Jadwiga Andrzejewska

Ortalionowy dziadek (1981)

Mr. Aleksander regularly hosts three friends who are clearly poorer than himself. Nobody knows that he is stealing nylon in cafes and restaurants. ...

Milioner (1977)

The protagonist of the film is Józek Mikuła, a "peasant worker" who runs a small farm with his mother and makes a living as a truck driver at a nearby cement plant. When one day he wins a million in a toto-lottery, news of his unexpected fortune spreads ...

The Promised Land (1975)

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town. ...

150km Per Hour (1972)

Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city. ...

Motodrama (1971)

An unassuming post office clerk finds fame and success as a motorcycle racer. ...

Cyrograf dojrzałości (1970)

18 years old boy struggles to make decisions about his future. ...

Olympic Fire (1970)

During World War 2 Polish skiers take up a fight against the Germans and become couriers, delivering mail to Budapest. ...

Poradnik matrymonialny (1968)

Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna. ...

Christmas Eve (1966)

A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve. ...

Niedziela sprawiedliwości (1966)

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

The Ashes (1965)

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the h ...

Here Is My Home (1963)

A young man, Kuba, is returning from the army. At home, an image of misery and despair remains: the father is seriously ill, and the mother has become emotionally attached to the man who exploits her and intends to take over the farm. After the death of hi ...

Rodzina Milcarków (1962)

The fate of a working-class family during the third Silesian Uprising. ...

The Impossible Goodbye (1962)

All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unl ...

Komedianty (1962)

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

Nafta (1961)

Szymek, a young man at clash with his home village takes up a job as a geologist and marries a girl whose parents dissaprove of him. ...

Time Past (1961)

Fram is in a German POW camp where brutal, cold-hearted Gestapo officers like Weber or Von Steinhagen terrorize and execute their Polish prisoners. One day Fram sees a way to escape the camp and he takes it, heading out to find his fellow resistance fighte ...

Place on Earth (1960)

A teenager finds himself torn after the death of his mother and falls on the wrong side of the law. ...

Little Town (1960)

A young couple wants to break free of the antagonistic nature of their home village. ...

The Moonwalkers (1960)

A group of street thugs assault a man, causing temporary blindness. One of them, Romek has a change of heart after this incident and decides to turn against his former friends. ...

Koniec nocy (1957)

A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour. ...

Farewell to the Devil (1957)

A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside. ...

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 ...

Under the Phrygian Star (1954)

Communist Szczęsny juggles between his revolutionary activities and love to a fellow party member Madzia in this sequel to "Cellulose". ...

The Great Way (1947)

A pair of Poles deported to Siberia are taken to the army formed by General Anders and along the battle trail. ...

Doktór Murek (1939)

The life story of Franciszek Murka, a municipal official. He is dismissed from his job as a result of unfounded slander about his alleged left-wing political past. After losing his government job, he assumes the identity of a foreigner named Franz Klamm an ...

Moi rodzice rozwodzą się (1938)

The Nałęczs have been heading toward divorce for a long time, and the only thing that connects them is their sixteen-year-old daughter, Stasia. ...

Strachy (1938)

A look at show-business through the lives of cabaret dancing girls Teresa and Linka. When their theatre is closed down, they have to move to a small town. But it turns out that one of them is pregnant and the baby's father is her ex-boss. ...

Kobiety nad przepaścią (1938)

The film presents the problem of women forced into prostitution abroad. Marysia Żurkówna is looking for a better life, she believes that when she leaves, she will go to a better world. A terrible disappointment awaits her. The "kind" people who organized ...

Girls of Nowolipki (1937)

Bronka, Franka, Amelka and Kwiryna are four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw and going to the same school. They all fight for a better future but what the future brings is usually disappointment, sometimes even tragedy. ...

Femmes (1937)

Cabman No. 13 (1937)

The story of Felek, a cab driver, who, thanks to his accidental fortune, enters the distinguished world of high society. ...

Papa się żeni (1936)

Famed singer Vinconti returns home after seventeen years abroad, reigniting past love Mira Stella, who bears his secret daughter Lili, and sparking a young reporter's shifting interest from Stella to the mysterious child. ...

Ada, Don't Do That! (1936)

Ada Dziewanowska, a spirited landowner's daughter, is sent to a Kraków boarding school to be "tamed," where she secretly appears in an operetta and unexpectedly falls in love with Fred Orzelski, ironically the very suitor her parents had long planned for ...

Wierna rzeka (1936)

1863. Bloody battles are raging. A squadron of dragoons is pursuing an insurgent. It is the wounded Prince Odrowąż. With his last ounce of strength, he makes his way to the home of the administrator Brynicki. Mija Brynicka, the steward's daughter, risks ...

Wacuś (1935)

The main character is Tadeusz Rosołek, an average civil servant who, unfortunately for him, falls in love with the beautiful Kazi. However, he does not have the courage to confess his feelings to her in person. He comes up with the idea of pretending to b ...

Life Sentence (1933)

Before the court pending trial of the girl who killed her child. She faces the death penalty. Only defender Christina, did not believe in her guilt. From Jackie she finds out how it came to this tragic event ... ...