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Złota Kaczka
Złota Kaczka (translation: Golden Duck) is a Polish award presented by the monthly '' Film'' since 1956. Złota Kaczka for best movie * 1956: '' Sprawa pilota Maresza'' * 1957: ''Kanał'' * 1958: '' Popiół i diament'' * 1959: '' Pociąg'' * 1960: '' Krzyżacy'' * 1961: '' Matka Joanna od Aniołów'' * 1962: '' Nóż w wodzie'' * 1963: '' Jak być kochaną'' * 1964: '' Pierwszy dzień wolności'' * 1965: '' Popioły'' * 1966: '' Faraon'' * 1967: ''Westerplatte'' * 1968: '' Żywot Mateusza'' * 1969: '' Pan Wołodyjowski'' * 1970: '' Krajobraz po bitwie'' * 1971: '' Życie rodzinne'' * 1972: not admitted * 1973: not admitted * 1974: '' Potop'' * 1975: '' Bilans kwartalny'' * 1976: '' Przepraszam, czy tu biją?'' * 1977: ''Kochaj albo rzuć'' * 1978: '' Spirala'' * 1979: '' Klincz'' * 1980: ''Kung-fu'' * 1981: not admitted * 1982: not admitted * 1983: '' Wielki Szu'' * 1984: '' Seksmisja'' * 1985: '' Yesterday'' * 1986: '' C.K. Dezerterzy'' * 1987: '' Matka Królów'' * 1988: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film (Polish Magazine)
''Film'' is a monthly Polish magazine devoted to cinema. It has been in publication since 1946, originally as a bimonthly publication. The founders were Jerzy Giżycki, Zbigniew Pitera, Tadeusz Kowalski and Leon Bukowiecki. Since September 2012, the editor-in-chief has been Tomasz Raczek. Previous editors have included Maciej Pawlicki, Lech Kurpiewski, Igor Zalewski and Robert Mazurek, Agnieszka Różycka, Marcin Prokop Marcin Prokop (born 14 July 1977) is a Polish journalist, television and radio personality. On TVN Turbo TVN Turbo is a Polish TV channel aimed at men with a major focus on automotive programming, it launched on 12 December 2003. It is part o ... and Jacek Rakowiecki. In January 2007, ''Film'' was purchased by Platforma Mediowa Point Group (PMPG). Editorial staff *''Editor-in-chief'' – Tomasz Raczek *''Assistant editor'' – Agnieszka Dajbor, Danuta Łosin *''Editorial secretary'' – Agnieszka Niemojewska *''Artistic director'' – Marek Trojanowski *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potop (film)
''The Deluge'' ( pl, Potop) is a 1974 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman, based on the 1886 novel of the same name by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 47th Academy Awards, but lost to '' Amarcord''. It is the third-most popular film in the history of Polish cinema, with more than 27.6 million tickets sold in its native country by 1987, and 30.5 million sold in the Soviet Union. Plot The film is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the years 1655 to 1658, known as The Deluge, which was eventually thwarted by Polish-Lithuanian forces. However, a quarter of the Polish-Lithuanian population died from the war and plague, and the country's economy was devastated. Versions The original film was digitally restored and shown on Polish TV in December, 2013. For its 40th anniversary, a new cut, ''Potop Redivivus'', two hours shorter than the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ucieczka Z Kina "Wolność"
''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema'' ( pl, Ucieczka z kina "Wolność") 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 - Character Cut from Film * Aleksander Bednarz Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ... - Edward References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przesłuchanie (film)
''Interrogation'' ( pl, Przesłuchanie) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s. The film was directed by Ryszard Bugajski and first released in 1989. The plot follows an ordinary, apolitical woman named Tonia, played by Krystyna Janda. She refuses to cooperate with the abusive system and its officials, who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover, now an accused political prisoner. Due to its criticism of the regime, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day. Despite the film's controversial initial reception and subsequent banning, it garnered a cult fanbase through the circulation of illegally taped VHS copies, which director Ryszard Bugajski secretly helped to leak to the general public. The film had its first theatrical release in December 1989 in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krótki Film O Zabijaniu
''A Short Film About Killing'' ( pl, Krótki film o zabijaniu) is a 1988 drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, and Jan Tesarz. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film was expanded from '' Dekalog: Five'' of the Polish television series ''Dekalog''. Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film compares the senseless, violent murder of an individual to the cold, calculated execution by the state. ''A Short Film About Killing'' won both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film. Plot Waldemar Rekowski (Jan Tesarz) is a middle-aged taxicab driver in Warsaw. An overweight and crude man, he enjoys staring at young women. Jacek Łazar (Mirosław Baka) is a 21-year-old drifter who recently arrived in Warsaw from the countryside and is now aimlessly wandering the streets of the city. He seems to take pleasure in causing other people's misfortune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matka Królów (film)
