Gustaw Lutkiewicz

With Fire and Sword (1999)

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Po ...

Janka - Spełnione marzenie (1993)

A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The second of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series. ...

Yes, Yes (1993)

Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to ...

The Great Give-Away (1993)

A well-known wheeler dealer joins the underground opposition to avoid responsibility after stealing valuable coins. When he is released from prison, he sets up a private bank with high interest rates together with a Security Service colonel. However, the c ...

Controlled Conversations (1991)

Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland. ...

Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991)

The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. ...

Femina (1991)

The main character is Bogna, a thirty year old woman lost in her surrounding reality and unhappy in her private life. After her husband departs for a foreign scholarship, Bogna learns that her mother died. The trip to her hometown for the funeral becomes a ...

The Secret of a Wild Forest (1991)

Tadeusz, a junior high school student, visits to his forester grandfather who lives in an ancient forest. During one of the hunts, his grandfather tells him about the rumors circulating around about a treasure sunk in the lake. ...

Gorzka miłość (1990)

Poland, 1945. Crowds of repatriates are traveling from east to west in search of new homes and loved ones lost during the war. At one of the train stations, a young woman, Hanna Powiłańska, sits among the crowd of displaced persons. The girl recalls a st ...

Sceny nocne (1990)

Warsaw elites meet at a ball in Baron Neman's palace, where they discuss the political situation in Poland. ...

Ring (1990)

A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve' (1989)

On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear. ...

Virtuti (1989)

Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, ...

Konsul (1989)

After a con-man is released from prison, he gradually gets back to his old tricks, but his cons grow ever more elaborate and travel steadily up the ladder of society until he has local politicians and important government ministers involved in his schemes. ...

Daze (1989)

An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out. ...

New York, 4 A.M. (1988)

A sleepy provincial town with only one "Błysk" bar. If it weren't for the nearby prison, it would be forgotten to the world. This is how guests come. Agnieszka works in the bar and dreams of New York . Krzysiek and Józek love the girl. Józek tells her a ...

Koniec sezonu na lody (1988)

The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters. ...

Special Mission (1987)

In 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland. ...

Fachowiec (1987)

Kazimierz Zaliwski was born into an intellectual family, he graduated from high school, and knows two foreign languages. The foreman, in love with his daughter, decides not to continue his studies. He wants to take a job as a locksmith in a factory. ...

Tanie pieniądze (1986)

Inmate Adam leaves prison after two years of imprisonment. He returns to his homeland with the decision to take revenge on his uncle, who handed him over to the authorities. Before that happens, however, he will accidentally get a job on the highway constr ...

Epizod Berlin West (1986)

The 1980s. Jan Bard, Polish intellectual and writer, leaves for West Berlin. He is working on another novel here. In Germany, he meets his old love Iza. He revives the feeling that once connected them. The woman is the ex-wife of the publisher of Bard's no ...

Jak się pozbyć czarnego kota? (1986)

A young engineer notices that bad luck is haunting him. The man comes to the conclusion that the source of the misfortune is his wife, Christine. He decides to take decisive steps to remedy this. ...

Invitation (1986)

The main character is Anna, an outstanding pediatrician. She survived the harsh years of war in a concentration camp and cannot accept the behavior of her daughter Natalia, who uses her connections and cares only about material goods. Anna is reminded of 1 ...

Chrześniak (1986)

The film depicts three days in the life of a state farm director, during which he celebrates his 40th birthday. He was adopted by four godfathers who have helped him throughout his life and have reached positions of prominence themselves. He makes a mistak ...

Write and Fight (1985)

A young journalist is arrested for freethinking ideas and placed in a cell with a famous safe-breaker and a former cleric, who murdered his mistress' husband. ...

Woman in a Hat (1985)

A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespear ...

111 dni letargu (1985)

A Polish writer is arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and sent to the notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw. He will spend the next 111 days fighting for survival. ...

Przeklęte oko proroka (1985)

A continuation of the story "Oko proroka", which ended with the sale of a mysterious jewel and the purchase by the Bystry family of an inn near Tarnów. Unfortunately, times in 17th-century Poland are troubled, and a curse still hangs over Hanusz and his f ...

