
Acting
Leon Pietraszkiewicz
Born 1907-02-19 · Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Acting credits
8.0In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...
The Steel Hearts
1948
7.3A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
Passenger
1963
9.0An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.
The Verdict
1962
Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.
Career
1955
Wacław Urbin joins an exclusive club, learning the secrets of its members.
Klub szachistów
1967
6.0Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
Young Chopin
1952
The second of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 2 and 4.
More Than Life At Stake Part Two
1969
6.9Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy.
Octopus Cafe
1959
7.6On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
1970
8.7Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
Nuremberg Epilogue
1971
6.5A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
Król Maciuś I
1958
9.0Polish intelligence sends a mole into the ranks of a high-profile gang, the boss of which recently died in mysterious circumstances.
Brylanty pani Zuzy
1972
6.3Two militia officers are assigned to a museum in an undercover assignment to protect a valuable painting from an international group of art thieves.
Where Is the Third King?
1967
Preparations for a rural folk festival. The shop manager, GS Patyk, quietly resells the goods to a private shopkeeper.
W chłopskie ręce
1947
7.0A small fishing village between the sea and the lake. One day, when all the men went out to catch, a viper bitten Grandpa Filip and little Madzia was severely injured by a misfire. Holidaymakers with a motorboat refuse to help. Filip decides to take the girl to the doctor himself.
Między brzegami
1963
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
NRSelected episodes from a television series of thrilling stories based on works of world literature classics.
Świat grozy
1968
7.4Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
Forbidden Songs
1947
10.0The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
Rzeczywistość
1961
8.0The wealthy Lord Artur Savile learns from a palm reader that he's destined to become a murderer. Obsessed with the prophecy, he decides to commit the deed as quickly as possible.
Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a
1968
10.0The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
Miejsce dla jednego
1966
6.3Tom arrives in a strange city, where he meets casino owners who are hiding a secret.
Przeraźliwe łoże
1968