
Acting
August Kowalczyk
Born 1921-08-15
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
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Behind the Curtain
1973
6.1Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
The Nest
1974
7.8During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
The Saragossa Manuscript
1966
9.01944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
Rok pierwszy
1960
5.8In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
The Peasants
1973
3.8An actor, Lutek Star, and a director, Emil Baks, end up in prison, where they decide to join forces to create a serial script about three independent women.
Rób swoje, ryzyko jest twoje
2002
The sixth and final episode compilation of the TV series released theatrically, featuring episodes 16 and 17.
More Than Life At Stake Part Six
1969
8.7Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
Nuremberg Epilogue
1971
10.0A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars.
Drugi brzeg
1962
9.0Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.
April
1961
9.0A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.
Silent Traces
1961
6.5An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.
Alchemik
1989
9.0Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region.
Barwy walki
1964
5.9In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.
Five Boys from Barska Street
1954
7.6In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.
Janosik
1974
The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9.
More Than Life At Stake Part Four
1969