Jan Englert

The Crossroads (2025)

Eighty-year-old Tadeusz lives a quiet life as a pensioner with his wife Helena. After years of working in a hospital, he wants to enjoy old age and his charming house with a garden, where they soon plan to hold their beloved granddaughter's wedding. The id ...

The Clowns (2024)

Students from the Faculty of Acting find out that their graduation film will be made by the famous director Gajda. The news is electrifying – everyone wants to be in the cast. ...

Ania (2022)

An inspiring story about Ania Przybylska, a brave girl from Gdynia who loved life and dared to make her dreams come true. The documentary is built of interviews and never-before-seen footage from private archives portraying a woman who balanced her career ...

Girls to Buy (2021)

Based on a true story, Emi — a young, ambitious girl, dreams about life outside her small town. When an opportunity arises to become an exclusive escort, she jumps in without hesitation. Soon she climbs the ranks and starts her own VIP escort service; re ...

To musi być miłość (2021)

The action of the film takes place during the magical time between Christmas and New Years. The turmoil of love brings the three sisters to the romantic Sopot, where, as part of family deliberations, they have to decide what to do with their romantic life. ...

II koncert na wiolonczelę i orkiestrę (2019)

Love Is Everything (2018)

The Christmas fever of the December time starts with the arrival of an unusual Santa to the city. It will be a storm of exceptional events. ...

Strange Heaven (2015)

Basia and Marek have been on the run their whole lives. Along with their nine-year-old daughter Ula, they experience what it's like to be an immigrant in Sweden. When a Swedish social worker visits their home, she witnesses Ula's everyday reality, as seen ...

Rybka Canero (2015)

A family crime comedy by Juliusz Machulski, written especially for the Television Theater. "Fish canero" is a bit of a comedy of errors, a bit of a study of our recent behavior, and a bit of a criminal investigation full of riddles. Funny and scary at the ...

Journey to Rome (2015)

The day's work never ends for a guard worth his salt, even when the gallery closes at seven. And Vašek is a perfect example, at least until he meets Ginger – a femme fatale who has her own plans where he's concerned. Love turns this nice lad into a thie ...

Gods (2014)

Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa. ...

Embassy (2013)

Young couple living in the old house suddenly discover an elevator which takes them directly to year 1939. ...

1939 Battle of Westerplatte (2013)

September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland. ...

Next-ex (2012)

The father of the family is searching for the perfect partner for his "royal". None of the boys he brings her is, in his eyes, a suitable candidate for her hand, and so each, sooner or later, becomes the "next-ex" of the title. This gives her daughter an i ...

Sweet Rush (2009)

As an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor by chance meets a young man who makes her feel young again. All of this is films by a director making a film about her which cuts in and out of the on camera and off camera drama. ...

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us (2009)

Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police. ...

The Corrupt (2008)

When a group of bandits accidentally kill a boy in a club, his father and sister try to find the guilty and bring them justice. ...

Ladies (2008)

Four friends are facing problems like infidelity, infertility and disease. But together, they can solve every single problem. ...

Katyn (2007)

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government offi ...

Immensity of Justice (2006)

A disengaged graduate expects his father's friend to recruit him into law, but instead learns about a murder case with a verdict he aims to challenge. ...

Loneliness in the Net (2006)

When an unhappily married woman meets a renowned scientist online, the two start to fall for each other as they exchange romantic emails. ...

Break Point (2004)

A touching love story of two pupils of the famous European tennis school - the Russian girl Asya and the Croatian Duchamp - who unexpectedly find themselves with a difficult choice: a sports career in the name of fame and international recognition or high, ...

Lord Jim (2002)

The play depicts the circumstances of the crash of an old steamer carrying Mohammedan pilgrims and Jim's attempts to rehabilitate and atone for his guilt years ago. ...

Money Is Not Everything (2001)

The protagonist of the film is a 50-year-old businessman, Tomasz Adamczyk, who wants to give up running his winery business and devote himself to his lifelong passion for philosophy. This idea does not appeal to his business partner. On top of all this, To ...

