Wieńczysław Gliński

Acting

Wieńczysław Gliński

Born — Died

1921-05-10 — 2008-07-08

Place of birth

Astrakhan, Russian SFSR [present Russia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

Father of the Queen poster
6.5

A French nobleman is sent to Poland to bring the father of Queen Marie Casimire back to France, as requested by Louis XIV's minister. While carrying out his mission at the court of King Jan III Sobieski, he becomes entangled in political intrigue and falls for the beautiful woman caring for the old marquis.

Father of the Queen

1980

No artwork available
NR

The film shows Poland regaining independence in 1918 and the formation of the first government of the Republic of Poland.

RP's First Days

1989

Uczennica poster
NR

Based on the diaries he has obtained, a young journalist tries to recreate the struggle of sixteen-year-old Hania with the German occupier.

Uczennica

1982

The Secret of Marabou's Code poster
NR

Kajetan Chrumps, a dog and famous detective, along with his feline assistant, Kot Makawity, endeavour to solve the mystery of a local film director's disappearance and find themselves in pursuit of a shapeshifting reptilian criminal at large on an impersonation spree.

The Secret of Marabou's Code

1980

No artwork available
4.7

The story is set in 1939. A military officer is stripped of his rank for his apparent collaboration with a counter-espionage agent while on a mission in Paris. Then he is enlisted in his own country's counterespionage unit, due to his knowledge of languages. He is assigned to Gdansk where he is trying to uncover mysterious "Wotan" in the German Secret Service. He eventually tracks down and kills the agent, but by doing so wipes out the possibility to clearing himself of the charges. Just as the death sentence is to be carried out on him the war breaks out and he escapes out of the bombed prison to join partisans.

Who Is That Man?

1985

Ultimatum poster
9.0

Based on actual events in 1982, the film recreates a hostage-taking in Switzerland. Four men storm the Polish embassy: a criminal, a crazed killer, a student and an idealist. When the embassy is stormed by the police, the four captors react differently.

Ultimatum

1984

1970s · 7 titles

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow poster
6.0

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.

Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow

1971

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough poster
7.0

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough

1970

No artwork available
NR

The protagonist of the film, Piotruś, experiences various events with a globe taken to school for geography lessons. During his journey through the city, he confronts the knowledge acquired at school with life.

Planeta - Ziemia

1970

Bezkresne łąki poster
10.0

A lyrical comedy; an escape to nature for a civil servant tired of everyday life and the monotony of life becomes an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of existence; it helps to regain mental balance. Henry, an exemplary husband and civil servant, returns to the places of his childhood, wants to find the treasure buried decades ago by Tereska, who fell in love with him. Along the way, he picks up two boys and two girls, who begin to compete for him. One of the boys assaults him when Henry digs up a bottle containing, it turns out, Tereska's love letter. The youngsters notify Henryk's wife of his whereabouts.

Bezkresne łąki

1976

Szerokiej drogi, kochanie poster
10.0

A character study of a group of people stuck in each other's company during a long night in a small roadside garage.

Szerokiej drogi, kochanie

1972

Romans Teresy Hennert poster
9.0

Adaptation of Zofia Nałkowska’s 1924 novel. Set in Warsaw in the early 1920s, it explores the disillusionment of Poland’s early independence years through the fates of two officers. Lt. Gondziłło, seduced by corrupt elites and a young woman, ends up arrested for fraud. Meanwhile, Col. Omski becomes fatally obsessed with Teresa, the wife of a powerful official. Their tragic romance is only a backdrop for a broader critique of a young state plagued by ambition, hypocrisy, and moral decline.

Romans Teresy Hennert

1978

No artwork available
NR

A young sea rescuer tries to find his place in the difficult world of his work.

In Any Weather

1970

1960s · 14 titles

Maria and Napoleon poster
6.8

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.

Maria and Napoleon

1966

Where Is the Third King? poster
6.3

Two militia officers are assigned to a museum in an undercover assignment to protect a valuable painting from an international group of art thieves.

Where Is the Third King?

1967

A Cure for Love poster
7.4

An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is another love." Then she becomes a forgers dispatcher mistaken for Honorata by telephone and decides to work out a forgers secret and the secret of her new love Andrzej.

A Cure for Love

1966

The Verdict poster
9.0

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

The Verdict

1962

Hell and Heaven poster
6.5

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

Hell and Heaven

1966

The Nutcracker poster
8.5

On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.

The Nutcracker

1967

Big Beat poster
4.7

At Kuba's wedding an unknown woman comes up to him and accuses him of cheating on her. This causes Kuba's soon-to-be wife, Majka, to leave him. It turns out that the woman, Lola, confused Kuba with his boyfriend, famous guitarist Johnny, so Kuba embarks on a journey to find him and prove his innocence.

Big Beat

1967

How to Be Loved poster
7.4

An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.

How to Be Loved

1963

The Last Ride poster
6.7

Polish police is investigating the series of a taxi drivers murders.

The Last Ride

1963

Markiza de Pompadour poster
6.2

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

Markiza de Pompadour

1966

Echo poster
6.8

It seems that nothing can ruin Henryk’s (Wieńczysław Gliński) happy life. He’s a respected lawyer with a loving son and wife. One day, he receives a letter from the prosecutor’s office. He’s accused of collaborating with the Gestapo. It’s an echo of his past under occupation.

Echo

1964

No More Divorces poster
6.8

Three short segments about love, all set in Warsaw’s Civil Registry Office at the corner of Nowy Świat and Aleje Jerozolimskie, against a vivid backdrop of early 1960s city life.

No More Divorces

1964

Opening Tomorrow poster
7.7

A budding playwright is thrilled to find out that his play will be performed at a prestigious theater, but a series of problems pile up, along with the general feeling that opening night will be disastrous.

Opening Tomorrow

1962

Spóźnieni przechodnie poster
7.0

Five short stories. (1) “Czas przybliża, czas oddala” – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Anna and, years later, writes to her sister Zofia, mistaking her for Anna. (2) “Krąg istnienia” – A girl falls for Wacek at an ice rink; pressured by family, she marries a soap manufacturer. (3) “Paryż 1945” – A Polish refugee soldier and an American woman share a fleeting wartime bond before she leaves at dawn. (4) “Stary profesor” – Two men seek an old professor to fulfill a dying prisoner’s last wish; Roger impersonates a former pupil. (5) “Nauczycielka” – Neglected wife Zofia accepts film tests, only to find the director seeks an ordinary woman.

Spóźnieni przechodnie

1962

1950s · 7 titles

Kanal poster
7.6

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

Kanal

1957

Kapelusz pana Anatola poster
7.0

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.

Kapelusz pana Anatola

1957

Stars Meet in Moscow poster
NR

Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum.

Stars Meet in Moscow

1959

Eagle poster
6.8

Based 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

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

Sprawa pilota Maresza poster
8.0

A Polish RAF Officer returns to his homeland and finds himself torn between love for his friend's wife and illegal activities he gets himself involved in.

Sprawa pilota Maresza

1956

Spotkania poster
6.0

Four stories showing the various facets of love.

Spotkania

1957

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