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Janusz Gajos
Janusz Gajos (; born 23 September 1939) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the greatest Polish actors. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours including the Gold Cross of Merit (1974), Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2007), five Polish Film Awards (2001, 2007, 2016, 2016, 2019), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Diamond Lions Award at the Gdynia Film Festival (2015). Life and career He was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza. At the age of 11, he moved to Będzin where in 1957, he graduated from the High School No 3. In 1965 he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź as one of its best students despite having been rejected during entrance exams three times. He debuted while he was still in film school in children's film '' Panienka z okienka'' dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza () is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. It is located in eastern part of the Silesian Voivodeship, on the Czarna Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of the Vistula River, Vistula, see Przemsza). Even though Dąbrowa Górnicza belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, it now is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. Dąbrowa Górnicza is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area (2.7 million people), and within the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area (5.2 million people). The population of the city itself as of December 2021 is 116,971. Nature In Dąbrowa there are many green areas. Total area of local lakes is over 800 hectares, there are 180 hectares of parks (0.96%) and 4100 hectares of forests (21.7%). Particularly noteworthy is the complex of Pogoria (lakes). Furthermore, part of the Eagles' Nests Landscape Park reaches the outskirts of the city. The largest desert in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ryszard Bugajski
Ryszard Bugajski (27 April 1943 – 7 June 2019) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films and television shows since 1972. His 1982 film '' Interrogation'' starring Krystyna Janda and Adam Ferency, described as "the most anti-Communist film in the history of Polish People's Republic" was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival after being suppressed by the Polish communist authorities for several years. Life and career He was born on 27 April 1943 in German-occupied Poland. His family was slated to be killed by firing squad, but a bomb fell before the wall they were lined up to be shot that saw the squad killed instead. His father was Edward Bugajski, a member of the pre-war Polish Socialist Party (PPS). He had told his family to hide in a safe place, which led to them staying in suburban Warsaw in a place called Choszczowka. Bugajski had numerous interests as a youth, initially aspiring to become a musician, but he later thought he would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stefan Jaracz
Stefan Jaracz (24 December 1883 – 11 August 1945) was a Polish actor and theater producer. He served as the artistic director of Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw during the interwar period (1930–32), and within a short period raised its reputation as one of the leading voices for Poland's new intelligentsia, with groundbreaking productions of ''Danton's Death'' by Georg Büchner (1931), '' The Captain of Köpenick'' by Carl Zuckmayer (1932), as well as popular ''Ladies and Husars'' (Damy i Huzary) by Aleksander Fredro (1932) and ''The Open House'' by Michał Bałucki. Life Jaracz was born in Stare Żukowice near Tarnów during the Partitions of Poland. He studied law, history of art, and literature at the Jagiellonian University of Kraków, but gave up his studies to join theatre. He moved to Poznań for yet another contract, where he was drafted to the Austrian army in 1907. A year later he settled in Łódź where he performed until 1911. He moved to Warsaw in the Russian Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clergy (film)
''Clergy'' () is a 2018 Polish drama film co-written and directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. The film stars Arkadiusz Jakubik, Robert Więckiewicz and Jacek Braciak as three priests united by an event that almost took their lives. Synopsis Three priests meet on the same date of a past event that could have taken their lives. Cast * Arkadiusz Jakubik as Priest Andrzej Kukula * Robert Więckiewicz as Priest Tadeusz Trybus * Jacek Braciak as Priest Leszek Lisowski * Joanna Kulig as Hanka Tomala * Janusz Gajos as Archbishop Mordowicz * Adrian Zaremba as Vicar Jan * Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska as Natalia * Antoni Barłowski as Czekaj * Jacek Beler as Priest Petarda * Stanisław Brejdygant as Priest Teodor * Bartosz Bielenia as Toady Release Box office Clergy was wide released in Poland on 28 September 2018 and grossed $29,913,342, breaking several box office records. About 935,000 viewers watched the film in its opening weekend, the best opening for a Polish film in Poland in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Body (2015 Polish Film)
''Body'' () is a 2015 Polish drama film directed by Małgorzata Szumowska. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where Szumowska won the Silver Bear for Best Director. The film also received the Golden Lions Award at the 2015 Gdynia Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the 2016 European Film Awards. Plot Olga who struggles with anorexia is sent to psychiatric hospital by the Attorney, where she is treated by Anna - a therapist who believes herself to be able to communicate with ghosts. Anna insists that she has been in contact with Olga's dead mother and she asks the Attorney to participate in a séance. Cast *Janusz Gajos as Attorney * Maja Ostaszewska as Anna *Justyna Suwala as Olga, attorney's daughter * Wladyslaw Kowalski as Władysław * Adam Woronowicz as director Zieliński * Tomasz Ziętek as attorney's assistant *Malgorzata Hajewska as Karol's mother *Ewa Kolasinska as a nurse *Ada Piekarska, as Ada * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Małgorzata Szumowska
