Józef Kalita

Acting

Józef Kalita

Born 1928-09-02 · Radłowice k. Sambora, Polska [obecnie Raliwka, Ukraina]

Acting credits

Father of the Queen poster
6.5

Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.

Father of the Queen

1980

The Possessed poster
5.6

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.

The Possessed

1988

No artwork available
NR

The film shows Poland regaining independence in 1918 and the formation of the first government of the Republic of Poland.

RP's First Days

1989

No artwork available
10.0

Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it.

Na odsiecz Wiedniowi

1983

Koniec nocy poster
4.8

A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.

Koniec nocy

1957

Soccer Poker poster
7.2

Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international referee. He sees the prevailing arrangements, manipulations, and bribery around him. Now desperate, he decides to stage an extraordinary culmination of his career: he wants to create a so-called "miracle Sunday" by "printing" the final round of games - taking substantial bribes from the interested clubs and manipulating the matches so that the results align in the order he set up.

Soccer Poker

1989

Man on the Tracks poster
6.9

One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?

Man on the Tracks

1957

Death of a President poster
6.2

After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination.

Death of a President

1977

Wniebowstąpienie poster
6.5

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.

Wniebowstąpienie

1969

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

No artwork available
8.5

A Polish writer is arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and sent to the notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw. He will spend the next 111 days fighting for survival.

111 dni letargu

1985

Apple Tree of Paradise poster
4.8

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.

Apple Tree of Paradise

1986

Morning Stars poster
NR

A Soviet tank breaks through the front line during the January 1945 offensive.

Morning Stars

1980

Zmowa poster
8.0

Christmas Eve night of 1976. In a village in the newly formed Tarnobrzeg province, a local bus hits a young married couple and a twelve-year-old boy. In the presence of numerous witnesses, the victims are beaten to death with a wheel wrench. In the aftermath of this crime, all the villagers are united by a conspiracy of silence. The dramatic scenario is freely based on the authentic case of the shocking 1976 Polanieck case.

Zmowa

1990

Sons and Comrades poster
5.8

A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.

Sons and Comrades

1986

Zabijcie czarną owcę poster
9.0

Young man struggles with being rejected by society.

Zabijcie czarną owcę

1972

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

The Contribution poster
10.0

A 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

Miłość z listy przebojów poster
5.0

Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl leaves him and goes away. Meanwhile, Eliza's father Jul, a sculptor, organizes a reunion of former members of the student theater in which he performed years ago.

Miłość z listy przebojów

1985

No artwork available
6.0

A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.

Operation "Himmler"

1979

Merry Christmas poster
8.0

Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends.

Merry Christmas

1977

Little Town poster
7.5

A young couple wants to break free of the antagonistic nature of their home village.

Little Town

1960

Cyrk odjeżdża poster
9.0

The circus leaves 1948. In one of the towns there is a circus organized right after the liberation. A conflict arises between Kossakowski, a lion trainer, and Chamron, a horse trainer, which creates a tense atmosphere in the entire team.

Cyrk odjeżdża

1988