''The Mother of Kings'' ( pl, Matka Królów) is a 1982 Polish drama film, directed by Janusz Zaorski. It was immediately banned by the Polish Communist regime - having depicted that regime as baselessly hounding and persecuting a loyal and devoted party member. The film only received a proper release in 1987.http://csac.buffalo.edu/blindchance.pdf It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. Plot The early part of the film takes place in 1930's Poland. Lucja Krol, a working-class woman, loses her husband who was run over by a tram. Soon afterwards she gives birth to her fourth son, alone on the floor in her apartment. Lucja's neighbor Wiktor who is a Communist intellectual, tries to help the poverty-stricken Lucja and her children, but is arrested and imprisoned by Poland's pre-war right-wing regime. Then come the dark years of the German occupation. At the black market, Lucja narrowly avoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yesterday (1985 Film)
''Yesterday'' is a 1985 Polish drama film directed by Radosław Piwowarski. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Piotr Siwkiewicz as Pawel Mitura 'Ringo' * Anna Kaźmierczak as Ania * Andrzej Zieliński as John * Krzysztof Majchrzak as Biegacz * Krystyna Feldman as Ciotka * Henryk Bista as Dyrector * Waldemar Ignaczak as George * Robert Piechota as Paul * Stanislaw Brudny as Ksiacz See also * List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Poland has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film on a regular basis since 1963. The Oscar is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seksmisja
''Sexmission'' ( pl, Seksmisja) is a 1984 Polish cult comedy science fiction action film. It also contains a hidden political satire layer specific to the time and place of its production (the socialist-feminist system as proposed by the Communist Party), but with relevance still today. Plot On 9 August 1991 Maksymilian "Max" Paradys ( Jerzy Stuhr), looking for adventure, and Albert Starski (Olgierd Łukaszewicz), biologist, volunteer themselves for the first human hibernation experiment, created by professor Wiktor Kuppelweiser, a Nobel Prize laureate, who previously successfully hibernated a chimpanzee for half a year. The experiment is considered as an epochal event and is broadcast on television. The hibernation is scheduled to last for 3 years. Instead of being awakened 3 years later in 1994 as planned, they wake up in the year 2044, in a post-nuclear world. Both are 86 years old, but haven't aged a day outwardly. They are being taken care of by women, which they enjoy at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kung-fu (film)
Chinese martial arts, often called by the umbrella terms kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (), are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" of martial arts. Examples of such traits include ''Shaolinquan'' () physical exercises involving All Other Animals () mimicry or training methods inspired by Old Chinese philosophies, religions and legends. Styles that focus on qi manipulation are called ''internal'' (; ), while others that concentrate on improving muscle and cardiovascular fitness are called ''external'' (; ). Geographical association, as in ''northern'' (; ) and ''southern'' (; ), is another popular classification method. Terminology ''Kung fu'' and ''wushu'' are loanwords from Cantonese and Mandarin respectively that, in English, are used to refer to Chinese martial arts. However, the Chinese terms ''kung fu'' and ''wushu'' (; ) ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirala (film)
''Spiral'' ( pl, Spirala) is a 1978 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi which tells the story of a stranger who turns up at a resort hotel in midwinter, behaves rudely towards other guests and disappears the next day. Found half-frozen in the snow he is taken to hospital where his story is gradually revealed. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jan Nowicki - Tomasz Piatek * Maja Komorowska - Teresa * Zofia Kucówna - Maria * Aleksander Bardini - Doctor * Jan Świderski - Henryk * Piotr Garlicki - Henryk's Son * Marian Glinka - Physician * Ewa Ziętek - Cleaning Woman * Seweryna Broniszówna - Old Woman * Andrzej Hudziak Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and ... - Augustyn * Marta Ławińska - Psychologist * Cezary Morawski - Czare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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