Irena Kownas

Nad Niemnem (1987)

Adaptation of novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. The film is set in 1886 in Lithuania, is spins around a conflict between Bohatyrowicz family and aristocrat family in Korczyn. Against the background of the social and family disputes was shown topic of love between Justyna ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbigniew Kuźmiński
CAST:  Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak  •  Adam Marjański  •  Marta Lipińska  •  Janusz Zakrzeński

Adaptation of novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. The film is set in 1886 in Lithuania, is spins around a conflict between Bohatyrowicz family and aristocrat family in Korczyn. Against the background of the social and family disputes was shown topic of love between Justyna ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zbigniew Kuźmiński
CAST:  Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak  •  Adam Marjański  •  Marta Lipińska  •  Janusz Zakrzeński

Attractive Seeks Woman (2004)

Stasio Tuchala, old bachelor, resident of Sucha Wolka, after his sister left for America, lives alone. Because he can not cope with the farmwork, his friends decide to get him married. Stasio already attracted two girls from his village and Ukrainian Vera, but he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Rębacz
CAST:  Roman Kłosowski  •  Andrzej Grabowski  •  Marek Perepeczko  •  Krzysztof Cugowski

Stasio Tuchala, old bachelor, resident of Sucha Wolka, after his sister left for America, lives alone. Because he can not cope with the farmwork, his friends decide to get him married. Stasio already attracted two girls from his village and Ukrainian Vera, but he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Rębacz
CAST:  Roman Kłosowski  •  Andrzej Grabowski  •  Marek Perepeczko  •  Krzysztof Cugowski

Man of Iron (1981)

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Jerzy Radziwiłowicz  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Marian Opania  •  Irena Byrska

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Jerzy Radziwiłowicz  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Marian Opania  •  Irena Byrska

Adam's Two Ribs (1964)

An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Morgenstern
CAST:  Renata Kossobudzka  •  Zygmunt Kęstowicz  •  Ewa Wawrzoń  •  Joanna Kostusiewicz

An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Morgenstern
CAST:  Renata Kossobudzka  •  Zygmunt Kęstowicz  •  Ewa Wawrzoń  •  Joanna Kostusiewicz

Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod (1980)

In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia and Prussia – Jan on the Russian, Martin on the Prussian side. Both are occasionally smuggling stuff over the border. But while Jan acts from political conviction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konrad Petzold
CAST:  Walter Plathe  •  Leon Niemczyk  •  Lenka Pichlíková  •  Katrin Sass

In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia and Prussia – Jan on the Russian, Martin on the Prussian side. Both are occasionally smuggling stuff over the border. But while Jan acts from political conviction ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konrad Petzold
CAST:  Walter Plathe  •  Leon Niemczyk  •  Lenka Pichlíková  •  Katrin Sass

The Twenties, the Thirties (1984)

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Rzeszewski
CAST:  Grażyna Szapołowska  •  Tomasz Stockinger  •  Piotr Fronczewski  •  Dorota Stalińska

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Rzeszewski
CAST:  Grażyna Szapołowska  •  Tomasz Stockinger  •  Piotr Fronczewski  •  Dorota Stalińska

ESD (1987)

The Borejko family has four daughters - Gabriela, Ida, Natalia and Patricia. Most concern causes the red-haired Ida, whose unusual ideas often end badly, though the girl has the best intentions. Her father, who works at the university as a classical philologist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Sokołowska
CAST:  Elżbieta Helman  •  Halina Łabonarska  •  Dorota Woronowicz  •  Janusz Michałowski

The Borejko family has four daughters - Gabriela, Ida, Natalia and Patricia. Most concern causes the red-haired Ida, whose unusual ideas often end badly, though the girl has the best intentions. Her father, who works at the university as a classical philologist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anna Sokołowska
CAST:  Elżbieta Helman  •  Halina Łabonarska  •  Dorota Woronowicz  •  Janusz Michałowski

Citizen Piszczyk (1989)

This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The film begins in a cinema, where the last scenes of Zezowate Szczescie are being shown. Born unlucky, a victim of the errors and distortions of Stalinism, he is released in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kotkowski
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Maria Pakulnis  •  Krzysztof Zaleski  •  Kazimierz Kaczor

This film is a sequel to Munk's Zezowate Szczescie and it's much the same, only more so. The film begins in a cinema, where the last scenes of Zezowate Szczescie are being shown. Born unlucky, a victim of the errors and distortions of Stalinism, he is released in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Kotkowski
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Maria Pakulnis  •  Krzysztof Zaleski  •  Kazimierz Kaczor

The Master and Margarita (1990)

The Master and Margarita (Mistrz i Małgorzata) is a four-part Polish television production based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maciej Wojtyszko
CAST:  Anna Dymna  •  Gustaw Holoubek  •  Władysław Kowalski  •  Janusz Michałowski

The Master and Margarita (Mistrz i Małgorzata) is a four-part Polish television production based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maciej Wojtyszko
CAST:  Anna Dymna  •  Gustaw Holoubek  •  Władysław Kowalski  •  Janusz Michałowski

Flames (1977)

Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Czekała
CAST:  Józef Duriasz  •  Henryk Hunko  •  Ryszarda Hanin  •  Alicja Jachiewicz

Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Czekała
CAST:  Józef Duriasz  •  Henryk Hunko  •  Ryszarda Hanin  •  Alicja Jachiewicz

Łukasz (1974)

The film deals with the issues of adolescents. The protagonist - Łukasz, a serious young man, falls into conflicts with his surroundings due to his uncompromising attitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Olsen
CAST:  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Irena Kownas

The film deals with the issues of adolescents. The protagonist - Łukasz, a serious young man, falls into conflicts with his surroundings due to his uncompromising attitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Olsen
CAST:  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Irena Kownas

Fun and Games (2009)

In the villa of the party dignitary, the fates of Stanisław, his son's friends, Zbyszek, a worker leaving the army, and the head of the thieves' gang, cross. The film was shelved by the censors for 27 years before finally getting a limited release in 2009.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadeusz Junak
CAST:  Hanna Bieluszko  •  Małgorzata Boratyńska  •  Katarzyna Gałaj  •  Bogusława Pawelec

In the villa of the party dignitary, the fates of Stanisław, his son's friends, Zbyszek, a worker leaving the army, and the head of the thieves' gang, cross. The film was shelved by the censors for 27 years before finally getting a limited release in 2009.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadeusz Junak
CAST:  Hanna Bieluszko  •  Małgorzata Boratyńska  •  Katarzyna Gałaj  •  Bogusława Pawelec