Stanisław Woliński

Not Far from Warsaw (1954)

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Kaniewska
CAST:  Urszula Modrzyńska  •  Feliks Żukowski  •  Zdzisław Mrożewski  •  Jan Żardecki

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Kaniewska
CAST:  Urszula Modrzyńska  •  Feliks Żukowski  •  Zdzisław Mrożewski  •  Jan Żardecki

Octopus Cafe (1959)

Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bronisław Brok
CAST:  Adolf Dymsza  •  Bolesław Płotnicki  •  Wacław Jankowski  •  Leonard Pietraszak

Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bronisław Brok
CAST:  Adolf Dymsza  •  Bolesław Płotnicki  •  Wacław Jankowski  •  Leonard Pietraszak

Irene, Go Home! (1955)

A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Fethke
CAST:  Lidia Wysocka  •  Adolf Dymsza  •  Ludwik Sempoliński  •  Helena Buczyńska

A factory foreman discovers (to his discontent) that his housewife secretly takes driving lessons in order to get a job and send their son to kindergarten.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Fethke
CAST:  Lidia Wysocka  •  Adolf Dymsza  •  Ludwik Sempoliński  •  Helena Buczyńska

Five from Barska Street (1954)

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksander Ford
CAST:  Aleksandra Śląska  •  Tadeusz Janczar  •  Andrzej Kozak  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksander Ford
CAST:  Aleksandra Śląska  •  Tadeusz Janczar  •  Andrzej Kozak  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki

The Apartment Above (1937)

Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man arrives for a visit and gets into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leon Trystan
CAST:  Eugeniusz Bodo  •  Helena Grossówna  •  Józef Orwid  •  Ludwik Sempoliński

Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man arrives for a visit and gets into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leon Trystan
CAST:  Eugeniusz Bodo  •  Helena Grossówna  •  Józef Orwid  •  Ludwik Sempoliński

Sygnały (1938)

Sygnaly is a 1938 Polish drama directed by Joseph Lejtes about a pair of jewel thieves. A older man and a young woman, with the elder manipulating the frail one into the world of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Lejtes
CAST:  Lena Żelichowska  •  Jerzy Pichelski  •  Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski  •  Mieczysława Ćwiklińska

Sygnaly is a 1938 Polish drama directed by Joseph Lejtes about a pair of jewel thieves. A older man and a young woman, with the elder manipulating the frail one into the world of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Lejtes
CAST:  Lena Żelichowska  •  Jerzy Pichelski  •  Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski  •  Mieczysława Ćwiklińska

Sportowiec mimo woli (1940)

A story about a misunderstanding between a hairdresser and world renowned hockey player, due to coincidence, switching their jobs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mieczysław Krawicz
CAST:  Józef Orwid  •  Ina Benita  •  Aleksander Żabczyński  •  Adolf Dymsza

A story about a misunderstanding between a hairdresser and world renowned hockey player, due to coincidence, switching their jobs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mieczysław Krawicz
CAST:  Józef Orwid  •  Ina Benita  •  Aleksander Żabczyński  •  Adolf Dymsza

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DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski  •  Jan Fethke
CAST:  Gizela Piotrowska  •  Bogdan Niewinowski  •  Adolf Dymsza  •  Hanka Bielicka

Adventure in Marienstadt (1954)

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. Soon she returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women's work is not worse than that of men's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Lidia Korsakówna  •  Tadeusz Schmidt  •  Adam Mikołajewski  •  Tadeusz Kondrat

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. Soon she returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women's work is not worse than that of men's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leonard Buczkowski
CAST:  Lidia Korsakówna  •  Tadeusz Schmidt  •  Adam Mikołajewski  •  Tadeusz Kondrat

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

Kapelusz pana Anatola (1957)

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Tadeusz Fijewski  •  Helena Makowska  •  Wieńczysław Gliński  •  Aleksander Dzwonkowski

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Tadeusz Fijewski  •  Helena Makowska  •  Wieńczysław Gliński  •  Aleksander Dzwonkowski

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DIRECTION:  Jan Rybkowski
CAST:  Tadeusz Fijewski  •  Barbara Lass  •  Helena Makowska  •  Maria Gella

Szkice węglem (1957)

The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Bohdziewicz
CAST:  Barbara Wałkówna  •  Wiesław Gołas  •  Stanisław Bareja  •  Józef Zbiróg

The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoni Bohdziewicz
CAST:  Barbara Wałkówna  •  Wiesław Gołas  •  Stanisław Bareja  •  Józef Zbiróg

Trójka hultajska (1937)

Three provincial journeymen: a shoemaker - Szydełko, a tailor's - Igiełka, and a carpenter - Wiórek, come to Warsaw, where they end up in the "Pod Apartuszkiem" inn. Soon they unexpectedly win a million zlotys in the lottery. They divide it equally and everyone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Szaro
CAST:  Antoni Szczerba-Ferski  •  Stanisław Woliński  •  Stanisław Sielański  •  Józef Kondrat

Three provincial journeymen: a shoemaker - Szydełko, a tailor's - Igiełka, and a carpenter - Wiórek, come to Warsaw, where they end up in the "Pod Apartuszkiem" inn. Soon they unexpectedly win a million zlotys in the lottery. They divide it equally and everyone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henryk Szaro
CAST:  Antoni Szczerba-Ferski  •  Stanisław Woliński  •  Stanisław Sielański  •  Józef Kondrat