Acting

Janusz Ściwiarski

Born 1901-06-22 · Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)

Acting credits

A Generation poster
7.0

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.

A Generation

1955

Gromada poster
5.5

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.

Gromada

1952

First Start poster
9.0

A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.

First Start

1951

No artwork available
10.0

A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.

Two Brigades

1950

Young Chopin poster
6.0

Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.

Young Chopin

1952

The Eighth Day of the Week poster
5.6

Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.

The Eighth Day of the Week

1958

No artwork available
NR

A grotesque tale about crazy firefighters embarking on a rescue mission.

Kurdebalans

1956

Podhale w ogniu poster
NR

Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.

Podhale w ogniu

1956

Cellulose poster
6.5

Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts in pre-WWII Poland.

Cellulose

1954

The Warsaw Debut poster
7.0

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".

The Warsaw Debut

1951

Uczta Baltazara poster
6.5

Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.

Uczta Baltazara

1954

Nikodem Dyzma poster
4.7

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

Nikodem Dyzma

1956

Devil's Ravine poster
7.5

Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Protection Forces, serving in his homeland, in the Tatra Mountains. Under the influence of the educational work of his superiors, as well as his love for Halka, he becomes a righteous citizen. He contributes to preventing the smuggling of valuable works of art abroad organized by a Polish aristocrat and carried out by a gang.

Devil's Ravine

1950