
Directing
Henryk Kluba
Born — Died
1931-01-09 — 2005-06-11
Place of birth
Przystajń, śląskie, Polska
Known for
Directing
Credits
39 titles
Henryk Kluba was born on 9 January 1931 in Przystajnia, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was an actor and director, known for 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970), Sowizdrzal swietokrzyski (1980) and. He died on 11 June 2005 in Konin, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
Known for
7.0Newly appointed parish priest Giemza sets off for a rural parish, but a chance encounter with a young farmer leads to a bizarre case of mistaken identity. Soon, the two men become caught up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures involving villagers, church officials, hunters and a mysterious convent, blurring the line between reality, folklore and dreams.
The Scatterbain of St Cross Mountains
1980
9.0Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.
Doktor Ewa
1971
A cinematic grotesque whose protagonist is Mr. Kowalski, who suffers from insomnia.
Niezawodny sposób
1963
7.0Thirty-year-old nurse Teresa spends her days caring for elderly, dying people. Janusz, a young man she met at an amusement park, enters the life of this bitter and disillusioned woman. Teresa doesn't have the courage to tell him how she feels, and he also has trouble expressing his emotions. They are helped by Julka, a girl from the neighborhood who likes Teresa. She finds a pile of love letters from the beginning of the century in the trash. By forging Teresa and Janusz's handwriting, she starts a love correspondence between them, rewriting fragments of other people's confessions.
Listy miłosne
2001
8.0Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
1962
5.2"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?
Mammals
1962
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
The final stage of the great artist's life, a stage in which Witkacy decides to destroy himself. A growing sense of danger, the futility of all actions, and fear of what is to come accompany him constantly during his escape from Warsaw to the East at the outbreak of World War II. Everyday facts and events are intertwined in the film with reminiscences and images from his life, supported by the artist's inner monologue. The style of narration and the way of filming make the film a poignant study of the writer's inner disintegration. By emphasizing the painterly quality of the image and introducing dreamlike themes, Kluba captures on screen the characteristics of both Witkacy's playwriting and painting.
Gwiazda Piołun
1988
8.5The 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
1970s · 5 titles
7.0Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.
A Jungle Book of Regulations
1974
5.8After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.
The Sun Rises Once a Day
1972
5.5Loosely connected scenes in the life of a young student.
A Sketch in Six Parts
1973
9.0Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village
A Story in Red
1974
7.0Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
Warsaw Sketches
1970
1960s · 13 titles
A cinematic grotesque whose protagonist is Mr. Kowalski, who suffers from insomnia.
Niezawodny sposób
1963
8.0Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.
I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
1962
5.2"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?
Mammals
1962
7.2A group of chauvinistic men start a Bachelors' Club, but soon they start falling in love with women, threatening the continued existence of the club.
Klub kawalerów
1962
6.3An extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
Walkover
1965
6.0Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named Koszajtis. Soon they get thrown right in the middle of a hilarious war between two rivaling music-and-dance groups.
Kochajmy syrenki
1967
NRThe last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.
Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four
1968
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.
Tysiąc talarów
1960
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
Mansarda
1963
6.2A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.
Kryptonim Nektar
1963
8.2A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
Good Sins
1963
7.0A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.
Skinny and Others
1967
3.8Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, from which, however, he escapes handcuffed with the thief. Meanwhile, the "snow man" begins to be considered the perpetrator of more and more crimes. Eventually, everything becomes clear. In the telegram notifying of the shipment, a word was twisted and hence the whole misunderstanding.
Ostrożnie yeti
1961
1950s · 8 titles
6.3The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to carry into a town.
Two Men and a Wardrobe
1958
4.8Two fairies, Terencja and Felicja are in posession of the Lucky Rain Boots, which they intend to give to the most deserving person in the city of Kraków. However, they consistently fall into the wrong hands, creating a multitude of absurd and comedic situations.
Kalosze szczęścia
1958
6.6The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.
When Angels Fall
1959
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
A small cardboard train embarks on a long journey full of strange events.
Obrazki z podróży
1959
6.1A Pole and a German fall in love to the discouragement of their parents.
Two from the Big River
1958
5.6PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.
Inspekcja pana Anatola
1959
NRA short film based on a story by Sławomir Mrożek of the same title. The need to have an elephant in a fictional zoo gives rise to the idea of making one. A giant inflatable animal is created, but instead of becoming the main attraction, it flies away in front of a school trip.
Słoń
1959
Series credits
Behind the camera
7.0Newly appointed parish priest Giemza sets off for a rural parish, but a chance encounter with a young farmer leads to a bizarre case of mistaken identity. Soon, the two men become caught up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures involving villagers, church officials, hunters and a mysterious convent, blurring the line between reality, folklore and dreams.
The Scatterbain of St Cross Mountains
1980
7.0Newly appointed parish priest Giemza sets off for a rural parish, but a chance encounter with a young farmer leads to a bizarre case of mistaken identity. Soon, the two men become caught up in a series of increasingly surreal adventures involving villagers, church officials, hunters and a mysterious convent, blurring the line between reality, folklore and dreams.
The Scatterbain of St Cross Mountains
1980
7.0Thirty-year-old nurse Teresa spends her days caring for elderly, dying people. Janusz, a young man she met at an amusement park, enters the life of this bitter and disillusioned woman. Teresa doesn't have the courage to tell him how she feels, and he also has trouble expressing his emotions. They are helped by Julka, a girl from the neighborhood who likes Teresa. She finds a pile of love letters from the beginning of the century in the trash. By forging Teresa and Janusz's handwriting, she starts a love correspondence between them, rewriting fragments of other people's confessions.
Listy miłosne
2001
The final stage of the great artist's life, a stage in which Witkacy decides to destroy himself. A growing sense of danger, the futility of all actions, and fear of what is to come accompany him constantly during his escape from Warsaw to the East at the outbreak of World War II. Everyday facts and events are intertwined in the film with reminiscences and images from his life, supported by the artist's inner monologue. The style of narration and the way of filming make the film a poignant study of the writer's inner disintegration. By emphasizing the painterly quality of the image and introducing dreamlike themes, Kluba captures on screen the characteristics of both Witkacy's playwriting and painting.
Gwiazda Piołun
1988
5.8After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.
The Sun Rises Once a Day
1972
9.0A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.
Five and Half of Pale Joe
2025
7.0A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.
Skinny and Others
1967
9.0Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village
A Story in Red
1974
7.0Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
Warsaw Sketches
1970

