Jan Machulski

The Last Action (2009)

When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on. ...

Nie ma takiego numeru (2007)

A classic of cinema with a twist, that is, the story of how to intelligently empty the casino safe where the gambling underworld launders government money. The young team, which can't miss a trusted butler, an experienced gambler, an attractive thief and a ...

Love in an Underground Passage (2007)

Another film from the TV series "Polish Holidays", this time illustrating a holiday not entirely Polish, but already firmly rooted in the native reality - Valentine's Day. The script for it was written by Jerzy Pilch. For the famous writer, winner of the N ...

Olek (2006)

When in a small village appears a little boy named Olek, the life of its inhabitants change. Olek senses danger. ...

Emilia (2005)

"Emilia" is a parody of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelia". The title heroine was brought up in very specific conditions. Her parents could not transfer enough affection and knowledge to the growing child. Therefore, the girl created her own inner world in her ...

1409. Afera na zamku Bartenstein (2005)

On the outskirts of the monastic state stands the small, neglected Bartenstein Castle. Its residents are exceptionally exceptional Teutonic Knights. Their swords are deadly.... For themselves. Not far from the castle, a village of clever craftsmen flourish ...

Vinci (2004)

The sophisticated thief of art Robert "Cuma" Cumiński is released on probation from the local prison by the corrupt Doctor Wiaderny to organize the theft of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci painting "Lady with Ermine" for the dealer Gruby. Three years ago, Cu ...

Miss Wet T-Shirt (2003)

"Miss Wet T-Shirt" is a humorous and thought-provoking story of a widowed man in his fifties who rebels against the degradation of the world around him, full of corruption and moral ambiguity. Władysław did not always act honestly in life, so his wife le ...

D.I.L. (2002)

On a side street, Darek Krycki picks up the "goods." The delivery man is Kruger, a local mafioso. The package, which Krycki hides in the glove compartment of his car, contains four times more drugs than usual. A few minutes later he is stopped by the polic ...

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 ...

Unser fremdes Kind (1998)

Anna and Pawel Kowalski lead a happy life in Gdansk, Poland, until their 8 year old son Tomek gets hit by a car. Not only is Tomek badly injured, his father proves not to be suitable as a blood donator. Pawel accuses his wife of betrayal of confidence, but ...

Przystań (1997)

Karolina works in an elementary school in the province. She passively waits for a great love. Life seems empty and colorless to her. Karolina's friend Jola, who decides to take fate into her own hands, has a different attitude to reality. This does not alw ...

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. ...

Cudze szczęście (1997)

On the same day, two women, Anna from Poland and Maria from Germany, give birth to sons in a hospital in Gdańsk. Eight years pass, and there is no indication that their paths will ever cross. However, one day, Anna's son Tomek has an accident. When his fa ...

Polish Death (1995)

Young man frustrated with his life and pointless job becomes one of the suspects in serial killer investigation, but he suspects someone else... ...

Pigs 2: The Last Blood (1994)

Franz Maurer, a compromised cop, former officer of the criminal department of the Warsaw's police, is released from prison where he was doing time for his brutality and murders. He is awaited by Nowy, a former police colleague. Franz tries to go straight s ...

The Pigs (1992)

In post-communist Poland, former secret police agent Franz Maurer works as a regular cop pursuing a major drug ring. As he and his old comrades lose their privileges and face public scorn in the new reality, Franz realizes that some of his former colleague ...

Squadron (1992)

A young Russian aristocrat, Baron Fyodor Jeremin, volunteers to serve with a Dragon squadron to impress the girl who rejected his love. Just at this time the 1863 insurrection explodes in Poland. He enlists to serve in the army being sent to suppress the r ...

Déjà vu (1990)

After Mick Nich, a 1930's Chicago gangster, sells out his own gang to the police, the Mafia hires the best hitman in town, Johnny Pollack, to follow him to Odessa, USSR. Upon arrival, Pollack loses his memory and goes on various adventures with a group of ...

Creation (1989)

A music conductor, and family man, gets involved in a tragic accident. Luckily the operating surgeon has developed a pioneering medical solution. Loosely based on Roald Dahl's short story "William And Mary". ...

State of Fear (1989)

Realistic depiction of the Polish martial law in 1981. John Malecki is a young actor with good career prospects in a Warsaw theater, preparing to play Hamlet, his dream role. John plans to go to Sweden. Any involvement with the new Solidarnośc movement m ...

Kill Me, Cop (1988)

The story is a duel between criminal-on- the-run and the cop who put him behind the bars the first time around. ...

Sonata marymoncka (1988)

Main character, Rysiek, tries to live through dangerous times of war-torn and later stalinist Poland. ...

King Size (1988)

The story follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the ...

And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust. ...

Inner Life (1987)

The life of a grumpy 40-year-old man living with his wife in a high-rise block. Every day is like the other - quarrels over dinner, taking out garbage, annoying neighbours, rides in elevators, lost socks. He hates everybody, especially his wife. Not even s ...

