Edward Rączkowski

Acting

Edward Rączkowski

Born — Died

1911-02-11 — 1990-10-26

Place of birth

Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

The Scatterbain of St Cross Mountains poster
7.0

Newly 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

Doktor Ewa poster
9.0

Doctor 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

Trzecia granica poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Trzecia granica

1976

Pharaoh poster
6.8

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.

Pharaoh

1966

Obok prawdy poster
9.0

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.

Obok prawdy

1965

No artwork available
6.2

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

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

The Scatterbain of St Cross Mountains poster
7.0

Newly 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

Father of the Queen poster
6.5

A French nobleman is sent to Poland to bring the father of Queen Marie Casimire back to France, as requested by Louis XIV's minister. While carrying out his mission at the court of King Jan III Sobieski, he becomes entangled in political intrigue and falls for the beautiful woman caring for the old marquis.

Father of the Queen

1980

The Weather Forecast poster
6.7

When 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

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

Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop poster
NR

An ordinary man has to do constant favors for other people in order to reserve a place for himself in a queue.

Porcelain in an Elephant's Shop

1988

A Party for Ten, Plus Three poster
7.1

A 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

No artwork available
6.8

The happiness that has passed away will never return - this is exactly what a young Polish man learns when, in the immediate post-war period, he recalls how he fell in love with a charming Jewish girl before the outbreak of the war. He manages to find her, only she is already married and has a child.

Salty Rose

1983

1970s · 10 titles

No artwork available
6.2

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

The Sun Rises Once a Day poster
5.8

After 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

A Story in Red poster
9.0

Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village

A Story in Red

1974

W te dni przedwiosenne poster
7.0

The final months of World War II. The fate of a young girl, Second Lieutenant Horak, and an experienced frontline officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kaszyba.

W te dni przedwiosenne

1975

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Próba Ognia

1976

Jeszcze słychać śpiew.  I rżenie koni... poster
7.0

A retired army colonel learns that years ago, during the 1939 September Campaign he was ordered to give medals to the ten bravest soldiers in his company. He asks his son to help him out, so he sets out on a journey to find surviving soldiers and judge if they are worthy of the honor.

Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni...

1971

The Border poster
5.4

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves for Paris to study. Returning after a year with a doctorate in political science, he makes a fast and glamorous career. He becomes the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper and, soon after, mayor of the city. He also marries Elzbieta Biecka, but still does not break up with Justyna.

The Border

1978

God's Finger poster
6.2

A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.

God's Finger

1973

Bewitching Eyes poster
6.5

A Polish folktale set in the Middle Ages, tells the story of a man, whose eyes, or the gaze of them, brings upon death.

Bewitching Eyes

1977

The Keys poster
4.3

During their holiday in Kraków, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.

The Keys

1974

1960s · 6 titles

Series credits