Krzysztof Kowalewski

Krime Story. Love Story (2022)

A small-time thief and his best friend get hired to rob a wealthy businessman, but things start to go sideways once the job is done. ...

The Wedding Day (2021)

The story of a WWII tragedy in a Polish village mixed with the story of a wedding taking place in the same place 80 years later. A bitter look at a xenophobic community that forgets its own history. ...

Amateurs (2021)

Krzysiek Biuro Rzeczy Osobistych Theater (created by intellectually disabled actors) is the winner of a festival, in which the prize is a performance in a professional theater. With great joy and expectations, Krzysiek and his actors are currently working ...

Piotrek trzynastego 3: Dziecku rozmaryn (2020)

The third part of the American horror movie parody, this time targets "Rosemary's Baby" and "Halloween". ...

Proceder (2019)

The true story of rapper Tomasz Chada, a block‐born poet whose raw, brutally honest lyrics mirror his talent for falling into serious trouble. His life, defined by music as both passion and refuge, ends in unexplained circumstances, shocking his fans and ...

Me and My Father (2017)

A businessman must balance personal and professional obligations after his father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. ...

Gimbaza (2015)

Esterhazy (2010)

The story of a small Esterhazy and his research of Bunnies's Paradies that truly existed between East and West part of the Berlin Wall. ...

Lesser Evil (2009)

There is a writer who in the late 1970s managed to publish a poem in the monthly "Nowy Wyraz". It was enough to become a self-confessed writer whose name began to appear in the state media. The writer takes full advantage of his privileges - he flirts with ...

Złoty środek (2009)

Raised in Warsaw's Praga, Mirka graduated from the prestigious faculty of law. It would seem that her profession would even be detracted from the honor of a family with cunning roots. The girl's grandfather and father pride themselves on stays in numerous ...

And a Warm Heart (2008)

A businessman, spoiled by the good life, learns that he suffers from a serious heart condition. He can only survive by finding a donor immediately. In the hospital, he accidentally meets a young man whose grief and job loss have taken away all his will to ...

Richie (2007)

Chased by mafia boss Kreda over a mistaken €2 million debt, club president Ryszard Ochódzki follows consigliere Maria Wafel's advice to sell land to Father Pudło, only to hatch an even bigger bank fraud with banker Koziczek to raise the cash. Flush wit ...

Dublerzy (2006)

A couple of friends, Max and Leo spend some time in Sicily, the island that is associated with mafia. Strange events on one wedding of a mafioso's daughter near the city of Trapani, bring them back to Warsaw. Yet, the criminal leaders, particularly Don Ant ...

Ja wam pokażę! (2006)

The film follows warm-hearted journalist Judyta, whose simple and touching outlook - head sometimes in the clouds but heart always with her beloved - resonates with women of all walks of life. As she chases stories and love, Judyta learns that faith in luc ...

Never in My Life! (2004)

Judyta is a middle-aged housewife whose peaceful life suddenly falls apart due to divorce. But soon she finds the strength to carry on fighting for her happiness, a place in the sun and love of her life. ...

King Ubu (2004)

A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country. ...

The Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002)

Nikos is a master of funeral ceremonies (that's undertaker to you and me) who doesn't expect much from life. After drunkenly insulting a diplomat at a party, weird things begin to happen for Nikos. The news that a mysterious stranger offended the hated Dep ...

Jest sprawa... (2002)

The post-state farm village of Piaski in Pomerania. A deputy minister shows up in the village. He is interested in finding a bust of Lenin, in which the now deceased former secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party smuggled a diamond of enormous value, ...

In Desert and Wilderness (2001)

In Desert and Wilderness is a 2001 Polish film directed by Gavin Hood. Adapted from the 1911 novel In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, it tells the story of two kids, Staś Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, kidnapped by the rebels during Mahdi's rebe ...

Odwrócona góra albo film pod strasznym tytułem (2000)

An adaptation of the book by Jerzy Niemczuk. The protagonists are strange but friendly creatures inhabiting the heart of the forest - Tatun, Mamuna, their child Sonek and grandfather Lesavik. The grandfather's inventions - including a kite, a znikolina and ...

Operacja Koza (2000)

Adam Horn, a young Polish scientist, is conducting research to discover a substance that makes personality swapping possible. Appearing before a committee granting funds for further research, he presents a somewhat "stilted" achievement, demonstrating on h ...

