FILMS

HOURS OF HOPE  [1955]

dir. Jan Rybkowski

cast: Zbigniew Józefowicz [Captain Walek, the hospital commander] Krystyna Kamieńska [Doctor Anna] Stanisław Mikulski [Lieutenant Jan Basior] Jadwiga Chojnacka [Nurse Margiel] Bronisław Pawlik [Szczeżuja, a hairdresser] Zofia Mrozowska [an actress] Bohdan Ejmont [Pilot Pietia] Stefan Rydel ...

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HOW FAR FROM HERE, AND YET HOW CLOSE  [1971]

dir. Tadeusz Konwicki

cast: Andrzej Łapicki [Andrzej] Gustaw Holoubek [Maks] Maja Komorowska [Musia] Anna Dziadyk [a girl] Alicja Jachiewicz [Joasia, Andrzej’s first wife] Ewa Krzyżewska [Zosia] Ewa Lemańska [the bride] Jerzy Cnota [a singer] Edmund Fetting [Szymon] Marek Jasiński [Orthodox priest] Stanisław...

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HOW TO BE LOVED  [1962]

dir. Wojciech Jerzy Has

cast: Barbara Krafftówna [Felicja] Zbigniew Cybulski [Wiktor Rawicz] Artur Młodnicki [Tomasz] Wieńczysław Gliński [a bacteriologist on the plane] Wiesław Gołas [German soldier raping Felicja] Wiesława Kwaśniewska [a reporter on the plane] Zdzisław Maklakiewicz [Zenon, a journalist on the plane]...

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HYDRO PUZZLE  [1970 ]

dir. Andrzej Kondratiuk

cast: Roman Kłosowski [the Maharaja of Kabur] Zdzisław Maklakiewicz [Doctor Spot] Wiesław Michnikowski [Professor Milczarek] Józef Nowak [Jan Walczak – Ace the Superman] Iga Cembrzyńska [a waitress at the Golden Bream; the intro presenter] Wiesława Mazurkiewicz [a flower lady] Ewa Szykulska ...

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IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE  [1964]

dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

cast: Elżbieta Czyżewska [3 roles: Teresa, Barbara, wife of Leszczyc] Jerzy Skolimowski [Andrzej Leszczyc] Tadeusz MincJacek Szczęk [Mundek] Andrzej ŻarneckiJuliusz Lubicz-Lisowski [man in the phonebooth] Marek Piwowski [a man on the army drafting committee board]

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ILLUMINATION  [1972]

dir. Krzysztof Zanussi

cast: Stanisław Latałło [Franciszek Retman] Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska [Agnieszka] Małgorzata Pritulak [Małgorzata, Franciszek’s wife] Jan Skotnicki [a patient] Edward Żebrowski [a doctor] Włodzimierz Zonn [Dean] Bogdan Mielnik [imself] Władysław Turski [imself] Włodzimierz Zawadzki [an...

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IN HEAVEN AS IT IS ON EARTH  [1998]

dir. Jacek Bromski

cast: Ira Łaczina [Marusia] Jan Wieczorkowski [Witek Naliwajko] Krzysztof Dzierma [Father Antoni] Andrzej Zaborski [Henryk, police commandant] Anna Janowska [Tania] Artur Krajewski [Sławek Rudy] Alicja Bach [Ratajowa] Iwona Szczęsna [Jola, Rudy’s wife] Eliza Krasicka [Jadzia, Chief’s wife]...

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THE INN  [1982]

dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz

cast: Franciszek Pieczka [Tag the inn-keeper] Wojciech Pszoniak [Josełe the Red-Haired] Jan Szurmiej [Cantor, Cantor’s son] Ewa Domańska [Asia] Wojciech Standełło [a tzaddik] Liliana Głąbczyńska [Yevdocha] Szymon Szurmiej [Wilf] Gołda Tencer [Blanka] Marek Wilk [Bum Kramer] Zofia Bajuk [Mina]

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INNER LIFE  [1986]

dir. Marek Koterski

cast: Wojciech Wysocki [Michał Miauczyński] Joanna Sienkiewicz [Ola, Miauczyński’s wife] Maria Probosz [Ewcia, a neighbour] Jolanta Nowak [Blondewcia, a neighbour] Antonina Gordon-Górecka [Miauczyński’s mother] Henryk BistaJan Machulski [Miauczyński’s father in law] Eugenia Herman [Miauczyński’s...

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INNOCENT SORCERERS  [1960]

dir. Andrzej Wajda

cast: Tadeusz Łomnicki [Bazyli] Krystyna Stypułkowska [Pelagia] Wanda Koczeska [Mirka] Kalina Jędrusik [a reporter] Teresa Szmigielówna [nurse Teresa] Zbigniew Cybulski [Edmund] Roman Polański [double bass player Dudek Polo] Andrzej Nowakowski [a musician] Andrzej Gawroński [an audience member...

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INTERROGATION  [1982]

dir. Ryszard Bugajski

cast: Krystyna Janda [Antonina Dziwisz] Adam Ferency [Tadeusz Morawski] Janusz Gajos [major Kąpielowy] Agnieszka Holland [Witkowska] Anna Romantowska [Mira Szajnert] Bożena Dykiel [Honorata, a peasant woman] Olgierd Łukaszewicz [Konstanty, Antonina’s husband] Tomasz Dedek [Czesiek, a Security...

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THE ISSA VALLEY  [1982]

dir. Tadeusz Konwicki

cast: Anna Dymna [Magdalena] Maria Pakulnis [Barbarka] Danuta Szaflarska [Michalina Surkontowa] Ewa Wiśniewska [Helena Juchniewicz] Edward Dziewoński [Kazimierz Surkont] Krzysztof Gosztyła [forester Baltazar] Jerzy Kamas [Romuald Bukowski] Jerzy Kryszak [devil Niemczyk] Maciej Mazurkiewicz ...

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JADZIA  [1936]

dir. Mieczysław Krawicz

cast: Jadwiga Smosarska [Jadzia Maliczówna] Józef Kudła [Jurek Malicz] Mieczysława Ćwiklińska [wife of President Oksza] Aleksander Żabczyński [Jan Oksza] Michał Znicz [Królik] Stanisław Sielański [Feliks Wypych] Janina Janecka [Kunegunda] Józef Orwid [Józef Malicz] Jerzy Liedtke [Tarski, a...

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JOHNNIE THE WATERMAN  [1993]

dir. Jan Jakub Kolski

cast: Franciszek Pieczka [Johnnie the Waterman] Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska [Weronka, Johnnie’s wife] Bogusław Linda [magician Stygma] Katarzyna Aleksandrowicz [the Purified] Olgierd Łukaszewicz [Old Man] Wiesław Cichy [the Dead Man] Renata Pałys [Dead Man’s wife] Henryk Niebudek [the peasant]...

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