Aleksander Dzwonkowski
The Promised Land
(1975)
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid ... (more)
The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid ... (more)
Octopus Cafe (1959)
Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy. (more)
Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy. (more)
Bad Luck (1960)
To convince his employer against laying him off, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck. (more)
To convince his employer against laying him off, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck. (more)
The Touch of the Night (1962)
Film inspired by true events. Roman Jacenko, a small village local photographer, lives in a shabby garret, which serves also as his lab and studio. He loves Beata, nice clerk in a nearby bank. Having often observed established procedures of money transport to and ... (more)
Film inspired by true events. Roman Jacenko, a small village local photographer, lives in a shabby garret, which serves also as his lab and studio. He loves Beata, nice clerk in a nearby bank. Having often observed established procedures of money transport to and ... (more)
Opening Tomorrow (1962)
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. (more)
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. (more)
Interrupted Flight (1964)
The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there. (more)
The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there. (more)
Treasure (1949)
The first Polish post-war comedy. Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his ... (more)
The first Polish post-war comedy. Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his ... (more)
Zemsta (1957)
Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry. (more)
Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry. (more)
Kapelusz pana Anatola (1957)
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. (more)
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. (more)
Inspekcja pana Anatola (1959)
PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers. (more)
PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers. (more)
Alone in the City (1965)
Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones. (more)
Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones. (more)
A young boy must go to school with his father. (more)
The Red and the Gold (1969)
An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War. (more)
An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War. (more)
Mansarda (1963)
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works. (more)
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works. (more)