and her romance with Jan, a well-off lawyer who wants to marry her. However, Teresa postpones her decision to marry until Ania becomes independent. One day, she unexpectedly meets Tomek, a young photographer, who soon confesses his love to her, making her question her loyalty to Jan.
Z tamtej strony tęczy
1973
9.0Based 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
NRA timid bank clerk is pressured by gangsters, his girlfriend and his fellow employees to help steal the bank's supply of dollars.
Fortune
1973
6.8The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Kraków Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other politicians.
Passion
1978
8.2A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants.
Kardiogram
1971
6.2A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.
God's Finger
1973
5.7Two 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
9.0Shortly after World War 2 a militiaman with the help of two Union of Young Struggle members wages war on a local gang terrorising a small Masurian town.
Południk zero
1971
6.2Danka was an unwanted child. From an early age she had to cope on her own. Despite harsh conditions and difficult experiences, she has not lost her dignity, has remained true to her ideals, and has a sense of integrity and honesty. When the opportunity to conditionally shorten her sentence in a correctional institution by getting married hits her, she rejects the tempting offer. She doesn't want to hurt the man she doesn't love, who has shown her a lot of heart. Danka's friend has taken advantage of her conditional release, without hiding what her motives are, by the way.
Her Portrait
1974
7.3A young country boy travels with his godfather to find a bride for him.
Is There an Eligible Girl Here?
1977
A precious jewel brought from India by a British general falls prey to his wife.
Diament radży
1971
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Grzech Antoniego Grudy
1975
10.0A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace.
Signs on the Road
1970
5.9In 1920s Poland, a police commissioner leads the investigation into a series of brutal murders of young boys as the case grows increasingly unsettling and personal.
Quiet Is the Night
1978
8.0A disturbed woman, still reeling over the death of her lover finds solace in a Swedish sailor amidst the regional conflicts of the late nineteenth century.
Kaszëbë
1971
A psychological drama about a mother and daughter. The first was once a journalist and a brave soldier, the second interrupted her studies in philosophy
Śnić we śnie
1979
A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness.
Obcy w lesie
1972
Psychological drama: a teacher's internal moral conflict, who wins the students' sympathy and respect by devising a heroic war life story.
Pejzaż z bohaterem
1971
7.5This 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
9.0Settlers from various parts of Poland come to the Vistula Spit just after WWII. They are learning the difficult profession of fishing. The skipper Bosak and his wife are doing the best, but their peace is broken when their cousin Joanna comes to them, for whom the skipper loses his head .
Przystań
1971
9.0A wartime drama set in a 1944 military hospital where wounded officers and staff from opposing political camps confront ideological conflict and moral uncertainty.
Awards and Decorations
1974
1960s · 15 titles
7.7During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
The Saragossa Manuscript
1966
6.3The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
Giuseppe in Warsaw
1964
6.9The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
1961
6.6Set 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
5.5The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.
Lenin in Poland
1966
7.5A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
The Knave of Spades
1960
A young nurse only has one ampule of medicine. She is faced with the dilemma of which of the two patients to save.
Decyzja
1960
5.2The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
Unloved
1966
7.5While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come.
Wounded in the Forest
1964
6.8Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there.
Skąpani w ogniu
1963
5.7Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.
Skok
1969
A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club.
Liczę na wasze grzechy
1964
9.0Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.
Barwy walki
1964
10.0A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now Paweł must choose between helping his loved ones and staying loyal to the underground.
The Contribution
1967
7.0A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
Glass Mountain
1960
1950s · 7 titles
8.0Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they become "cowboys" on local cattle grazing. Instead of the expected romantic adventures and the male, hard life, their boredom is becoming their share. Only when Jacek gets a stallion Szaga, things take a different turn.
Rancho Texas
1959
7.0Two friends think that they've discovered a dangerous spy hiding in a mine shaft.
Tajemnica dzikiego szybu
1956
6.8Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
Ewa Wants to Sleep
1958
5.8Set in the beginning of World War II, when the Polish cavalry still fought with lances against German troops, the movie is about a white thoroughbred horse that passed through various hands in a military outfit.
Lotna
1959
6.1A Pole and a German fall in love to the discouragement of their parents.
Two from the Big River
1958
Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.
Trzy kobiety
1957
7.1In the rugged mountain gorges and ravines of southeastern Poland, a new boss and his wife become a catalyst for violence.
The Depot of the Dead
1959
Series credits
7.3The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Dom
1980
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.4Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.
Droga
1975
8.0Seventh-grade students are just starting their studies in a newly opened school in a small town in the Recovered Territories, right after the end of the war. The difficult process of assimilation of the settlers who came to Lower Silesia in 1946, the echoes of the war: the subversive actions of Werwolf, the actions of the looters - constitute the background for the adventures taking place in the foreground.
Gruby
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Misja
1981
