Anna Gornostaj

The Deserters (1986)

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Wiktor Zborowski  •  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Wojciech Pokora

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Wiktor Zborowski  •  Krzysztof Kowalewski  •  Wojciech Pokora

A Few People, a Little Time (2007)

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Barański
CAST:  Krystyna Janda  •  Andrzej Hudziak  •  Igor Przegrodzki  •  Monika Obara

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Barański
CAST:  Krystyna Janda  •  Andrzej Hudziak  •  Igor Przegrodzki  •  Monika Obara

Nothing But Fear (1994)

TV presenter Katarzyna has been a teetotaller for a year now. She attends regular AA meetings and even takes care of a novice there. Will she really manage to stay sober?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Sass
CAST:  Anna Dymna  •  Dorota Segda  •  Dorota Pomykała  •  Jerzy Trela

TV presenter Katarzyna has been a teetotaller for a year now. She attends regular AA meetings and even takes care of a novice there. Will she really manage to stay sober?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Sass
CAST:  Anna Dymna  •  Dorota Segda  •  Dorota Pomykała  •  Jerzy Trela

The Death of Captain Pilecki (2006)

Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Bugajski
CAST:  Marek Probosz  •  Marek Kalita  •  Andrzej Niemirski  •  Jacek Rozenek

Captain Witold Pilecki was a Polish intelligence officer during WWII who volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned in the German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in order to gather intelligence and enable the Polish ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Bugajski
CAST:  Marek Probosz  •  Marek Kalita  •  Andrzej Niemirski  •  Jacek Rozenek

It's Me, the Thief (2000)

A teenager works in a car repair shop and makes a living from petty thefts. In order to impress the boss of a gang of car thieves, he decides to steal a jaguar. What’s more, he can realize his grandmother's dream – he can drive her to mass in the basilica.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Bromski
CAST:  Janusz Gajos  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Anna Romantowska  •  Jan Frycz

A teenager works in a car repair shop and makes a living from petty thefts. In order to impress the boss of a gang of car thieves, he decides to steal a jaguar. What’s more, he can realize his grandmother's dream – he can drive her to mass in the basilica.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Bromski
CAST:  Janusz Gajos  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Anna Romantowska  •  Jan Frycz

Day of the Wacko (2002)

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Andrzej Grabowski  •  Piotr Machalica  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski

It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school lessons and later ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Andrzej Grabowski  •  Piotr Machalica  •  Zbigniew Buczkowski

Citizen (2014)

An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system and made it to democracy. Throughout his life, the film's protagonist has always tried to be active, but something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Stuhr
CAST:  Maciej Stuhr  •  Sonia Bohosiewicz  •  Dorota Stalińska  •  Janusz Gajos

An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system and made it to democracy. Throughout his life, the film's protagonist has always tried to be active, but something ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Stuhr
CAST:  Maciej Stuhr  •  Sonia Bohosiewicz  •  Dorota Stalińska  •  Janusz Gajos

Hel (2009)

Piotr (Paweł Królikowski) jest psychiatrą. Siedzi na nocnym dyżurze, gdy na jego oddział przywożą chłopaka. To Kamil (Lesław Żurek), syn którego nie widział całe lata. Chłopak znika ze szpitala równie szybko, jak się pojawił. Jednak Piotr postanawia nawiązać z nim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinga Dębska
CAST:  Paweł Królikowski  •  Anna Geislerová  •  Lesław Żurek  •  Anna Gornostaj

Piotr (Paweł Królikowski) jest psychiatrą. Siedzi na nocnym dyżurze, gdy na jego oddział przywożą chłopaka. To Kamil (Lesław Żurek), syn którego nie widział całe lata. Chłopak znika ze szpitala równie szybko, jak się pojawił. Jednak Piotr postanawia nawiązać z nim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinga Dębska
CAST:  Paweł Królikowski  •  Anna Geislerová  •  Lesław Żurek  •  Anna Gornostaj

Der Schimmelreiter (1985)

German-Polish adaptation of Theodor Storm's novella.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Gendries
CAST:  Sylvester Groth  •  Jolanta Grusznic  •  Lech Ordon  •  Hansjürgen Hürrig

German-Polish adaptation of Theodor Storm's novella.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Gendries
CAST:  Sylvester Groth  •  Jolanta Grusznic  •  Lech Ordon  •  Hansjürgen Hürrig

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

Porno (1990)

Michał, a mature man and father, is full of bitterness, regret, and longing for unfulfilled youthful dreams of true love. He reminisces about all his past lovers. With his first, Asia, he went on a seaside camping trip. He was 19 at the time, and she was two years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Zbigniew Rola  •  Agnieszka Wójcik  •  Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak  •  Ewa Grabarczyk

Michał, a mature man and father, is full of bitterness, regret, and longing for unfulfilled youthful dreams of true love. He reminisces about all his past lovers. With his first, Asia, he went on a seaside camping trip. He was 19 at the time, and she was two years ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Zbigniew Rola  •  Agnieszka Wójcik  •  Iwona Katarzyna Pawlak  •  Ewa Grabarczyk

Long Weekend (2004)

Bogdan and Marta take part in a TV show 'Blind Date' and eventually win a romantic stay at the luxurious hotel for the long May Day weekend. They seem to be so different, however, that they hardly stand each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gliński
CAST:  Krzysztof Globisz  •  Joanna Żółkowska  •  Leszek Piskorz  •  Maciej Damięcki

Bogdan and Marta take part in a TV show 'Blind Date' and eventually win a romantic stay at the luxurious hotel for the long May Day weekend. They seem to be so different, however, that they hardly stand each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gliński
CAST:  Krzysztof Globisz  •  Joanna Żółkowska  •  Leszek Piskorz  •  Maciej Damięcki

We're All Christs (2006)

Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Andrzej Chyra  •  Michał Koterski  •  Janina Traczykówna

Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marek Koterski
CAST:  Marek Kondrat  •  Andrzej Chyra  •  Michał Koterski  •  Janina Traczykówna

Afera Mięsna (2007)

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DIRECTION:  Janusz Dymek
CAST:  Andrzej Franczyk  •  Marek Lewandowski  •  Andrzej Konopka  •  Bogdan Kalus

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DIRECTION:  Janusz Dymek
CAST:  Andrzej Franczyk  •  Marek Lewandowski  •  Andrzej Konopka  •  Bogdan Kalus

Po upadku (1990)

A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki
CAST:  Zbigniew Zapasiewicz  •  Barbara Sołtysik  •  Olga Sawicka  •  Anna Nehrebecka

A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki
CAST:  Zbigniew Zapasiewicz  •  Barbara Sołtysik  •  Olga Sawicka  •  Anna Nehrebecka

Dwie wigilie (1987)

Christmas is an occasion for four friends to summarize the previous year of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazimierz Tarnas
CAST:  Jolanta Piętek-Górecka  •  Aleksander Machalica  •  Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska  •  Jerzy Bińczycki

Christmas is an occasion for four friends to summarize the previous year of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazimierz Tarnas
CAST:  Jolanta Piętek-Górecka  •  Aleksander Machalica  •  Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska  •  Jerzy Bińczycki

Wcześnie urodzony (1986)

A dying man, influenced by a neighbor in the hospital room, decides to enjoy his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gruber
CAST:  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Witold Dębicki  •  Anna Gornostaj  •  Tomasz Grochoczyński

A dying man, influenced by a neighbor in the hospital room, decides to enjoy his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Gruber
CAST:  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Witold Dębicki  •  Anna Gornostaj  •  Tomasz Grochoczyński