Krzysztof Majchrzak

2

Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)

The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Antczak
CAST:  Piotr Adamczyk  •  Danuta Stenka  •  Bożena Stachura  •  Adam Woronowicz

The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Antczak
CAST:  Piotr Adamczyk  •  Danuta Stenka  •  Bożena Stachura  •  Adam Woronowicz

Inland Empire (2006)

WeirdThought provokingMind blowingBeautiful

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Justin Theroux  •  Harry Dean Stanton

An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Justin Theroux  •  Harry Dean Stanton

The Promised Land (1975)

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Wojciech Pszoniak  •  Andrzej Seweryn  •  Kalina Jędrusik

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Wojciech Pszoniak  •  Andrzej Seweryn  •  Kalina Jędrusik

Where Eskimos Live (2002)

Sharkey, part of the sinister world of child trade, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war, dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strange and enlightening journey through war torn Bosnia. As they struggle to get out of the country and fight to stay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomasz Wiszniewski
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Sergiusz Żymełka  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Mirosław Baka

Sharkey, part of the sinister world of child trade, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war, dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strange and enlightening journey through war torn Bosnia. As they struggle to get out of the country and fight to stay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomasz Wiszniewski
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Sergiusz Żymełka  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Mirosław Baka

Pornography (2003)

Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Sandra Samos  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Adam Ferency  •  Krzysztof Globisz

Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the Nazi occupation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Sandra Samos  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Adam Ferency  •  Krzysztof Globisz

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986)

In the 21st century, prisoners aboard penitentiary space ships explore unknown worlds. Scope, one of the prisoners is sent on a planet though to be lifeless, until he found "Humans" on it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Katarzyna Figura  •  Jerzy Trela  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Dorota Stalińska

In the 21st century, prisoners aboard penitentiary space ships explore unknown worlds. Scope, one of the prisoners is sent on a planet though to be lifeless, until he found "Humans" on it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Katarzyna Figura  •  Jerzy Trela  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Dorota Stalińska

Amok (1999)

Entertaining movie about the early days of Polish stock exchange in the beginning of 80's. Young TV reporter is sucked into the inferno of easy money, deception, crime, sex and drugs. Sometimes like Kieslowski's moral tales, sometimes like Pasikowski's brutal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Koryncka-Gruz
CAST:  Rafał Maćkowiak  •  Mirosław Baka  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Magdalena Cielecka

Entertaining movie about the early days of Polish stock exchange in the beginning of 80's. Young TV reporter is sucked into the inferno of easy money, deception, crime, sex and drugs. Sometimes like Kieslowski's moral tales, sometimes like Pasikowski's brutal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Natalia Koryncka-Gruz
CAST:  Rafał Maćkowiak  •  Mirosław Baka  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Magdalena Cielecka

History of Cinema in Popielawy (1998)

The story is narrated by ten-year old Staszek, who writes in his diary about his school-friend Jozef. Jozef comes from a family of blacksmiths, all of whom bear the name Jozef. Since he is the sixth consecutive son to be called Jozef, he is nicknamed Szustek ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Bartosz Opania  •  Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska  •  Mariusz Saniternik

The story is narrated by ten-year old Staszek, who writes in his diary about his school-friend Jozef. Jozef comes from a family of blacksmiths, all of whom bear the name Jozef. Since he is the sixth consecutive son to be called Jozef, he is nicknamed Szustek ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Jakub Kolski
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Bartosz Opania  •  Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska  •  Mariusz Saniternik

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)

Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Mariusz Dmochowski  •  Marek Walczewski

Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Mariusz Dmochowski  •  Marek Walczewski

Quo Vadis (2001)

Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Paweł Deląg  •  Magdalena Mielcarz  •  Bogusław Linda  •  Michal Bajor

Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerzy Kawalerowicz
CAST:  Paweł Deląg  •  Magdalena Mielcarz  •  Bogusław Linda  •  Michal Bajor

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

Golem (1980)

The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. Thus, instead of doctors creating a monster, the monsters are already there as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Marek Walczewski  •  Emil Karewicz  •  Arkadiusz Bazak  •  Joanna Żółkowska

The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. Thus, instead of doctors creating a monster, the monsters are already there as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piotr Szulkin
CAST:  Marek Walczewski  •  Emil Karewicz  •  Arkadiusz Bazak  •  Joanna Żółkowska

Axiliad (1986)

A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Witold Leszczyński
CAST:  Edward Żentara  •  Ludwik Pak  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Ludwik Benoit

A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Witold Leszczyński
CAST:  Edward Żentara  •  Ludwik Pak  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Ludwik Benoit

More Things That Happened (2007)

A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror Inland Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  William Maier  •  Peter J. Lucas  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak

A collection of deleted scenes from David Lynch's 2006 surrealist horror Inland Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Karolina Gruszka  •  William Maier  •  Peter J. Lucas  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak

The Linnet (1982)

Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Witold Leszczyński
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Anna Seniuk  •  Joanna Sienkiewicz  •  Jerzy Block

Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Witold Leszczyński
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Anna Seniuk  •  Joanna Sienkiewicz  •  Jerzy Block

Yesterday (1985)

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radosław Piwowarski
CAST:  Piotr Siwkiewicz  •  Anna Kazmierczak  •  Andrzej Zieliński  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak

Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radosław Piwowarski
CAST:  Piotr Siwkiewicz  •  Anna Kazmierczak  •  Andrzej Zieliński  •  Krzysztof Majchrzak

Lynch 2 (2007)

Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  blackANDwhite
CAST:  David Lynch  •  Laura Dern  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Jeremy Irons

Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  blackANDwhite
CAST:  David Lynch  •  Laura Dern  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Jeremy Irons

Aria for an Athlete (1979)

Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filip Bajon
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Pola Raksa  •  Bogusz Bilewski  •  Roman Wilhelmi

Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Filip Bajon
CAST:  Krzysztof Majchrzak  •  Pola Raksa  •  Bogusz Bilewski  •  Roman Wilhelmi
2