Edward Rączkowski

Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Sass
CAST:  Marta Klubowicz  •  Ewa Kasprzyk  •  Izabela Drobotowicz-Orkisz  •  Jan Łopuszniak

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Sass
CAST:  Marta Klubowicz  •  Ewa Kasprzyk  •  Izabela Drobotowicz-Orkisz  •  Jan Łopuszniak

Pharaoh (1966)

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Jerzy Zelnik  •  Barbara Brylska  •  Krystyna Mikołajewska  •  Ewa Krzyżewska

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Jerzy Zelnik  •  Barbara Brylska  •  Krystyna Mikołajewska  •  Ewa Krzyżewska

Skinny and Others (1967)

A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Wiesław Gołas  •  Marian Kociniak  •  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Mieczysław Stoor

A group of workers builds a bridge near a large dam. They get drunk with a visiting reporter, who falls into the river and disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Wiesław Gołas  •  Marian Kociniak  •  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Mieczysław Stoor

The Sun Rises Once a Day (1972)

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Ryszard Filipski  •  Stanisław Gronkowski  •  Teresa Marczewska

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Franciszek Pieczka  •  Ryszard Filipski  •  Stanisław Gronkowski  •  Teresa Marczewska

The Finger of God (1973)

The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams to the state acting school and has a nervous breakdown. Eventually he commits himself to the mental institution where patients are rehabilitated by doing some artwork. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Krauze
CAST:  Marian Opania  •  Janusz Zaorski  •  Maciej Englert  •  Grazyna Checinska

The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams to the state acting school and has a nervous breakdown. Eventually he commits himself to the mental institution where patients are rehabilitated by doing some artwork. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Krauze
CAST:  Marian Opania  •  Janusz Zaorski  •  Maciej Englert  •  Grazyna Checinska

The Keys (1974)

During their holiday in Kraków, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Egon Günther
CAST:  Jutta Hoffmann  •  Jaecki Schwarz  •  Magdalena Zawadzka  •  Jerzy Jogałła

During their holiday in Kraków, a young worker and a student are asked if their love, despite different views on life, will endure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Egon Günther
CAST:  Jutta Hoffmann  •  Jaecki Schwarz  •  Magdalena Zawadzka  •  Jerzy Jogałła

Zofia (1976)

Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Czekała
CAST:  Andrzej Balcerzak  •  Antonina Barczewska  •  Jerzy Block  •  K. Bromowicz

Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryszard Czekała
CAST:  Andrzej Balcerzak  •  Antonina Barczewska  •  Jerzy Block  •  K. Bromowicz

Bewitching Eyes (1977)

A Polish folktale set in the Middle Ages, tells the story of a man, whose eyes, or the gaze of them, brings upon death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Mariola Chmielewska  •  Leszek Herdegen  •  Edward Rączkowski  •  Józef Dusza

A Polish folktale set in the Middle Ages, tells the story of a man, whose eyes, or the gaze of them, brings upon death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Mariola Chmielewska  •  Leszek Herdegen  •  Edward Rączkowski  •  Józef Dusza

A Story in Red (1974)

Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Jan Nowicki  •  Alicja Jachiewicz  •  Tadeusz Janczar  •  Paweł Galia

Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Kluba
CAST:  Jan Nowicki  •  Alicja Jachiewicz  •  Tadeusz Janczar  •  Paweł Galia

Father of the Queen (1980)

Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wojciech Solarz
CAST:  Ignacy Machowski  •  Anna Seniuk  •  Mariusz Dmochowski  •  Dorota Pomykała

Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wojciech Solarz
CAST:  Ignacy Machowski  •  Anna Seniuk  •  Mariusz Dmochowski  •  Dorota Pomykała

Kwiat paproci (2009)

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Butrymowicz
CAST:  Bohdan Łazuka  •  Czesław Roszkowski  •  Wacław Kowalski  •  Leon Niemczyk

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and believed lost ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacek Butrymowicz
CAST:  Bohdan Łazuka  •  Czesław Roszkowski  •  Wacław Kowalski  •  Leon Niemczyk

Obok prawdy (1965)

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Weychert
CAST:  Andrzej Kopiczyński  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Anna Ciepielewska  •  Edward Rączkowski

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Weychert
CAST:  Andrzej Kopiczyński  •  Elżbieta Czyżewska  •  Anna Ciepielewska  •  Edward Rączkowski