
Writing
Leszek Mech
Born — Died
1933-10-04 — 2004-07-25
Place of birth
Grodno, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]
Known for
Writing
Credits
13 titles
Leszek Mech (who used the pseudonym Lesław Królicz) was a Polish screenwriter of animated films, poet and prose writer, journalist. A long-time collaborator (from 1962) at the Animated Film Studio in Bielsko-Biała, he served as the Studio's literary director from 1962 to 1971; he co-wrote the scripts for approximately 300 animated films, including the Bolek and Lolek series, as well as animated feature films (The Great Journey of Bolek and Lolek, The Adventures of the Blue Knight). He also worked in the editorial offices of the weekly "Kronika" in Bielsko and the daily "Trybuna Śląska" in Katowice. Together with Władysław Nehrebecki, he was the co-author of a series of children's books enti…
Known for
NRA mini history of human development. Civilization - military - architecture - fashion. The set design and look of the characters change together with the epoch. From the point of view of the individual, progress is not a clearly positive notion.
Mini
1969
8.0Compilation of several episodes of the original animated TV series 'Przygody Myszki', Margo is a little mouse that lives quietly in a tree. It is her house, where she cooks, she sleeps, she plays the piano. In the tree where she lives. Little Margo has neighbors: Eliana, a squirrel that lives in the upper floor of the tree or Dennis, a dormouse that lives in the back floor. Life in the tree runs smoothly, but there are people who are not willing to make life easy for Margo. The little mouse will have problems of the day to day with cats, beggars or owls. However, in each experience, Margo will learn various values about life, about friendship, about love, respect and independence. With her friends, Margo will live many adventures.
Margo the Mouse
1986
10.0The mystery of the New Year's night told from three different points of view. A caretaker, a chimney sweep, and a postman visiting female tenants on several floors experienced it in a different way.
New Year's Night
1964
6.8The dangerous thug Pif-Paf escapes from prison. Bolek and Lolek bravely chase after him through the prairie, canyons and rocky mountains.
Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West
1986
A film featuring Bolek and Lolek about traffic regulations.
Szerokiej drogi
1976
NRA short animation inspired by the Stanisław Lem short story about Trurl from "The Cyberiad".
Trurl's Machine
1975
Behind the camera
NRA mini history of human development. Civilization - military - architecture - fashion. The set design and look of the characters change together with the epoch. From the point of view of the individual, progress is not a clearly positive notion.
Mini
1969
8.0Compilation of several episodes of the original animated TV series 'Przygody Myszki', Margo is a little mouse that lives quietly in a tree. It is her house, where she cooks, she sleeps, she plays the piano. In the tree where she lives. Little Margo has neighbors: Eliana, a squirrel that lives in the upper floor of the tree or Dennis, a dormouse that lives in the back floor. Life in the tree runs smoothly, but there are people who are not willing to make life easy for Margo. The little mouse will have problems of the day to day with cats, beggars or owls. However, in each experience, Margo will learn various values about life, about friendship, about love, respect and independence. With her friends, Margo will live many adventures.
Margo the Mouse
1986
10.0The mystery of the New Year's night told from three different points of view. A caretaker, a chimney sweep, and a postman visiting female tenants on several floors experienced it in a different way.
New Year's Night
1964
6.8The dangerous thug Pif-Paf escapes from prison. Bolek and Lolek bravely chase after him through the prairie, canyons and rocky mountains.
Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West
1986
A film featuring Bolek and Lolek about traffic regulations.
Szerokiej drogi
1976
NRA short animation inspired by the Stanisław Lem short story about Trurl from "The Cyberiad".
Trurl's Machine
1975
6.6Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
1977
9.0A man experiences a scary night in the old forest. The trees resemble monsters that have been frozen in time, the clock faces melt as in a surreal painting and the revolving door grinds them into pieces as in an expressionist film.
The Hum of the Forest
1973
9.0Corsicans (purple) and Sicilians (red) lean over their relatives' coffins. Each family promises a vendetta against the other family. A whisper saying ‘Vendetta!’ can be heard.
Vendetta
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gilgamesh
1976
Memories of "The Great Journey of Bolek and Lolek" come back to life. The boys decide to award the "Order of the Smile" to Jeremiasz Pittsbury. The members of the chapter unanimously accept this decision.
Kawaler orderu uśmiechu
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Młynek do kawy
1963
10.0Graphic afterimages of photos documenting the Holocaust: the architecture of Auschwitz-Birkenau, bodies thrown on wires, skeletons of those who died of hunger, close-ups of the faces of people who got off the train. Plastic forming turns them into abstract stains. The film begins with an inscription carved in the wall. It says ‘Later definitely there will be no camps, there will be no states, people will not kill themselves’. It explains the intent of the title. Modern people live in too much of a rush to remember this.
Definitely Later
1969
