Ferdynand Matysik

Jasminum (2006)

The peaceful world of a monastery, in a small town Jasmine, is destroyed by the arrival of monument restorers, Natasha, along with her daughter Eugenia. The legend associated with the monastery bode revelation in him a saint in the near future. Despite ini ...

Capital, or How to Make Money in Poland (1990)

A sociologist nearing middle-aged returns to Poland after several years of giving lectures abroad. The changing economy of the country and business successes of the people around him inspire him to venture out into the deep and unpredictable world of capit ...

Penelopy (1989)

Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City. ...

Powrót do Polski (1988)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office. ...

Tango z kaszlem (1988)

A clerk looks after a flower that reminds him of his former sweetheart. A man's affection for a plant makes his mother jealous. ...

Trzy stopy nad ziemią (1986)

Set in the 70's. A young man decides that after dropping out of school, going to the army is not for him. He decides to become a voluntary miner. He lives with his buddies in barracks, where the only entertainment is ping-pong, and dreams of the opposite s ...

Na całość (1986)

Two young men from the margins of society start a spiral of crime that gets out of control. ...

I Like Bats (1986)

Izabella, a beautiful young woman, works at her aunt's shop in a small town in Poland. She uses her hands to create unique small objects for the shop, but in the night she has the strange habit to feed bats. ...

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)

Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment by virtue of being blonde. She is billeted with the commandant of a concentration camp near the Baltic coas ...

The Emergency Exit (1982)

A provincial town in the early 1980s. Among its residents is the Kolęda family. Mrs. Kolęda is an energetic community leader, her husband, a gentle soul, takes care of raising ducks and cultivating flowers in "tunnels" at home. Their daughter, Dorota, is ...

Rdza (1982)

After many years, director Bryła reveals hidden family secrets. ...

Shivers (1981)

A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts. ...

The Smaller Sky (1981)

A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter i ...

Meta (1981)

Kazik and Władzio, two old friends meet again after many years. Kazik, a small-time swindler and playboy confesses that he needs a place to live, so Władzio offers for him to move in his apartment. ...

Nothing Stands in the Way (1981)

Jerzy and Zofia are offered a job in Africa. A married couple is faced with the dilemma of leaving or taking care of the man's mother and her sister. ...

Olympics 40 (1980)

The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of ...

Kung-fu (1980)

A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled by the management. He gets into an argument with the guard, is arrested and subsequently fired. An old fri ...

Operation "Himmler" (1979)

A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident. ...

Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)

Pirx, an experienced pilot, is hired to go on a top-secret mission to evaluate some 'nonlinears' (an experimental model of android) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and this intriguing crew are sent out to launch two satellites into the ...

Roman and Magda (1979)

A moral action drama showing a crisis and breakup of a married couple from the perspective of the both spouses, Roman and Magda. Through flashbacks the film reveals a shocking study of the disintegration of the relationship between two adult people and the ...

The Refuge (1978)

In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man. ...

Merry Christmas (1977)

Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends. ...

Index (1977)

The story begins in March of 1968, the days of students protests. A hot- headed student protests the Dean's decision to expell a fellow student on fake accusation charges, upon which he drops out of university rather than make a compromise. He loses everyt ...

Before the Day Breaks (1977)

A boy escapes from a reformatory, but comes again into conflict with the law. During a robbery he hits a woman with a bottle on the head. He is convinced he killed her and because of his past thinks that nothing matters anymore. Only when he finds out that ...

Wyjazd służbowy (1976)

The protagonist is preparing for a year-long business trip to Hungary. The trip appears to be a promotion, but in reality it is tantamount to losing his position. At the same time, his wife has already started an affair with his deputy, who is also his suc ...

Grzech Antoniego Grudy (1975)

Hour After Hour (1974)

Tadeusz documents his work as a driver by writing short stories to papers. ...

A Story in Red (1974)

Former soldier take up a fight with a bunch who attacks his home village ...

The Deluge (1974)

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories. ...

The Investigation (1974)

A Scotland Yard officer investigates the mysterious disappearance of a series of corpses. Based on the novel by Stanisław Lem. ...

Rush Hour (1974)

The life of engineer Maksymowicz changes dramatically when he accidentally learns that he is terminally ill. ...

Muffin (1973)

A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city. ...

Sekret (1973)

After her husband's death Stefania learns that her respected spouse, who was a university professor, had a flat of his own where he lead a second life. ...

Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych (1973)

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia. ...

The Anatomy of Love (1972)

A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship. ...

The Epidemic (1972)

Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man. ...

Uciec jak najbliżej (1972)

A young man meets and falls in love with a woman met on a business trip. ...

Nos (1971)

An ambitious civil servant's career dreams are shattered when his nose falls off. All the worse, the nose starts living its own life and achieves the success its former owner wanted. ...

First Love (1971)

Based on a novella by Ivan Turgenev, Pierwsza milość is the story of a 15 year old boy and a 21 year old girl who develop an ill-fated romance. ...

Kardiogram (1971)

A young doctor arrives in a sleepy village and becomes involved with secret tragedies plaguing the inhabitants. ...

Pułapka (1971)

Shortly after World War 2 a conflict between cousins, a Polish major and a former SS soldier arises on the Recovered Territories. ...

Who Believes in Storks? (1971)

A teenager starts to rebel against his parents in increasingly radical ways after being forbidden from going out with his girlfriend. ...

Dom (1970)

A former concentration camp prisoner appears in a deserted town in the regained western territories. Soon more follow. ...

Day of Purification (1970)

The film is set in the summer of 1944. The Home Army branch operating in the Sądecki region is decimated by the Germans during an attempt to take over the drop of weapons and ammunition from England. About 20 soldiers break out of the encirclement, includ ...

Signs on the Road (1970)

A new transport base employee rises up against corruption in the workplace. ...

Only the Dead Can Answer (1969)

Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing ...

The Neighbours (1969)

A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager. ...

Fatalista (1968)

Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Li ...

Our Folks (1967)

Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms. ...

Full Ahead (1967)

Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures. ...

Sobótki (1966)

Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father. ...

The Catastrophe (1966)

A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses. ...

The Hot Line (1965)

Przybora, an engineer, undertakes the construction of a modern mine. His fiancée supports him in the hardships of his work. ...

The End of Our World (1964)

Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it ...

White Tracks (1963)

Polish and German soldiers stuck in a Research Station in Greenland must overcome their differences and survive the unforgiving conditions. ...

Między brzegami (1963)

A small fishing village between the sea and the lake. One day, when all the men went out to catch, a viper bitten Grandpa Filip and little Madzia was severely injured by a misfire. Holidaymakers with a motorboat refuse to help. Filip decides to take the gi ...

The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń (1961)

The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists. ...

Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He mee ...

Shadow (1956)

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contem ...

Three Stories (1953)

The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation. ...