Acting
Janusz Ściwiarski
Born 1901-06-22 · Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)
Acting credits
7.0Stach 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
5.5The 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
9.0A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
First Start
1951
A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.
Two Brigades
1950
6.0Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.
Young Chopin
1952
5.6Zbigniew 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
A grotesque tale about crazy firefighters embarking on a rescue mission.
Kurdebalans
1956
NRPodhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
Podhale w ogniu
1956
6.5Through 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
7.0Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
The Warsaw Debut
1951
6.5Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.
Uczta Baltazara
1954
4.7Nikodem 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
7.5Shot 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
