
Acting
Bolesław Abart
Born 1935-08-13 · Chorzów, Poland
Acting credits
NRShort film directed by Zygmunt Lech, Starring renowned polish actor Bogusław Linda
Janek
1979
5.9Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some 'nonlinears' (an experimental model of android) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and this intriguing crew are sent out to launch two satellites into the rings of Saturn, but he is determined to find out and identify a hostile unhuman coworker among them.
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
1979
7.2During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories.
The Deluge
1974
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
8.0Berlin, 1990. At the invitation of his actor friends, who have already lived abroad for many years, Max, a Polish theater director, comes to Berlin. They begin to work together. They try to realize their dream: to stage a play, the staging of which was prevented by the imposition of martial law ten years earlier. The way they raise funds (selling pieces of the "historic" wall) and struggle against the heartless machinery of bureaucracy forms the axis of the film. In their efforts, the four protagonists are assisted by Regina, a translator familiar with local customs and practices. The film deals with the problems of artists in the new, commercializing reality.
Obcy musi fruwać
1993
10.0A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace.
Signs on the Road
1970
6.8In the early 19th century, Dr. Frankenstein discovers the secret of life – how to create a perfect man – powerful, intelligent and immune to disease. But something goes wrong in the laboratory and the doctor’s hideous creation disappears into the night. At first, Frankenstein hoped that the horrible monster would perish in the wilderness, but now he senses that it’s alive and sets out for him. Dr. Frankenstein tracks the creature to the Arctic, where the two must battle to decide who will become the master of the other’s life…or death.
Frankenstein
1993
7.5The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.
Olympics 40
1980
5.4We meet ornithologist Anna in 1994 just as genocide is raging in Rwanda, perpetrated by the majority Hutus against the Tutsis. Anna manages to save the daughter of a colleague whose family has been murdered, and she takes her to Poland. But the woman returns to Rwanda to visit the graves of her loved ones. The director originally worked on the movie with her husband Krzysztof Krauze (My Nikifor – Crystal Globe, KVIFF 2005), but after his death in 2014 she eventually finished this challenging picture alone.
Birds Are Singing in Kigali
2017
1.0Karuzela is a four person drama. It is a journey inside the souls of the main characters across the reefs of everyday dilemmas - the merry-go-round of life. An individual approach to the subject, obscure narration and absence of easy answers is what allows every viewer to embark on their own journey around the universal story told in the film. They are not even 30 years old and they have problems with finding work. When something comes their way, it is only a temporary 'junk contract'.The characters have to overcome their weaknesses and face the harsh reality.They are taking their life exams and do not want to make wrong choices again.This is a game witch will evoke emotions, allow to identify with the main characters and their complex world
Karuzela
2014
6.3In difficult times of political and social change, a mother raises four sons alone.
The Mother of the Kings
1987
6.0When Stanisław Czermień is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real criminal.
Leprosy
1971
4.0A married couple is unsuccessfully trying to have a child. The woman decides to bring her husband closer to another woman.
Possession
1973
7.3An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
Złote koło
1971
10.0In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is caught with stolen funds and a weapon, the police commissioner spares him from prison on the condition that he work as an informant. Trapped by fear and betrayal, Ludvík is forced down a path that leads inexorably toward his own destruction.
Mark of Cain
1989
7.5The esteemed transplantologist is the victim of a conspiracy of his colleagues, as a result of which his brain is transplanted into a pig.
Piggate
1990
6.0Piotr manages to buy a splendid though dilapidated villa from the eccentric 80-year-old painter Mimi. The woman treats him like her long-lost only son whereas Piotr tries to send her away to old people's home.
Queen of Clouds
2004
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
6.0A Scotland Yard officer investigates the mysterious disappearance of a series of corpses. Based on the novel by Stanisław Lem.
The Investigation
1974
A moral story about two people who have completely different attitudes to life and people. The duel of the heroes ends tragically.
Zabijaka
1967
5.5The life of engineer Maksymowicz changes dramatically when he accidentally learns that he is terminally ill.
Rush Hour
1974
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
6.7A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.
The Neighbours
1969
8.0Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers.
Hour After Hour
1974