Jan Fethke

Writing

Jan Fethke

Born — Died

1903-02-26 — 1980-12-16

Place of birth

Opole, opolskie, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)

Known for

Writing

Credits

26 titles

Known for

The Silent Star poster
4.9

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

The Silent Star

1960

Leper poster
7.3

Stefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.

Leper

1936

The Golden Mask poster
7.5

Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...

The Golden Mask

1940

Hearts Aflame poster
7.0

A story about a group of high school graduates, their unbreakable bond and life and death friendship.

Hearts Aflame

1937

Florian poster
8.0

War is raging in Poland, and nothing is certain. The Germans are retreating, and Soviet troops are taking their place. In these turbulent times, feelings develop between Alfred Rupiejko and Bronka Wereszczyńska. The girl and her brothers hide the Florian bell from confiscation. The siblings are betrayed, but they decide not to give up without a fight.

Florian

1938

Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness poster
6.8

Mutter Krause, her daughter Erna and her son Paul live in a tenement in the poorer section of Berlin's Wedding district. Along with them lives "the Tenant", his soon-to-be bride Friede, who works as a prostitute, and her child whose name isn't revealed in the film. Mutter Krause is a quiet, long-suffering old woman who earns what little she can delivering newspapers. However, Paul is an alcoholic and spends all her money on drink. Mutter Krause can't pay back the money she owes the man whose newspapers she delivered and he accuses her of stealing and threatens her with arrest. Mutter Krause must then pawn her last valuable possession, a treasured memento of her late husband. Paul then breaks into the same pawn shop. He gets away but is later arrested. Meanwhile, Erna begins dating a young man with Communist views, who turns Erna to Communism and also helps her earn the money her mother needs by more honest means.

Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness

1929

Behind the camera

The Silent Star poster
4.9

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

The Silent Star

1960

Leper poster
7.3

Stefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.

Leper

1936

The Golden Mask poster
7.5

Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...

The Golden Mask

1940

Hearts Aflame poster
7.0

A story about a group of high school graduates, their unbreakable bond and life and death friendship.

Hearts Aflame

1937

Florian poster
8.0

War is raging in Poland, and nothing is certain. The Germans are retreating, and Soviet troops are taking their place. In these turbulent times, feelings develop between Alfred Rupiejko and Bronka Wereszczyńska. The girl and her brothers hide the Florian bell from confiscation. The siblings are betrayed, but they decide not to give up without a fight.

Florian

1938

Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness poster
6.8

Mutter Krause, her daughter Erna and her son Paul live in a tenement in the poorer section of Berlin's Wedding district. Along with them lives "the Tenant", his soon-to-be bride Friede, who works as a prostitute, and her child whose name isn't revealed in the film. Mutter Krause is a quiet, long-suffering old woman who earns what little she can delivering newspapers. However, Paul is an alcoholic and spends all her money on drink. Mutter Krause can't pay back the money she owes the man whose newspapers she delivered and he accuses her of stealing and threatens her with arrest. Mutter Krause must then pawn her last valuable possession, a treasured memento of her late husband. Paul then breaks into the same pawn shop. He gets away but is later arrested. Meanwhile, Erna begins dating a young man with Communist views, who turns Erna to Communism and also helps her earn the money her mother needs by more honest means.

Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness

1929

Zapomniana melodia poster
7.0

Helenka Roliczówna is the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer and a boarder at the Institute for Girls' Further Education. There she meets Stefan Frankiewicz, who has decided to visit his uncle, a music teacher at the school. The young people quickly take a liking to each other.

Zapomniana melodia

1938

Zapomniana melodia poster
7.0

Helenka Roliczówna is the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer and a boarder at the Institute for Girls' Further Education. There she meets Stefan Frankiewicz, who has decided to visit his uncle, a music teacher at the school. The young people quickly take a liking to each other.

Zapomniana melodia

1938

Załoga poster
8.0

Antek is an inexperienced seaman favored by his teachers. On his first trip to the sea he learns the hardships of the work and almost causes a tragedy.

Załoga

1952

Przez Łzy do Szczęścia poster
6.5

A melodrama about children living in an orphanage run by a local doctor, Jan Mankiewicz. One day, Jan witnesses a car accident. The victim is a famous actress, Lena Merwińska, who has injured her leg and stays in Zasielsk for a few days. Lena and the doctor fall in love. Lena passes Jan's research paper on to Professor Tomczyński, who paves the way for his great career. Jan moves to Warsaw, where he is to become the head of a children's clinic.