Kamienne tablice (1984)

The film is set in 1956 in India. John Tokarski has an affair with the beautiful Margit . He is close to abandonment of wive and children, who were in the country. But one day, while in the cinema, he watches a newsreel of the shocking riots in Poznan. Dee ...

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the righ ...

Pastorale heroica (1984)

March 1945. After crossing the Oder River, one of the Polish Army units heading for Berlin encounters resistance from German defensive formations. After a fierce exchange of fire, a doctor operates on seriously wounded soldiers. Private Józef Łopuch help ...

Ostrze na ostrze (1983)

The action of the film takes place in the 17th century. Piotr Wolski returns to the country and is appointed juridic governor. A man tries to rule fairly and restore order. He soon falls in love with Konstancja, but his background causes problems. ...

Klejnot wolnego sumienia (1983)

The Republic of Poland of the 16th century. During the period of religious tolerance, the Sieniawski and Bielecki families compete with each other. ...

Na odsiecz Wiedniowi (1983)

Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it. ...

The Ambulance Will Come (1983)

After being transferred to a new position, the young doctor becomes the target of harassment by her colleagues. ...

The Turning Point (1983)

In the fall of 1945, nineteen year-old Mark Niebuhr, is accused of murder and is jailed as a prisoner of war in Warsaw, Poland. He maintains his claim of innocence throughout long periods of solitary confinement. When Mark is placed among a group of Polish ...

The Issa Valley (1982)

The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unrests am ...

Rdza (1982)

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

The Quack (1982)

A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of sever ...

Ciosy (1981)

Wiktor Wiarecki is an unsuccessful writer. He is also not successful in his personal life: Wiktor's marriage is in crisis, and his adult son wants nothing to do with his father. The turning point is the death of his friend Wiarecki, an outstanding writer S ...

Polonia Restituta (1981)

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent exist ...

Chance Meeting on the Atlantic (1980)

Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between a Polish doctor with a heart condition meeting a man he knew before. ...

Racławice. 1794 (1980)

The document describes the preparations and organizational problems related to the outbreak of the Kościuszko Insurrection and the initial phase of the fighting to the Battle of Racławice. He also devotes a lot of space to the peasant question. ...

Father of the Queen (1980)

Chevalier de Charentes goes to Poland on a double mission. ...

Śnić we śnie (1979)

A psychological drama about a mother and daughter. ...

Lesson of a Dead Language (1979)

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances. ...

Koty to dranie (1978)

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens. ...

You Will Not Have Peace (1978)

After leaving prison, Tolek plans to get revenge on his former girlfriend. ...

Doctor Judym (1975)

A young doctor from the lower classes is helped in his career by a rich woman. When he comes back from study in Paris he takes a job at a watering spa. He comes up against the owners when he tries to help the poor. ...

Nights and Days (1975)

A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The pl ...

Dom moich synów (1975)

A single woman goes to Warsaw to consult her children about an offer she received. ...

Grzech Antoniego Grudy (1975)

Promotion (1975)

After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to convince the people to modernize. ...

Zaczarowane podwórko (1974)

A mysterious Mania appears in Warsaw. The girl, together with the other children, experiences amazing adventures. ...

Awards and Decorations (1974)

A wartime drama set in a 1944 military hospital where wounded officers and staff from opposing political camps confront ideological conflict and moral uncertainty. ...

Niemcy (1974)

A wealthy German family is divided by the immorality of Nazi Germany, circa 1944. Former professional colleague, Joachim Peters, escapes from a Nazi concentration camp, and seeks refuge with his friends, the Sonnenbruchs. Torn between their duty as German ...

On the Earth and in the Sky (1974)

The drama of a young military pilot whose illness prevents him from flying and condemns him to a hopeless existence. Major Grela hoped to become the head of the test pilots' group. However, the higher command appointed Horycki, his former colleague and fri ...

Copernicus (1973)

A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres. ...

A Slip-Up (1972)

A young man strikes up an ill-fated romance with a married woman. ...