The Young Magician (1987)

A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic a ...

Vabank II (1985)

A sequel to "Vabank" (1981), introduces the same characters entangled in a duel between a former safecracker and a crooked bank manager. ...

An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill (1983)

A historical drama about Barbara Radziwiłł, whose controversial love affair and marriage with King Sigismund II Augustus defied political opposition in 16th-century Poland. The film follows their romance, Barbara's untimely death, and her posthumous retu ...

Vabank (1981)

October 1934. Poland. Famous bank robber Kwinto decided to quit his dangerous criminal job, but after his friend's death, he changed his mind and organized a burglary of famous and well protected bank which belonged to his former partner in crime, backstab ...

Zrcadlení (1978)

A 50-year-old foreign trade executive meets a 20-year-old student at a trade fair in Brno. The relationship triggers confrontational memories of his own youth and ideals... ...

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 ...

Wolna sobota (1977)

The Decoy Duck (1974)

A young Bulgarian inspector Georgiev is in Warsaw to lead an operation to defraud and capture a Dutch-based gang leader involved in currency crimes. To accomplish this task, he needs to use Jeanne as a "decoy duck". She's Bulgarian, married to a gang membe ...

Z tamtej strony tęczy (1973)

Teresa is an attractive 30-year-old doctor. She divides her stable life between work, caring for her younger sister Ania, a high school student, and her romance with Jan, a well-off lawyer who wants to marry her. However, Teresa postpones her decision to m ...

Journey for One Smile (1972)

Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey "for a smile," hitchhiking and using every transport they can find. ...

Pogoń za Adamem (1970)

A film director uses a South American premiere of his latest picture to reconnect with his old friends from the Warsaw Uprising, the protagonists of his movie. ...

Prawdziwie magiczny sklep (1970)

A father takes his son to a truly magical toy store. ...

Album polski (1970)

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Rzeczpospolita babska (1969)

After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby. ...

The Game (1969)

Professionally active, childless, married woman loses her father during a business trip. With an overwhelming sense of transience and the fear of death, she doubts her attachment to her husband. It turns out that in marriage, too, he only plays his part, w ...

The Doll (1968)

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended t ...

First Pavilion (1968)

A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a house where his former mentor, a professor, is conducting experiments on shrinking humans. ...

Associate Professor H. (1968)

Professor H., obsessed with replacing humans through artificial beings, has created Traumer—an unsettlingly perfect assistant whose cold efficiency conceals an unnatural origin. Believing he has found the ideal subject for his next experiment, the profes ...

Tabliczka marzenia (1968)

A fifteen-year old Ludka navigates first love and frustrations related to failures of the adult world during summer holidays. ...

Roly Poly (1968)

The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox? ...

The Vampire (1968)

Gothic story based on novella by Aleksey Tolstoy. ...

Wycieczka w nieznane (1968)

A visit to Auschwitz changes the life of a young unambitious writer. ...

The Lodger (1967)

A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women. ...

Nightingales of Poznań (1966)

A twelve-year-old choir boy is going through a crisis caused by problems in his parents' marriage. ...

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. ...

Wyspa złoczyńców (1965)

A young museum worker sets out to find a treasure hidden in a small town. ...

Rachunek sumienia (1964)

The wrongly convicted Roman leaves prison and tries to return to his earlier life. ...

Avatar: The Exchange of Souls (1964)

Count Olgierd Łabiński lives in Paris with his beloved wife, but their quiet life is disturbed by the arrival of Octavius de Saville, a former admirer of the Countess from her days in Florence. Obsessed with possessing her, Octavius seeks out Dr. Cherbon ...

Mrs. Hanka's Diary (1963)

The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs. ...

Far Is the Road (1963)

After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland. ...

I ty zostaniesz Indianinem (1962)

Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal. ...

Drugi człowiek (1961)

A man just released from prison protects a woman from a group of thugs while on his way home. ...

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto (1961)

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945. ...

Visit of a President (1961)

A little boy, craving for his father's attention, imagines a made-up "Mr. President" who looks just like his father but is caring and attentive. ...

It Started Yesterday (1961)

Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town. ...

Coloured Stockings (1960)

The film consists of two parts. In the first, the protagonist is Matilda. Her dream is fashionable stockings, which she cannot afford. She becomes the laughing stock of the school when she appears in stockings sewn by her grandmother. The humiliation leads ...

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 ...

Free City (1958)

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II. ...

Historia jednego myśliwca (1958)

The film follows the exploits of Stefan as he fights against the Nazis as a RAF pilot. ...

The Last Day of Summer (1958)

A subtle tale of a confrontation between two lonely people, one from which true understanding cannot seemingly result. ...

The Noose (1958)

A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. ...

A Generation (1955)

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight o ...

Three Stories (1953)

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