Aleksander Sewruk

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Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Zbigniew Cybulski  •  Ewa Krzyżewska  •  Wacław Zastrzeżynski  •  Adam Pawlikowski

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Zbigniew Cybulski  •  Ewa Krzyżewska  •  Wacław Zastrzeżynski  •  Adam Pawlikowski

Night Train (1959)

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Leon Niemczyk  •  Teresa Szmigielówna  •  Zbigniew Cybulski

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Leon Niemczyk  •  Teresa Szmigielówna  •  Zbigniew Cybulski

Under the Phrygian Star (1954)

With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Halina Przybylska  •  Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

With the second part of his Cellulose Diptych, award-winning director Jerzy Kawalerowicz returns to protagonist Szczesny, now a full-fledged, middle-aged communist militant in pre-war Poland. Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz's epic chronicles the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Halina Przybylska  •  Stanisław Jasiukiewicz

Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Lenartowicz
CAST:  Antonio Cifariello  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Zbigniew Cybulski  •  Jarema Stępowski

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Lenartowicz
CAST:  Antonio Cifariello  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Zbigniew Cybulski  •  Jarema Stępowski

Eagle (1959)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Wieńczysław Gliński  •  Aleksander Sewruk  •  Jan Machulski  •  Roland Głowacki

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Wieńczysław Gliński  •  Aleksander Sewruk  •  Jan Machulski  •  Roland Głowacki

Cellulose (1954)

Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Stanisław Milski  •  Zbigniew Skowroński  •  Halina Przybylska

Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of conflicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Stanisław Milski  •  Zbigniew Skowroński  •  Halina Przybylska

Nights and Days (1975)

Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzenska-Niechcic, (played by Jadwiga Baranska) and Bogumil Niechcic, (played by Jerzy Binczycki) against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Antczak
CAST:  Jadwiga Barańska  •  Jerzy Bińczycki  •  Ewa Dałkowska  •  Stanisława Celińska

Nights and Days is a family saga of Barbara Ostrzenska-Niechcic, (played by Jadwiga Baranska) and Bogumil Niechcic, (played by Jerzy Binczycki) against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Antczak
CAST:  Jadwiga Barańska  •  Jerzy Bińczycki  •  Ewa Dałkowska  •  Stanisława Celińska

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto (1961)

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Andrzej Łapicki  •  Beata Tyszkiewicz  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka  •  Ignacy Gogolewski

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Andrzej Łapicki  •  Beata Tyszkiewicz  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka  •  Ignacy Gogolewski

Silent Traces (1961)

Poland in 1946. A gang of 'Thunder' is committing violent robberies and murders and terrorizes the population of a large territory, consistently moving away from retribution. Captain Morava gets to knoa that 'Thunder' has a well-informed informant between his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbigniew Kuźmiński
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Józef Nalberczak  •  Lech Wojciechowski  •  Witold Skaruch

Poland in 1946. A gang of 'Thunder' is committing violent robberies and murders and terrorizes the population of a large territory, consistently moving away from retribution. Captain Morava gets to knoa that 'Thunder' has a well-informed informant between his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbigniew Kuźmiński
CAST:  Józef Nowak  •  Józef Nalberczak  •  Lech Wojciechowski  •  Witold Skaruch

All Souls' Day (1961)

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadeusz Konwicki
CAST:  Ewa Krzyżewska  •  Edmund Fetting  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Beata Tyszkiewicz

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadeusz Konwicki
CAST:  Ewa Krzyżewska  •  Edmund Fetting  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Beata Tyszkiewicz

A Lady from the Window (1964)

Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Kaniewska
CAST:  Pola Raksa  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka  •  Aleksandra Karzyńska  •  Halina Kossobudzka

Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Kaniewska
CAST:  Pola Raksa  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka  •  Aleksandra Karzyńska  •  Halina Kossobudzka

The Hours of Hope (1955)

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Zbigniew Józefowicz  •  Krystyna Kamieńska  •  Stanisław Mikulski  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Zbigniew Józefowicz  •  Krystyna Kamieńska  •  Stanisław Mikulski  •  Jadwiga Chojnacka

Magical Bicycle (1955)

The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win, it is not far from the leading Hungarian national team, in which great cyclist Haranda rides in the yellow jersey. Only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silik Sternfeld
CAST:  Józef Nalberczak  •  Teodor Gendera  •  Bernard Michalski  •  Włodzimierz Skoczylas

The last stage of the Cycling Race Dookoła Polski: Kielce - Warsaw. The fate of the race is at stake: the Polish team still has a chance to win, it is not far from the leading Hungarian national team, in which great cyclist Haranda rides in the yellow jersey. Only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silik Sternfeld
CAST:  Józef Nalberczak  •  Teodor Gendera  •  Bernard Michalski  •  Włodzimierz Skoczylas

Time Past (1961)

Fram 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Adam Hanuszkiewicz  •  Gustaw Holoubek  •  Henryk Bąk  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki

Fram 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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Adam Hanuszkiewicz  •  Gustaw Holoubek  •  Henryk Bąk  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki

Kochajmy syrenki (1967)

Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rutkiewicz
CAST:  Bohdan Łazuka  •  Jacek Fedorowicz  •  Alicja Sędzińska  •  Czesław Wołłejko

Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario named ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rutkiewicz
CAST:  Bohdan Łazuka  •  Jacek Fedorowicz  •  Alicja Sędzińska  •  Czesław Wołłejko

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DIRECTION:  Jan Batory
CAST:  Maja Wodecka  •  Andrzej Łapicki  •  Jerzy Kaczmarek  •  Olgierd Łukaszewicz

The Nest (1974)

Told 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Wojciech Pszoniak  •  Marek Bargiełowski  •  Wanda Neumann  •  Franciszek Pieczka

Told 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Wojciech Pszoniak  •  Marek Bargiełowski  •  Wanda Neumann  •  Franciszek Pieczka

Album polski (1970)

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Barbara Brylska  •  Jan Machulski  •  Bolesław Płotnicki  •  Andrzej Seweryn

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Barbara Brylska  •  Jan Machulski  •  Bolesław Płotnicki  •  Andrzej Seweryn

Rachunek sumienia (1964)

The wrongly convicted Roman leaves prison and tries to return to his earlier life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Dziedzina
CAST:  Władysław Głąbik  •  Maria Homerska  •  Aleksander Sewruk  •  Stefan Bartik

The wrongly convicted Roman leaves prison and tries to return to his earlier life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julian Dziedzina
CAST:  Władysław Głąbik  •  Maria Homerska  •  Aleksander Sewruk  •  Stefan Bartik
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