Seksolatki (1972)

Two teenagers try to live together as adults, but new responsibilities overwhelm them. ...

Obcy w lesie (1972)

A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness. ...

Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka (1971)

Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man. ...

Aktorka (1971)

A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism. ...

Kłopotliwy gość (1971)

Strange human-shaped phenomenon appears in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it. ...

Przystań (1971)

Settlers from various parts of Poland come to the Vistula Spit just after WWII. They are learning the difficult profession of fishing. The skipper Bosak and his wife are doing the best, but their peace is broken when their cousin Joanna comes to them, for ...

Mały (1970)

A student strikes up a friendship with a young uneducated construction worker to gather material for her work about worker hotels. ...

Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)

A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population. ...

Nowy (1970)

A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed. ...

Wniebowstąpienie (1969)

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures. ...

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime (1969)

Retired police captain Siwy recounts to a reporter how he undertook a final, private investigation into the suspicious death of Ewa Salm, known as "Princess." Though her testimony had secured a conviction, Siwy doubted the man's guilt and set out to uncove ...

Mistrz tańca (1969)

A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death. ...

Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies. ...

Cześć kapitanie (1968)

A spy barely makes it out of a police ambush and goes on the run, taking a young woman with him along the way. ...

Stajnia na Salvatorze (1967)

WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer. ...

Boxer (1967)

A promising but hot-headed young. boxer studies with a kind, knowing manager, grooming him for the Olympics. ...

Ktokolwiek wie... (1966)

A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search. ...

Don Gabriel (1966)

The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict. ...

Sobótki (1966)

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

Lenin in Poland (1966)

The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. ...

Zawsze w niedziele (1966)

Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at co ...

The Saragossa Manuscript (1966)

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather. ...

Niedziela sprawiedliwości (1966)

A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder. ...

The First Day of Freedom (1964)

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. ...

The Unknown (1964)

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen. ...

Wounded in the Forest (1964)

While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come. ...

Manhunter (1964)

1945. Home Army soldier who hides in the village must decide if he wants to engage into dangerous situation to help group of Jewish runaways. ...

New Year's Eve Adventure (1963)

A couple plans to spend a New Years Eve in a friend's empty apartment. ...

The Criminal and the Lady (1963)

Young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills the driver and two security guards and takes the money. The police finds out that the stolen banknotes are being spent at a fashionable spa r ...

Gangsters and Philanthropists (1963)

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom. ...

Spóźnieni przechodnie (1962)

Five short stories. (1) "Czas przybliża, czas oddala" – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Anna and, years later, writes to her sister Zofia, mistaking her for Anna. (2) "Krąg istnienia" – A girl falls for Wacek at an ice rink; pressured by fa ...

Komedianty (1962)

Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success. ...

All Souls' Day (1961)

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up. ...

The People from the Train (1961)

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station t ...

The Knave of Spades (1960)

A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals. ...

Argument About Basia (1959)

Through various misunderstandings young Basia gets into the custody of several people after her mother's death. ...

Eagle (1959)

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the ...

Ewa Wants to Sleep (1958)

Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thie ...

Kapelusz pana Anatola (1957)

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one. ...

The Real End of the Great War (1957)

Róża marries a promising young architect, Juliusz. Then World War II breaks out and within weeks Juliusz is deported to a concentration camp. Months, and then years go by, until Róża abandons any hope that her husband might return. She meets and falls ...

Wraki (1957)

Diver Antoni Barnat is falsely accused of causing an accident underwater that almost led to his fellow diver's death. Interestingly enough, they are both in love with the same girl, Teresa. ...

Trzy kobiety (1957)

Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war. ...

Land (1957)

Poland in the 50s, 20th century The process of collectivization of agriculture is under way. The wealthy Slumdog farmer is one of the last individual farmers who have not joined the cooperative and are trying to grow their own land. But it is very difficul ...

Nikodem Dyzma (1956)

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero o ...

The Hours of Hope (1955)

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards. ...

Career (1955)

Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowsk ...

Sprawa do załatwienia (1953)

A series of misfortunes plagues a journalist and his new friend. ...

Soldier of Victory (1953)

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs. ...