Jan Himilsbach

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The Cruise (1970)

A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Piwowski
CAST:  Jolanta Lothe  •  Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe  •  Jerzy Dobrowolski  •  Stanisław Tym

A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and crew into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Piwowski
CAST:  Jolanta Lothe  •  Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe  •  Jerzy Dobrowolski  •  Stanisław Tym

Excuse Me, Is It Here They Beat Up People? (1976)

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile delinquents who plans big robbery of a jewelry store. The scheme works and the gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Piwowski
CAST:  Jerzy Kulej  •  Jan Józef Szczepański  •  Zdzisław Rychter  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile delinquents who plans big robbery of a jewelry store. The scheme works and the gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Piwowski
CAST:  Jerzy Kulej  •  Jan Józef Szczepański  •  Zdzisław Rychter  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski

To Kill This Love (1972)

The young couple love each other. The boy is in constant work which will fit him, and in the end becomes a petty thief who cannot pay his debts anymore and decides to steal from homes where he pays scheduled visits to lonely housewifes. The girl works a nurse but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Morgenstern
CAST:  Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak  •  Andrzej Malec  •  Władysław Kowalski  •  Barbara Wrzesińska

The young couple love each other. The boy is in constant work which will fit him, and in the end becomes a petty thief who cannot pay his debts anymore and decides to steal from homes where he pays scheduled visits to lonely housewifes. The girl works a nurse but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Morgenstern
CAST:  Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak  •  Andrzej Malec  •  Władysław Kowalski  •  Barbara Wrzesińska

Brunet Will Call (1976)

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Bareja
CAST:  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Wojciech Pokora  •  Janina Traczykówna  •  Bohdan Łazuka

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Bareja
CAST:  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Wojciech Pokora  •  Janina Traczykówna  •  Bohdan Łazuka

Dog (1981)

Stardust (1982)

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Krzysztof Chamiec  •  Janusz Gajos  •  Wojciech Alaborski

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Krzysztof Chamiec  •  Janusz Gajos  •  Wojciech Alaborski

Smażalnia Story (1985)

Dwaj multi-instrumentaliści, Broda i Redaktorek, po kilku latach muzykowania w Finlandii wracają promem do kraju objętego stanem wojennym. Tomaszow Maz  (more)

DIRECTION:  Józef Gębski
CAST:  Zbigniew Buczkowski  •  Zdzisław Smektała  •  Jan Himilsbach  •  Leon Niemczyk

Dwaj multi-instrumentaliści, Broda i Redaktorek, po kilku latach muzykowania w Finlandii wracają promem do kraju objętego stanem wojennym. Tomaszow Maz  (more)

DIRECTION:  Józef Gębski
CAST:  Zbigniew Buczkowski  •  Zdzisław Smektała  •  Jan Himilsbach  •  Leon Niemczyk

Mr. Blot in Space (1988)

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gradowski
CAST:  Piotr Fronczewski  •  Henryk Bista  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski  •  Jan Jankowski

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gradowski
CAST:  Piotr Fronczewski  •  Henryk Bista  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski  •  Jan Jankowski

How It's Done (1973)

Two guys came to Zakopane to write screenplay and make movie. They are complete amateurs and don't have any ideas. Maybe only one idea is to find actress, but it's not so simple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Zdzisław Maklakiewicz  •  Jan Himilsbach  •  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Emilia Krakowska

Two guys came to Zakopane to write screenplay and make movie. They are complete amateurs and don't have any ideas. Maybe only one idea is to find actress, but it's not so simple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Zdzisław Maklakiewicz  •  Jan Himilsbach  •  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Emilia Krakowska

Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius (1973)

Poetically shown story of love, passion, loyalty, betrayal of trust, and death. Three young friends travel round Poland and do the living acting out religious scenes and selling holy photo images at church fairs. Problems appear right after the theft of their camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Jan Nowicki  •  Jerzy Zelnik  •  Henrik Berth

Poetically shown story of love, passion, loyalty, betrayal of trust, and death. Three young friends travel round Poland and do the living acting out religious scenes and selling holy photo images at church fairs. Problems appear right after the theft of their camera.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Iga Cembrzyńska  •  Jan Nowicki  •  Jerzy Zelnik  •  Henrik Berth

The Ascended (1973)

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Zdzisław Maklakiewicz  •  Ewa Pielach-Mierzyńska  •  Regina Regulska

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kondratiuk
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Zdzisław Maklakiewicz  •  Ewa Pielach-Mierzyńska  •  Regina Regulska

Random Love Story (1974)

This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wojciech Wiszniewski
CAST:  Andrzej Mellin  •  Wanda Łuczycka  •  Małgorzata Pritulak  •  Elżbieta Gorzycka

This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wojciech Wiszniewski
CAST:  Andrzej Mellin  •  Wanda Łuczycka  •  Małgorzata Pritulak  •  Elżbieta Gorzycka

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DIRECTION:  Janusz Zaorski
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Janusz Bukowski

The End of the Holiday (1975)

A coming of end story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Jędryka
CAST:  Marek Sikora  •  Agata Siecińska  •  Józef Nalberczak  •  Tadeusz Białoszczyński

A coming of end story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanisław Jędryka
CAST:  Marek Sikora  •  Agata Siecińska  •  Józef Nalberczak  •  Tadeusz Białoszczyński

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DIRECTION:  Antoni Krauze
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Halina Wyrodek  •  Wiesław Wójcik  •  Barbara Rachwalska

Koty to dranie (1978)

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Bielski
CAST:  Janusz Paluszkiewicz  •  Janusz Kłosiński  •  Helena Dąbrowska  •  Adam Ferency

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Bielski
CAST:  Janusz Paluszkiewicz  •  Janusz Kłosiński  •  Helena Dąbrowska  •  Adam Ferency

Deja vu czyli skąd my to znamy (1977)

Professor tries to explain his patients's mental anomalies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gradowski
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Jan Baudouin de Courtenay

Professor tries to explain his patients's mental anomalies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gradowski
CAST:  Jan Himilsbach  •  Lucyna Winnicka  •  Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
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