Małgorzata Szumowska (; born 26 February 1973) is a Polish people, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków. Her 2013 film ''In the Name Of (film), In the Name Of'' received the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, and received the Grand Prix at the 32nd annual Istanbul Film Festival. Her film ''body (2015 Polish film), Body'' was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. Szumowska won the Silver Bear for Best Director for ''body (2015 Polish film), Body''. In 2018, she received Jury Grand Prix at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival for her film ''Mug (film), Mug''. Career Szumowska spent two years studying history of art at the Jagiellonian University before she started film studies. Szumowska graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. As a student, Szumowska made a short which was ranked 14th in the history of Łódź Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Revenge (film)
''The Revenge'' is the English title for ''Zemsta'', a film released in 2002, directed by Andrzej Wajda. This film is an adaptation of a perennially popular stage farce of the same name by the Polish dramatist and poet Aleksander Fredro. Written in a sharp, ironic style, ''The Revenge'' portrays those national characteristics that in time brought on many of Poland's national tragedies. Written for the stage, Wajda has changed very little and transferred practically the entirety of the work to the screen. Plot Raptusiewicz (Janusz Gajos) resides in one half of a castle with the other half inhabited by his hated rival Rejent Milczek (Andrzej Seweryn). Raptusiewicz wishes to marry Podstolina (Katarzyna Figura), the widow of the Lord High Steward, for her money, while Podstolina herself seeks a wealthy match. Regent Milczek's wish, on the other hand, is to bring about the union of his son Wacław ( Rafał Królikowski) with Podstolina. To complicate matters more, Wacław is in lov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pigs (1992 Film)
''Psy'' (, ''Dogs''), known in English as ''Pigs'', is a 1992 Polish crime thriller directed by Władysław Pasikowski. The film was released on 20 November 1992. Two sequels have followed, 1994's '' Pigs 2: The Last Blood'' and 2020's '' Pigs 3''. Plot Poland in 1990, right after the fall of communism The revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world. Th ..., former officers of the SB (Poland's communist secret police) are undergoing re-evaluation, in the process of which the country's new democratic leadership is trying to establish whether or not they can be incorporated into the new police service. Franciszek Maurer (Franz) is one of them. He has a notorious service record and is ruthless, but devoted to service - the only thing he cares about, since he became estranged from his wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Władysław Pasikowski
Władysław Pasikowski (; born 14 June 1959 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He made his debut film, Kroll, in 1991, which was honored with the Polish Film Festival prize for his debut and the Special Jury Prize. Pasikowski is also the author of the science fiction novel ''I, Gelerth'' (''Ja, Gelerth'' (Zebra)) which in 1993 was nominated for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. Filmography * ''Kroll (film), Kroll'' (1991) * ''Pigs (1992 film), Psy'' (1992) * ''Pigs 2: The Last Blood, Psy II: Ostatnia krew'' (1994) * ''Słodko gorzki'' (1996) * ''Demons of War'' (1998) * ''Operacja Samum'' (1999) * ''Reich (film), Reich'' (2001) * ''Glina (film), Glina'' (2003–2004) * ''Maszyna losująca'' (2007) * ''Aftermath (2012 Polish film), Aftermath'' (2012) The story is loosely based on Jedwabne pogrom, a pogrom which took place in Jedwabne in German-occupied north eastern Poland in July 1941. Two brothers attempt "to break the conspiracy of silence among the resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Escape From The 'Liberty' Cinema
''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema'' () is a 1990 Polish drama film directed by Wojciech Marczewski. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Janusz Gajos - The Censor * Zbigniew Zamachowski - Deputy Censor * Teresa Marczewska - Malgorzata * Władysław Kowalski - Professor * Piotr Fronczewski - Party Secretary * Jerzy Bińczycki - Cinema Manager * Michał Bajor - Film Critic * Krzysztof Wakulinski - Malgorzata's Husband * Artur Barciś - Projectionist * Ewa Wiśniewska - Censor's Ex-Wife * Monika Bolly - Censor's Daughter * Maciej Kozłowski - American Actor * Jan Peszek Jan Peszek (born 13 February 1944) is a Polish theatre, film, and television actor. Although primarily involved in theatre work, he has appeared in more than sixty films since 1970. He is most well known for his work with dramaturgist Bogusław S ... - Character Cut from Film * Aleksander Bednarz - Edward References External links * 1990 films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wojciech Marczewski
Wojciech Szczęsny Marczewski (born 28 February 1944) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1968 and 2001. His 1981 film ''Dreszcze'' won the Jury Grand Prix, Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. His film ''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema, Ucieczka z kina "Wolność"'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''Lekcja anatomii'' (1968) * ''Most nad torami'' (1968) * ''Podróżni jak inni'' (1969) * ''Bielszy niż śnieg'' (1975) * ''Wielkanoc (film), Wielkanoc'' (1975) * ''Zmory'' (''Nightmares'') (1979) * ''Klucznik (film), Klucznik'' (1980) * ''Dreszcze'' (1981) * ''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema, Ucieczka z kina "Wolność"'' (1990) * ''Czas zdrady'' (1997) * ''Weiser (film), Weiser'' (2001) References External links *Wojciech Marczewski at the Culture.pl 1944 births Living people Film people from Łódź Polish film directors P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