Przez Łzy do Szczęścia

1943

Przez Łzy do Szczęścia poster
6.5

A melodrama about children living in an orphanage run by a local doctor, Jan Mankiewicz. One day, Jan witnesses a car accident. The victim is a famous actress, Lena Merwińska, who has injured her leg and stays in Zasielsk for a few days. Lena and the doctor fall in love. Lena passes Jan's research paper on to Professor Tomczyński, who paves the way for his great career. Jan moves to Warsaw, where he is to become the head of a children's clinic.

Przez Łzy do Szczęścia

1943

The Screw-Up poster
6.8

Polish comedian Adolf Dymsza cross-dressing and masquerading as a woman in order to gain the confidence of his sweetheart's domineering guardian.

The Screw-Up

1937

Sprawa do załatwienia poster
7.0

A series of misfortunes plagues a journalist and his new friend.

Sprawa do załatwienia

1953

Bolek i Lolek poster
8.0

Bolek, a young locksmith’s apprentice, fights off two suspicious men to defend a friend and, fleeing the police, hides at a party where guests mistake him for the wealthy but naïve Lolek.

Bolek i Lolek

1936

O czym się nie mówi... poster
NR

Krajewski, a young bank clerk, is a romantic and dreams of perfect love. One day, he accidentally meets a beautiful girl whom he helps dry her clothes in his apartment after she falls into a puddle while getting off the tram. Enchanted by her beauty and delicacy, he falls madly in love with her, believing that he has found the love of his life. Frania, as the girl is called, disappears every evening, claiming that as a seamstress she has a lot of work and has to work at night as well. In reality, under the assumed name of Irena, she spends her nights as an escort at the Orfeum cabaret. Afraid of losing her beloved, she does not reveal the truth to him. However, the idyll does not last long.

O czym się nie mówi...

1939

Paweł & Gaweł poster
7.6

Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's not a child anymore, he falls in love with her. And vice versa.

Paweł & Gaweł

1938

Harbour Drift poster
7.0

A sordid tale of poverty and greed set within a quayside milieu of crime and prostitution, the narrative centres on the quest for a sparkling pearl necklace stolen by a beggar under the gaze of a prostitute, who persuades her unemployed friend to steal it back, with tragic consequences. The story unfolds in flashback, without irony or a hint of redemption: life simply goes on.

Harbour Drift

1929

What Will My Wife Say to This? poster
3.2

The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign office assigns him a guide, Irena Stepowska. The two young people are attracted to each other, but there is a catch - Vladimír is married, Irena is married. But as they say, opportunity makes the thief, so it's no wonder that Tůma has his work cut out for him, and Irena, too, sometimes recovers only at the last minute. And she doesn't even know that her husband is coming to visit her...

What Will My Wife Say to This?

1958

No artwork available
7.5

A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.

Irene, Go Home!

1955

Skarb kapitana Martensa poster
7.0

A ship crew fight over a deceased captain's notebook, believing that it contains clues to find a treasure.

Skarb kapitana Martensa

1957

Robert and Bertrand poster
6.5

Robert and Bertrand covered accused of theft and are sent to prison where they meet Irena.

Robert and Bertrand

1938

No artwork available
NR

The courage and steadfastness of Polish pilots was known throughout the world. Their dedication and great fortitude allowed them to fight for a better future for their country.

Bogurodzica

1939

Papa się żeni poster
8.0

Famed singer Vinconti returns home after seventeen years abroad, reigniting past love Mira Stella, who bears his secret daughter Lili, and sparking a young reporter’s shifting interest from Stella to the mysterious child.

Papa się żeni

1936

Border Street poster
6.4

The story of Polish and Jewish families living side by side in one Warsaw street. Everything changes once and for all with the Nazi invasion.

Border Street

1949

Bravo, Little Thomas poster
7.0

Thomas always seems to have bad luck until he is celebrated as a hero after rescuing little Monika from drowning. After the fanfare subsides, he immediately falls back into his old role as a constantly unlucky person.

Bravo, Little Thomas

1945

Jadzia poster
7.4

Both have the name Jadzia, besides the name they are also connected by a tennis racket. Jędruszewska is a champion of tennis courts, Maliczówna is an extremely charismatic owner of a sports store. Meanwhile, there is a fierce battle between two competing Warsaw companies selling sports equipment. The convergence of names and misunderstandings cause that the representative of the rival sports shop Jan Oksza confuses Jada. He tries to get the tennis champion to play their company's racket, but Jan takes Maliczówna for the champion. In the meantime, he acts as a sculptor, his friend. Among the gags and numerous misunderstandings between Jadzia Maliczówna and Jan Oksza germinate the feeling that eventually connects the two feuding companies.

Jadzia

1936