Antoni Krauze

Directing

Antoni Krauze

Born — Died

1940-01-04 — 2018-02-14

Place of birth

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Film and documentary director. He was born on January 4, 1940, in Warsaw. He studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and was also associated with the Student Satirical Theatre STS (1958-1961), where he performed as an actor. A graduate of the Directing Department of the Film School in Łódź (1966). At the beginning of his career, he cooperated with the Łódź Educational Film Studio, working on the set of numerous short films during the two years he spent there. In 1968, he joined the "Tor" Film Studio. He made his debut with the television short film Monidło (1969) based on short stories by Jan Himilsbach. His two subsequent short films made in 1971 – Piżama/Pajamas based on the p…

Known for

I Love Cinema poster
8.0

The manager of a small provincial cinema finds her lost son, and he tries to save the movie theater.

I Love Cinema

1988

Aquarium poster
7.5

Film based on the book of Viktor Suvorov, a former Soviet military intelligence officer. The story of the strange friendship between the two GRU officers. That relationship began in the Soviet military range where daring young officer Witek action drew the attention of Colonel Kravcov. With the protection of Colonel Witek gets to the interview. Price to be paid for this "favor" is the total loyalty to his patron.

Aquarium

1996

The Weather Forecast poster
6.7

When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside.

The Weather Forecast

1983

Black Thursday poster
6.6

Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.

Black Thursday

2011

No artwork available
NR

A performance based on Juliusz Słowacki's Balladyna takes place in the puppet theater. However, the documentary camera does not focus on what is happening on stage, but on the actors-puppeteers hidden behind the screen.

Behind the Screen

1964

Smolensk poster
2.6

Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation.

Smolensk

2016

Film credits

Behind the camera

Aquarium poster
7.5

Film based on the book of Viktor Suvorov, a former Soviet military intelligence officer. The story of the strange friendship between the two GRU officers. That relationship began in the Soviet military range where daring young officer Witek action drew the attention of Colonel Kravcov. With the protection of Colonel Witek gets to the interview. Price to be paid for this "favor" is the total loyalty to his patron.

Aquarium

1996

Aquarium poster
7.5

Film based on the book of Viktor Suvorov, a former Soviet military intelligence officer. The story of the strange friendship between the two GRU officers. That relationship began in the Soviet military range where daring young officer Witek action drew the attention of Colonel Kravcov. With the protection of Colonel Witek gets to the interview. Price to be paid for this "favor" is the total loyalty to his patron.

Aquarium

1996

The Weather Forecast poster
6.7

When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside.

The Weather Forecast

1983

Black Thursday poster
6.6

Antoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.

Black Thursday

2011

No artwork available
NR

A performance based on Juliusz Słowacki's Balladyna takes place in the puppet theater. However, the documentary camera does not focus on what is happening on stage, but on the actors-puppeteers hidden behind the screen.

Behind the Screen

1964

Smolensk poster
2.6

Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation.

Smolensk

2016

Smolensk poster
2.6

Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation.

Smolensk

2016

No artwork available
10.0

The tragic life of five Warsaw poets who died during the World War II: Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Tadeusz Gajcy, Zdzisław Stroiński, Andrzej Trzebiński and Wacław Bojarski.

To the Offspring

2004

No artwork available
10.0

The tragic life of five Warsaw poets who died during the World War II: Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Tadeusz Gajcy, Zdzisław Stroiński, Andrzej Trzebiński and Wacław Bojarski.

To the Offspring

2004

No artwork available
NR

A TV documentary about Polish director Stanislaw Rózewicz and his works.

Walking, Meeting...

1999

Strach poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Strach

1975

God's Finger poster
6.2

A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.

God's Finger

1973

God's Finger poster
6.2

A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.

God's Finger

1973

A Little Girl from the Hotel 'Excelsior' poster
6.7

Jan, an accountant at pre-retirement age, is on holiday at the Baltic Sea with his wife. He doesn’t enjoy her company. He doesn’t enjoy other people’s company either. The resort’s atmosphere makes him sick. One day he meets a mysterious girl on the beach. She becomes his spiritual guide.

A Little Girl from the Hotel 'Excelsior'

1988

No artwork available
7.0

A woman desperate to improve her social standing goads her husband into buying pajamas - a symbol of high status.

Piżama

1971

No artwork available
7.0

A woman desperate to improve her social standing goads her husband into buying pajamas - a symbol of high status.

Piżama

1971

A Trip to Arabia poster
7.0

Anna is a seemingly content thirty-year-old wife and mother whose orderly life is upended when a rejected young suitor’s suicide attempt lands him in the psychiatric ward where she’s drawn into his recovery.

A Trip to Arabia

1980

A Trip to Arabia poster
7.0

Anna is a seemingly content thirty-year-old wife and mother whose orderly life is upended when a rejected young suitor’s suicide attempt lands him in the psychiatric ward where she’s drawn into his recovery.

A Trip to Arabia

1980

Monidło poster
7.3

An unexpected guest shows at the door of an apartment of a working-class family, at first asking just for a glass of water.

Monidło

1970

Monidło poster
7.3

An unexpected guest shows at the door of an apartment of a working-class family, at first asking just for a glass of water.

Monidło

1970

No artwork available
NR

The problem of young people avoiding work. A film made in cooperation with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Łódź Municipal Police Headquarters and the Employment Department of the PRN M. Łódź.

Cudów nie ma

1968

No artwork available
NR

The problem of young people avoiding work. A film made in cooperation with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Łódź Municipal Police Headquarters and the Employment Department of the PRN M. Łódź.

Cudów nie ma

1968

No artwork available
NR

The 8th Plenum of the PZPR is underway. Passengers waiting for a train learn that their traffic has stopped.

Stacja

1987

Meta poster
5.0

Kazik and Władzio, two old friends meet again after many years. Kazik, a small-time swindler and playboy confesses that he needs a place to live, so Władzio offers for him to move in his apartment.

Meta

1981

Party przy świecach poster
6.9

The marriage struggling with financial problems decides to impress visiting relatives.

Party przy świecach

1980

The Pad poster
8.0

Two former classmates (one an honest working man with a wife and children, the other a conman) meet at a train station. The conman comes to stay with his old friend and slowly begins to assume the role of master of the house, taking the place of the father and husband. Made for television with a screenplay by Marek Nowakowski. The film sat on a shelf for 9 years, and was shown only on the wave of solidarity in 1980. Awards: 1981 - 8 Polish Film Festival, Gdańsk, special jury prize.

The Pad

1980

No artwork available
NR

An attempt to talk about death and loss by juxtaposing images of architecture with shots of cemeteries.

Architecture in the Open Air

1960