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Marian Glinka
Marian Witold Glinka (1 June 1943 in Warsaw – 23 June 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish actor and bodybuilder. He appeared in many Polish movies. Filmography * ''Kochajmy syrenki'' (1967) – Clark in Boleslawiec (uncredited) * ''Westerplatte'' (1967) – Private – 'Harbor' Outpost (uncredited) * '' I Hate Mondays'' (1971) – Musician (uncredited) * ''Czarne Chmury'' (1973) – człowiek margrabiego von Ansbach * ''A Jungle Book of Regulations'' (1974) – Porter (uncredited) * '' The Promised Land'' (1975) – Wilhelm Müller * ''Zagrozenie'' (1976) * ''Camouflage'' (1977) – Resort Manager * ''Okrągły tydzień'' (1977) – Karols Kollege * ''Spirala'' (1978) – Physician * ''Hallo Szpicbródka, czyli ostatni występ króla kasiarzy'' (1978) – Actor * ''Zerwane cumy'' (1979) – Seaman * ''Boldyn'' (1982) – 'Grom' * ''Czwartki ubogich'' (1981) – Kazio * ''Filip z konopi'' (1983) – Andrzej's Friend (uncredited) * ''Lata dwudzieste, lata trzydzieste'' (1984) – Boxer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerplatte (film)
''Westerplatte'' or ''Westerplatte Resists'' (Pl. ''Westerplatte broni się nadal'') is a 1967 Polish historical film directed by Stanisław Różewicz. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. The story is based upon the Battle of Westerplatte in September 1939. Cast * Zygmunt Hübner as Maj. Henryk Sucharski * Arkadiusz Bazak as Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski * Tadeusz Schmidt as Ens. Jan Gryczman * Józef Nowak as Cpl. Piotr Buder * Tadeusz Pluciński as Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński * Bogusz Bilewski as Capt. Mieczysław Slaby, Medical Officer * Bohdan Ejmont as Mate Bernard Rygielski * Mariusz Gorczynski as Pvt. Jan Czywil * Zbigniew Józefowicz as Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator * Jerzy Kaczmarek as Cpl. Władysław Baran * Andrzej Kozak as Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek * Andrzej Krasicki as Col. Karl Henke * Adam Kwiatkowski as Cpl. Władysław Domoń * Józef Lodynski as Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek Wojciech Najs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hate Mondays (film)
''I Hate Mondays'' ( pl, Nie lubię poniedziałku) is a 1971 Polish comedy film directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski. Plot The action of the film takes place on an unlucky Monday in Warsaw and focuses on episodes from the lives of a dozen or so characters. Italian industrialist Francesco Rovanelli (Kazimierz Witkiewicz), who comes to Warsaw with the intention of signing a lucrative contract, unexpectedly gets lost in a foreign city. A Milicja officer (Andrzej Herder) in charge of the movement has to take care of his little son, who, like other children, has not been admitted to the kindergarten because of the rubella that prevails there, and his wife (Joanna Kasperska), who works in a matrimonial office, cannot leave her job. The delegate of the commune cooperative (Jerzy Turek) is looking for a spare part for a combine harvester and argues with the impetuous taxi driver (Adam Mularczyk), and the drunk actor Bohdan Łazuka (appearing as himself) tries to get home, walking through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czarne Chmury
Czarne (; formerly german: Hammerstein) is a town in Człuchów County of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 5,747. Demographics ImageSize = width:450 height:220 PlotArea = left:70 right:40 top:20 bottom:20 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify Colors = id:gray1 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:6035 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2000 start:0 gridcolor:gray1 PlotData = bar:1772 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:670 width:15 text:670 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:1810 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:1188 width:15 text:1188 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:1857 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:1833 width:15 text:1833 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:1900 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:3025 width:15 text:3025 textcolor:red fontsize:8px bar:1939 color:gray1 width:1 from:0 till:4387 width:15 text:4387 textcolor:red fontsize:8px ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Jungle Book Of Regulations
''Nie ma róży bez ognia'' (title in pl, There is no rose without fire, in reference to two mixed up proverbs – ''There is no rose without thorns'', and ''There is no smoke without the fire'') is a Polish comedy film from 1974 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The subject is the chronic apartment shortage in Communist Poland. The film has been released for the English speaking world with subtitles, under the title: ''A Jungle Book of Regulations''. Nie ma róży bez ognia FILMWEB, Baza filmowa, 1998-2010 Omnigence Cast * Jerzy Dobrowolski - as Jerzy Dąbczak (Wanda's former husband) * |
The Promised Land (1975 Film)
