Jan Łomnicki (30 June 1929 – 18 December 2002) was a Polish
film director
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and
screenwriter
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. A graduate of the
National Film School in Łódź
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. He directed more than thirty films between 1954 and 2000. His 1976 film ''
To Save the City
''To Save the City'' ( pl, Ocalić miasto) is a 1976 Polish drama film directed by Jan Łomnicki. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
* Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska as Jadwiga Nowacka
* Jan Krzyżanowski as Mar ...
'' ( pl, Ocalić miasto) was awarded at the
Polish Film Festival
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(1976)Laureates in 1976 - Polish Film Festival (home page) and was entered into the
10th Moscow International Film Festival
The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovi ...
(1977).
He was the brother of the actor
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Tadeusz Łomnicki (; 18 July 1927 – 22 February 1992) was a Polish actor, one of the most notable stage and film artists of his time in Poland. He is remembered mostly for his roles in comedies and dramas, as well as for the role of Kordian in ...
.
Filmography
* ''
To Save the City
''To Save the City'' ( pl, Ocalić miasto) is a 1976 Polish drama film directed by Jan Łomnicki. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
* Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska as Jadwiga Nowacka
* Jan Krzyżanowski as Mar ...
'' (1976)
* ''
Akcja pod Arsenałem
''Akcja pod Arsenałem'' (English: ''Operation Arsenal'') is a Polish historical film, based on the novel ''Kamienie na szaniec'' by Aleksander Kamiński,Modrzejewska'' (TV series; 1989)
* '' Just Beyond This Forest'' (1991)
WIEM Encyclopedia
WIEM Encyklopedia (full name in pl, Wielka Interaktywna Encyklopedia Multimedialna - "Great Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia"; in Polish, ''wiem'' also means 'I know') is a Polish Internet encyclopedia.
The first printed edition was released i ...