A Very Christmas Story (2000)

Crazy adventures of an accountant with a briefcase full of defrauded money, a girl desperately looking for money for her orphanage and an Angel of Death, who doesn't know anything about money and doesn't need too. Death begs God for just one day of vacatio ...

Killer 2 (1999)

Jurek Kiler has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, meeting world leaders. He must oversee a transfer of a substantial amount of gold. However, in his past activities, he has made enemies. Mighty ones. And th ...

Deserter's Gold (1998)

"Deserter's Gold", the sequel to the very popular "The Deserters", is a rich war comedy, skipping humorously around the more serious dangers of a war. Deserters Gold takes place during World War II, while the first film happened during WWI. The heroes' mis ...

The Dark Side of Venus (1998)

Ewa is a beautiful, happily married woman. One day she meets a young woman claiming to be in affair with her husband. Ewa, shocked, doesn't know whom to believe any more. ...

Killer (1997)

An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs a "killer" for a few more jobs. ...

Wirus (1996)

An unknown terrorist infects computer networks with the most important institutions in the country with the virus. It paralyzes hospitals, trains, aircraft control system. Suspicions fall on Michal, a thirty-year-old IT genius and owner of a small computer ...

Pestka (1996)

Agatha is reaching her 40s, but despite her many romances she has not started a family. She lives as if everything could still happen. She works at Polish Radio, has published several volumes of poetry and is still ready to meet a great love. Boris, whom s ...

Dama Kameliowa (1995)

The film is set in the mid-19th century. The main character of "Lady..." is Margaret Gautier - a luxurious Parisian courtesan, known for appearing at opera performances with a bouquet of white or red camellias. After the woman's death, an auction of her es ...

Death in Shallow Water (1994)

1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a target of the KGB, left their apartment one evening to fetch some cigarettes only to be found drowned in the shallow Lake Balaton the following day. Their s ...

Rat (1994)

Polish businessman Jarek Branicki organizes a beauty pageant. As the man in charge, he expects his girlfriend to win it and suggests this outcome to the judges. At the same time, however, he is on the verge of bankruptcy and tries to escape the country aft ...

SuperWizja (1993)

A world of the future where society is addicted to the drug of television. Supervision sessions create a perfect illusion of reality, making it almost impossible to return to reality. ...

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 ...

Inner State (1989)

December, 1981. World-class champion Ewa Jaskólska is looking forward to a cruise around the world with her yacht. At her farewell party, several people are present that are connected to the new Solidarnośc movement. The guests are filmed by a TV journa ...

Soccer Poker (1989)

Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international referee. He sees the prevailing arrangements, manipulations, and bribery around him. Now desperate, he decides to ...

A Little Girl from the Hotel 'Excelsior' (1988)

Jan, an accountant at pre-retirement age, is on holiday at the Baltic Sea with his wife. He doesn't enjoy her company. He doesn't enjoy other people's company either. The resort's atmosphere makes him sick. One day he meets a mysterious girl on the beach. ...

The Magnate (1987)

This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. ...

Weryfikacja (1987)

Martial Law in Poland. Marek the journalist steals a truck and starts his quest. ...

Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life. ...

In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles (1985)

In a country house at the turn of a century live a family of eccentrics. Anastasia, the beautiful mistress of the manor, enjoys the amorous attentions of her stepson Blarney so openly that her husband Diapanasius takes out his shotgun and shoots her. The r ...

Baryton (1985)

A famous opera singer comes to his hometown in Poland, where he loses his voice. ...

Hania (1984)

Young master Henry and his peer, the son of a rich Tatar landowner Salim Mirza, fall in love with the same girl. Hania is an orphan, the daughter of Henry's father's faithful servant. There is a fierce rivalry between the young men for the girl's favor, an ...