''The Promised Land'' ( pl, Ziemia obiecana) is a 1975 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on a novel by Władysław Reymont. Set in the industrial city of Łódź, ''The Promised Land'' tells the story of a Pole, a German, and a Jew struggling to build a factory in the raw world of 19th-century capitalism. Wajda presents a shocking image of the city, with its dirty and dangerous factories and ostentatiously opulent residences devoid of taste and culture. The film follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens, Émile Zola and Maxim Gorky, as well as German expressionists such as Knopf, Meidner and Grosz, who gave testimony of social protest. In the 2015 poll conducted by the Polish Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, ''The Promised Land'' was ranked first on the list of the greatest Polish films of all time. Plot Karol Borowiecki (Daniel Olbrychski), a young Polish nobleman, is the managing engineer at the Bucholz textile factory. He is ruthless in his career purs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camouflage (1977 Film)
''Camouflage'' ( pl, Barwy ochronne) is a 1977 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted for nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Students are staying at a summer linguistics study camp. One of the directors, Jaroslaw, is young and prefers a direct, informal approach. He is opposed by the manipulative Jakub. For example, Jaroslaw allows a dissident student to participate. While the jury prize is given to a poor paper, the unconventional school of thought still receives a recommendation. When the deputy rector arrives for the closing ceremonies, and since he rejects the unofficial view, tensions rise. They climax when the student bites the rector's ear. The police are called in. Cast * Piotr Garlicki as Jarosław Kruszyński * Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Jakub Szelestowski * Christine Paul-Podlasky as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republika Nadziei
Republic of Hope (Polish: ''Republika nadziei'') is a 1988 Polish historical film created by Zbigniew Kuźmiński and written by Kuźmiński and Kazimierz Radowicz. Film is based on the miniseries The Republic of Ostrów (Polish: ''Republika Ostrowska'') which premiered on TVP on June 4, 1986. Set in 1918, the film revolves around two landed gentry families (Kroguleccy and Wodniczakowie) from Greater Poland whose lives intersect. At its core, it is the story of the secret society ( The Tomasz Zan Society) which helped organizing a short-lived autonomous republic called the Republic of Ostrów. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Greater Poland uprising (1918–19), Polish youth lives during the age of partitions, and a rapidly changing social and political climate. ''Republic of Hope'' earned much critical acclaim and accolades including the 1986 Golden Screen Award. It was filmed between 1984 and 1985 in Gołuchów Castle and Schloss Gorkau among others, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. Ideas for a film about the ''Schindlerjuden'' (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the ''Schindlerjuden'', made it his life's mission to tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of ''Schindler's Ark''. Universal Pictures bought the rights to the novel, but Spielberg, unsure if he was ready to make a film about the Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quo Vadis (2001 Film)
''Quo Vadis'' is a 2001 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz based on the 1896 book of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was Poland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. Plot The central plot in the movie revolves around the love of a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius, towards a Christian girl (coming from the territory of modern-day Poland) set against the backdrop of the persecutions against Christians during the reign of Nero. In the beginning, Lygia, a Christian and hostage of Rome, becomes the object of Vinicius' love but she refuses his advances. Vinicius' friend Petronius tries to manipulate Nero, who has authority over all Roman hostages, to give Lygia to Vinicius, but Lygia is taken into hiding by Christians. Marcus Vinicius decides to find her and force her to be his wife. He goes to a Christian meeting along with Croton, a gladiator, to find her. After following her from the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hexer (film)
''The Hexer'' or ''The Witcher'' (Polish: ''Wiedźmin'') is a 2001 Polish fantasy film directed by Marek Brodzki and written by Michał Szczerbic. It stars Michał Żebrowski as Geralt of Rivia. The story is based on the books and stories of ''The Witcher'' written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The 13-episode television series came out the following year. The film has been described as essentially the then-unreleased television series condensed into a two-hour film, and received very poor reviews from both fans and critics. The film was the first attempt to depict ''The Witcher'' universe in the cinema. Premise The television series and the film were loosely based on Andrzej Sapkowski's ''The Witcher'' (''Wiedźmin'') book series. Cast * Michał Żebrowski as Geralt of Rivia * Zbigniew Zamachowski as Dandelion * Maciej Kozłowski as Falwick * Tomasz Sapryk as Dermot Marranga * Kinga Ilgner as Renfri * Grażyna Wolszczak as Yennefer * Ewa Wiśniewska as Calanthe * Andrz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
