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The Dark House (2009 Polish Film)
The Dark House ( pl, Dom zły) is a 2009 Polish horror/drama film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. Plot Edward Środoń, an unemployed zootechnician from Mosty with a dark past and a growing drinking problem, tries to start over with a clean slate. He sets out to the Bieszczady Mountains to take up a job there at the local State Agricultural Farm. A twist of events makes him stop over for the night at the house of the Dziabas family. The initial feelings of mutual distrust between the guest and his hosts are softened with consecutive rounds of moonshine. Środoń slowly learns more about the family and its own problems. The unfolding story is intertwined with a parallel one which sees Środoń four years later, during martial law in Poland, taking part in a reenactment of the events that took place at the Dziabas house during his visit. The reenactment is led by Lieutenant Mróz from the Civic Militia who is slowly unveiling the truth about what happened four years before, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Smarzowski
Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, ''The Wedding (2004 film), The Wedding'' (not to be confused with the Andrzej Wajda film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005. He began his film career as a video camera operator. Smarzowski’s film ''Róża (2011 film), Róża'' gained the Polish Film Award in seven categories in 2011. His film ''Traffic Department (film), Traffic Department'' (2013) tells the story of seven policemen from Warsaw - colleagues and good friends whose lives change after one of them dies in mysterious circumstances. It competed in the main competition section of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. ''Kler'' (2018) was described by Anne Applebaum in ''The Washington Post'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Agricultural Farm
__NOTOC__ A State Agricultural Farm ( pl, Państwowe Gospodarstwo Rolne, PGR) was a form of collective farming in the People's Republic of Poland, similar to Soviet sovkhoz and to the East German Volkseigenes Gut. They were created in 1949 as a form of socialist ownership of agricultural land by the government. They were primarily formed on the ''Regained Territories'' - lands that Poland acquired from Germany after the Second World War - but existed throughout Poland. Some farms took over farms of monasteries, e.g. in Szczyrzyc, see the picture. Relatively inefficient and subsidized by the government, most PGRs went bankrupt quickly after the Fall of communism in Poland, fall of communism and adoption of a market economy by Poland. The state ran many specialised farms, which bred and trained horses (especially Arabians, e.g. Bask (horse), Bask), bred cows, fishes, produced certified seed and potatoes. Some of the farms were state ones before the World War II. Many of the speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Polish-language Films
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Polish Drama Films
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2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Maciejewski
Maciej Maciejewski (1 October 1914 – 17 May 2018) was a Polish screen and stage actor. Personal life Maciej Maciejewski was born in Augustów. He made his debut in 1938 in Halka. He was employed at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw. Maciejewski turned 100 in October 2014. Maciejewski died in Warsaw in May 2018 at the age of 103. Filmography * 1951: '' Youth of Chopin'' * 1953: '' Żołnierz zwycięstwa'' * 1954: ''Pod gwiazdą frygijską'' * 1955: ''Podhale w ogniu'' * 1957: ''Kanał'' * 1957: '' The Real End of the Great War'' * 1960: '' Rzeczywistość'' * 1970: ''Epilog norymberski'' * 1984: ''Polonia Restituta'' * 1988: ''A Short Film About Killing'' * 1998: '' Klan'' * 2000: ''Egoiści'' * 2002: ''Samo życie'' Polish dubbing * 1959: ''12 Angry Men'' as Juror #6 * 1971: '' Elizabeth R'' as Gardiner * 1986: '' Peter the Great'' as Patriarch Adrian of Moscow See also * List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers) The following is a list of centenarians – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Rogalski
Jerzy Rogalski (born 11 April 1948, Oleśnica, Poland) is a Polish film and theatre actor. Biography Rogalski was a graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. From 1970 to 1974 he was associated with the Baltic Dramatic Theatre them. Julius Slovak in Koszalin, and from 1974 to 1975 at the Polish Theatre in Szczecin. Since 1976, he has been an actor with the Juliusz Osterwa theatre in Lublin. For many years he was associated with the Lublin cabaret "Loża 44". His role as Lieutenant Jaszczuk in the television series 07 zgłoś się ''07 zgłoś się'' (''07 Come In'') was a popularMarek Hendrykowski: ''Porucznik Borewicz jako idol popkultury'' ("Lieutenamt Borewicz: A Popular Culture Idol"), "Images" 2005, vol. 3, nr 5–6, s. 70–78. Polish criminal television series broa ... was one of his more notable roles. Rogalski also appeared in films like ''Kogel-Mogel 3''. References External links * 1948 births People from Oleśnica Polish male actors Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Więckiewicz
Robert Więckiewicz (born 30 June 1967) is a Polish film and television actor from Nowa Ruda, Poland. In 2013, he received Best Actor Award at the Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ... for his role in film '' Walesa: Man of Hope''. Selected filmography Discography References External links * 1967 births Living people Polish male stage actors Polish male film actors Polish male voice actors People from Nowa Ruda Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milicja Obywatelska
Milicja Obywatelska (), in English known as the Citizens' Militia and commonly abbreviated to MO, was the national police organization of the Polish People's Republic. It was established on 7 October 1944 by the Polish Committee of National Liberation, effectively replacing the pre-war police force. The Citizen's Militia would remain the predominant means of policing in Poland until 10 May 1990, when it was transformed back into ''Policja''. The term ''milicja'' had been adapted from the cognate term, ''militsiya'', used in several communist countries. The term is derived from ''militia'', which derives its etymology from the concept of a military force composed of ordinary citizens. In most cases it represented a state-controlled force used to exert political repression, especially with its elite ZOMO squads. Under both communist and post-communist governments, the Polish police system has traditionally operated under the auspices of national authority. Starting at the end of Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bieszczady Mountains
Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of the Eastern Beskids ( pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; uk, Східні Бескиди), and is more generally part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountain range is situated between the Łupków Pass (640 m) and the Vyshkovskyi Pass (933 m). The highest peak of Bieszczady is Mt Pikui (1405 m) in Ukraine. The highest peak of the Polish part is Tarnica (1346 m). Term The term ''Bieszczady'' has been introduced into English from Polish. In Poland, the term usually refers (in the narrower sense) to the Polish part of the Bieszczady region, while in the wider sense it can also refer to the entire region. In Slovakia, the Bieszczady region is known as ''Beščady'' ( sk, Beščady), while the Slovak part of the region is called Bukovec Mountains ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Kośmicki
Łukasz Kośmicki (born September 9, 1968) is a Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director, known for ''Dom zły'' (''The Dark House'') and ''The Coldest Game''. Kośmicki received the Special Award at the 2019 Gdynia Film Festival for the spy film ''The Coldest Game'', described as "exquisitely made genre cinema". The film was picked up by Netflix and is distributed internationally. Career Kośmicki's debut as a cinematographer was with ''Gry uliczne''. He mentions how he tried to make that film "MTV-like" to distinguish it from typical films about the Communist era (he said the idea came from Krzysztof Krauze). However, in the case of ''Poznań '56'', he made the visuals black and white and very "classic", in the spirit of the European cinema of the 1960s. His directorial debut came with ''The Coldest Game'' (2019). Film Director * ''The Coldest Game'' (2019); also screenwriter * ''Queen'' (2022) Screenwriter * ''Dom zły'' (''The Dark House'') (2009) Cinematograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