Ivy (1984)

Kinga, a divorced woman raising her daughter Emilka, decides to change her professional life and start writing a book. Personal matters and problems with finding common ground with her child, however, throw her off balance. ...

Soból i panna (1984)

A young landowner, Michal Rajecki, falls in love with a beautiful country girl, Warszulka, with reciprocity. During one of their trysts, Rajecki gives the girl hope for a future together. Eventually, however, he begins to realize that a misalliance would c ...

Passerby (1984)

The protagonist of "Passerby" is writer and filmmaker Tadeusz Konwicki. His story, which reflects the paradoxes of the 20th century history, is commented by means of fragments of his films, documentary newsreels and stage productions. ...

The Window (1983)

Krzysztof, a 30-something writer has been on a downward spiral ever since the success of his first novel. Struggling to compete his new work, the "Book of All Books" he retreats into alcoholism when he meets Basia, with whom he begins a volatile relationsh ...

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 ...

Ukryty w słońcu (1980)

Artist Janek is waiting for his beloved Joanna. He is worried because he has a feeling that there has been a tragedy the night before. After an hour of waiting, the man departs. He keeps reminiscing about Joanna all the time. ...

Father of the Queen (1980)

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

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 ...

Rodzina Połanieckich (1979)

The love story of Stanisław Połaniecki and the beautiful Marynia Pławicka, set in the scenery of manor houses and Warsaw from the end of the 19th century. ...

The Gorgon Case (1977)

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the g ...

Operation Arsenal (1977)

In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, teenage scouts Alek, Rudy, and Zośka risk their lives pulling down a swastika and hoisting the Polish flag atop the German "Zachęta" cultural center and then blowing up a mobile propaganda cinema. ...

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. ...

Doomed Souls (1975)

The events of the film are related to the Civil War in Spain. This is a film about the beauty of love - exotic and tragic and the maze of human feelings. ...

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 ...

Dwoje bliskich obcych ludzi (1974)

A young couple decides to divorce. ...

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. ...

To Kill This Love (1972)

A dramatization of problems faced by a young couple in 1970's Poland - job uncertainty, conflicts with parents, living together, unfaithfulness. ...

A Slip-Up (1972)

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

Salvation (1972)

A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him ...

Dama pikowa (1972)

A young engineer tries to get a card secret from a dying countess that allows him to make a fortune. ...

Pearl in the Crown (1972)

When it is discovered that the Zygmunt mine in Upper Silesia has been deemed unprofitable and is to be closed by flooding, the miners go on strike and a violent demonstration ensues. ...

Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin (1971)

In this the fourth episode, "Battle of Berlin," the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies. ...

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. ...

Nuremberg Epilogue (1971)

Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV. ...

Wawelski convuntus dowódców (1970)

A TV special - host Irena Dziedzic interviews notable figures of Polish history at the Wawel Castle. ...

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. ...

Cyrograf dojrzałości (1970)

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

Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire Bulge (1970)

The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the activities of headquarters ...

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough (1970)

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they ...

The Taste of the Black Earth (1970)

During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands. ...

More Than Life At Stake Part Four (1969)

The fourth of six episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 8 and 9. ...

Makbet (1969)

A staging of William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed in 1969 by Andrzej Wajda. The roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are played by Tadeusz Łomnicki and Magda Zawadzka - actors who at that time gained popularity in the series "Pan Wołodyjowski". This perv ...

Korn's Password (1968)

An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn. ...

The Contribution (1967)

A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now Paweł must choose between helping his loved ones and staying loyal to the underground. ...

Boxer (1967)

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

The Night of the Generals (1967)

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. ...

Maria and Napoleon (1966)

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to ...

Love at Twenty (1962)

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson. ...

Kanal (1957)

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However ...

Rat (1994)

Polish businessman Jarek Branicki organizes a beauty pageant. As the man in charge, he expects his girlfriend to win it and suggests this outcome to the judges. At the same time, however, he is on the verge of bankruptcy and tries to escape the country aft ...