
Acting
Henryk Bąk
Born
1923-01-02 (103)
Place of birth
Krasnystaw, lubelskie, Polska
Known for
Acting
Credits
54 titles
Known for
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.2An epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" was shown primarily from the perspective of two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty crook, but not without heroic traits. The authors of the series sought to show, in particular, everyday life under Nazi occupation in Poland.
Polskie drogi
1977
7.01957. Excessively high production standards imposed by the authorities result in the plan not being fulfilled, and the workers cannot imagine living normally without rewards and bonuses. A rebellion breaks out. Worker democracy wins – the working class elects a director from among its own ranks. He is an old locksmith with no managerial experience. Although he believes in the socialist spirit and has a communist past, he does not hold the position for long, as he makes promises too easily that he is unable to keep.
Dyrektorzy
1975
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
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
6.9A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Cooked Doves
1966
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
6.9Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's released back into a world of raving lunatics and deranged dentists, murderous doctors and scientists who believe the secret of human creation is inside the walls of a cast-iron oven.
Golem
1980
8.0Fall 1925. Six hundred officers demonstrate in front of Józef Piłsudski’s country house in Sulejówek, demanding the Marshal’s return to active political life. May 1926—a government crisis; Wincenty Witos forms a new government. Piłsudski’s move sparks clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted government. Piłsudski appoints Kazimierz Bartel as prime minister. The beginning of the “moral reform.” Ignacy Mościcki becomes president. Summer 1930. A joint platform of opponents to the Sanacja government is formed. “Centrolew” is established.
Zamach stanu
1981
1970s · 24 titles
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
10.0A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.
Jarosław Dąbrowski
1976
7.4A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.
The End of the Holiday
1975
7.8The screenplay is based on an authentic story of a robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Poland in Wolow. The thing took place in 1962, 12 million zlotys were stolen. For some time the perpetrators remained at large. Soon, however, the police came across their trail and the criminals were soon captured. And then the real bomb went off. It turned out that the thieves were not people listed in the police annals or even in contact with the criminal world. All the robbers had a reputation as "respectable citizens", by no means suffering from a lack of cash.
Hazardziści
1975
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Strach
1975
NRThe protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
Mniejszy szuka Dużego
1976
10.0Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.
Lazarus' Whims
1973
7.2A young peasant girl, Antonina, emigrates for bread to Canada. She stays with her uncle, who offers her marriage, but Antonina does not accept the offer. She marries a farmer from a nearby village, surreptitiously puts away pennies to pennies and sends to Poland, her son to build a house. When her husband finds out, he catcalls her in a rage and throws her out. She returns to the country, and what does she find?
Return Ticket
1979
NRAfter graduating from maritime school, Marek goes on his first voyage.
Martwa fala
1971
NROriginally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker artistically than the two counterparts. Con bravura is about conspiracy conflating the paths of a rather unconventional nun and an intrigued young man – each of them bears secrets and the encounter could incite a flaming romance, though one suffocated by war.Munk set the film in the mountain capital of Zakopane and its vicinity, allowing breathtaking views from a cable car and using his experiences of the Nazi occupation in the area to add gritty reality. The director plays a cameo as a priest with several of his industry friends also making appearances.
Con bravura
1972
7.8Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.
Journey for One Smile
1972
6.1A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.
Abel, Your Brother
1970
10.0A young lab technician, threatened by a blackmailer, descends into madness.
Charade
1977
A young doctor from the lower classes is helped in his career by a rich woman. When he comes back from study in Paris he takes a job at a watering spa. He comes up against the owners when he tries to help the poor.
Doctor Judym
1975
7.0Strange human-shaped phenomenon appears in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.
Kłopotliwy gość
1971
7.0A retired army colonel learns that years ago, during the 1939 September Campaign he was ordered to give medals to the ten bravest soldiers in his company. He asks his son to help him out, so he sets out on a journey to find surviving soldiers and judge if they are worthy of the honor.
Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni...
1971
7.0The final months of World War II. The fate of a young girl, Second Lieutenant Horak, and an experienced frontline officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kaszyba.
W te dni przedwiosenne
1975
7.7A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
Shoot Paragon!
1970
6.6Portrays the power struggle between the king of Poland, Bolesław the Bold, and the Bishop of Kraków, Stanisław Szczepanowski.
Bolesław Śmiały
1972
7.5The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.
Kazimierz Wielki
1976
Psychological drama: a teacher's internal moral conflict, who wins the students' sympathy and respect by devising a heroic war life story.
Pejzaż z bohaterem
1971
8.7Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
Nuremberg Epilogue
1971
7.51945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.
Ferry
1970
6.0When Stanisław Czermień is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real criminal.
Leprosy
1971
1960s · 20 titles
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
6.9A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Cooked Doves
1966
6.8A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.
Barrier
1966
9.0After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.
Obok prawdy
1965
5.3Study of a man obsessively seeking revenge.
Wystrzał
1966
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
6.8To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
Bad Luck
1960
6.2A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.
The Neighbours
1969
6.7A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
Rendes-Vous with a Spy
1964
8.2A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
Good Sins
1963
7.5A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home.
Drugi człowiek
1961
10.0The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
Miejsce dla jednego
1966
5.7Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
Life Again
1965
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
9.0Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.
Trzy kroki po ziemi
1965
10.0A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now Paweł must choose between helping his loved ones and staying loyal to the underground.
The Contribution
1967
NRFram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighters.
Time Past
1961
7.0A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
Glass Mountain
1960
6.5After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.
Far Is the Road
1963
8.0Accused by colleagues of cowardice, the aviator gets a chance for rehabilitation.
Przeciwko bogom
1961
1950s · 4 titles
6.8Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.
Eagle
1959
6.9Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Eroica
1958
NRPodhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
Podhale w ogniu
1956
9.0An old worker secures the future of his steel mill during the war.
Pierwsze dni
1952
Series credits
8.0A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.
More Than Life At Stake
1968
7.2An epic, multi-threaded story about the fate of Poles during World War II. "Czas pogardy" was shown primarily from the perspective of two main characters - Lieutenant Władysław Niwiński and Leon Kuraś - a petty crook, but not without heroic traits. The authors of the series sought to show, in particular, everyday life under Nazi occupation in Poland.
Polskie drogi
1977
7.01957. Excessively high production standards imposed by the authorities result in the plan not being fulfilled, and the workers cannot imagine living normally without rewards and bonuses. A rebellion breaks out. Worker democracy wins – the working class elects a director from among its own ranks. He is an old locksmith with no managerial experience. Although he believes in the socialist spirit and has a communist past, he does not hold the position for long, as he makes promises too easily that he is unable to keep.
Dyrektorzy
1975
7.01957. Excessively high production standards imposed by the authorities result in the plan not being fulfilled, and the workers cannot imagine living normally without rewards and bonuses. A rebellion breaks out. Worker democracy wins – the working class elects a director from among its own ranks. He is an old locksmith with no managerial experience. Although he believes in the socialist spirit and has a communist past, he does not hold the position for long, as he makes promises too easily that he is unable to keep.
Dyrektorzy
1975
