Arkadiusz Detmer

Powstaniec 1863 (2024)

A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska. ...

Insomniac (2022)

A woman's car stops in the middle of the woods. She and her son must return before nightfall, or they will find themselves in big trouble. ...

Erotica 2022 (2020)

In a series of linked stories, women navigate and challenge a dystopian future ruled by sexual duty, emotional repression, and patriarchal dominance. ...

Fading Snow (2020)

When a heart breaks, the gap spreads along the weakest and most receptive parts of the enclosing world. 'Fading Snow' presents one night from the life of 35-year-old Mania who leaves her safe place – the theatre – and sets off to find her way back to h ...

Bike (2017)

The Best Fireworks Ever (2017)

In a contemporary world in one of the European cities, three friends, as they face a military conflict in their country, must modify their plans for the future. ...

Eccentrics, the Sunny Side of the Street (2016)

In late 1950s Poland, jazzman Fabian returns from England and forms a swing big band that quickly rises to fame. Their glamorous new singer, the enigmatic Modesta, becomes both the group's star and Fabian's love interest. As their success begins to resembl ...

Convict (2015)

After a prison leader grants an interview before his release, a reporter investigates the course of events that led to this inmate's untimely death. ...

Wałesa: Man of Hope (2013)

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man's metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighti ...

The Rite of Passage (2010)

Ludwik starts one of the best high schools in Krakow. His life changes with a growing storm of conflicting emotions. First love infatuations, sexual contacts, a rebellion against unjust authorities and the desire to imitate his idol, Marek, an older boy wh ...

Czarny (2008)

The thirty-year-old returns to his home village after years. ...

A Few People, a Little Time (2007)

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life. ...

Destined for Blues (2005)

The life of Ryszard Riedel, former leader of cult Polish rock-blues band Dzem, including the history of his family relationships, music career and addiction to alcohol and drugs. ...

Symmetry (2003)

Łukasz, an unemployed geography graduate, is wrongfully arrested for robbery. His alibi is weak, and he is identified during a lineup. The situation gets hopeless when, a few hours later, the alleged victim suddenly dies. The defense lawyer promises to do ...

Rób swoje, ryzyko jest twoje (2002)

An actor, Lutek Star, and a director, Emil Baks, end up in prison, where they decide to join forces to create a serial script about three independent women. ...

Enduro Bojz (2000)

Kuba works part-time in the afternoons delivering pizza to pay back his mother the money he borrowed to buy his dream motorcycle. His father, a stock market investor, disapproves of his son's decision. One day, after returning from school, Kuba finds the m ...

Cud purymowy (2000)

A family of anti-Semites lives in Lodz. The husband is unemployed and poor. He believes that only true Poles can improve the situation in the country. His quiet wife believes what her husband does and says, while their son - the future of the nation - hate ...

Demons of War (1998)

A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will also r ...