Tango (1999)

The famous play by Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Maciej Englert. A 1999 production. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spona (1998)

Set in Polish high school in the year 1969, a story about a group of first year students who are trying to get through the year by finding a way around an eccentric history teacher. ...

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1997)

A television staging of the 1941 Brecht play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. ...

Nothing Funny (1996)

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was interspers ...

Horror in Happy Swamp (1995)

A grotesque story about a polluted area where gas leaking from a swamp causes noses to drop off. ...

Człowiek z... (1993)

Journalist Anna is trying to make a documentary about an opposition activist she met years ago. ...

Janka - Orły i Wilki (1993)

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

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. ...

1968. Happy New Year (1993)

Spring of 1968, Warsaw. The fight for influence between top level Communist officials is the background to a developing love story between a young couple who are engaged in student protests. Both the young couple and their parents will pay a high price for ...

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. ...

Panny i wdowy (1991)

Maidens and Widows is an epic tale of a hundred years of Polish history from the perspective of women, the titular maidens and widows. Set against the backdrop of turbulent historical events. ...

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. ...

Goryl, czyli ostatnie zadanie... (1989)

What do the Tigers Like? (1989)

Piotr tries to committ suicide after his wife leaves him. His friend Marek takes him on a trip to seaside resort Sopot to find love again. After many misadventures, Piotr tries to kill himself again, but finds love at the last moment. ...

Męskie sprawy (1989)

Young residents of a town near Poznań are getting ready to fight the Germans. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Komediantka (1987)

A young woman runs away from her home to the big city, gets a job in theatre and gets involved with shady characters. ...

Caesarean Section (1987)

H.M. Deserters (1986)

Set in 1918, this World War I drama follows a group of Austro-Hungarian soldiers—Czechs, Jews, Italians, and others—confined in a provincial barracks under German officers. Subjected to the cruelty of a sadistic lieutenant, they rebel, humiliate him, a ...

Sons and Comrades (1986)

A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests ...

Miłość z listy przebojów (1985)

Peter and Eliza are vacationing in the Mazury region. After an argument with her boyfriend, the girl leaves him and goes away. Meanwhile, Eliza's father Jul, a sculptor, organizes a reunion of former members of the student theater in which he performed yea ...

The Twenties, the Thirties (1984)

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform. ...

Rodzina Leśniewskich (1983)

Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself. ...

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 ...

Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (1982)

Hanka Ordonówna is a star of pre-war Polish cabarets. The film begins in 1942 in the Middle East, in a British military camp located near the front line. Hanka runs a shelter for homeless Polish children. In her moments of respite, the singer, who is suff ...

Jeśli się odnajdziemy (1982)

A holiday camp in Masuria is running a program called "If We Find Each Other." Its aim is to conduct a pedagogical experiment in which children from orphanages choose their own adoptive parents. Some of the children are passive, while others try to "study" ...

The Big Picnic (1981)

Rysiek is an escapee from a reform school. Julek escapes the anger of a fire brigade in a small town from which he embezzled. In search for food Rysiek breaks into a villa and discovers a bundle of cash in the freezer. They team together in Warsaw and deci ...

Teddy Bear (1981)

En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages. ...

Znak (1981)

A married couple raising a mentally ill son struggles with the thought of putting him in an institution. ...

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 ...

Playing with the Devil (1980)

The fearless soldier, Marcin Kabat, returns to his hometown from a long war. ...

Wściekły (1980)

Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in hand, has to figure out the motive for the killings as well as who the psychopath is and where h ...

Skradziona kolekcja (1979)

What Will You Do When You Catch Me? (1978)

Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorc ...

Rewizor (1977)

Is There an Eligible Girl Here? (1977)

A young country boy travels with his godfather to find a bride for him. ...

Gold Duck (1976)

The tale of "The Golden Duck" in the reality of 17th-century Warsaw. ...

Brunet Will Call (1976)

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a myster ...

Grzech Antoniego Grudy (1975)

The End of the Holiday (1975)

A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love. ...

A Jungle Book of Regulations (1974)

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once ...

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 Nest (1974)

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achiev ...

Rush Hour (1974)

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

Łukasz (1974)

The film deals with the issues of adolescents. The protagonist - Łukasz, a serious young man, falls into conflicts with his surroundings due to his uncompromising attitude. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

A Slip-Up (1972)

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

Uciec jak najbliżej (1972)

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

Lighter (1970)

A young engineer borrows a suitcase from a friend, not knowing it countains ten thousand dollars inside. Soon after the friend dies in a car crash, and a lighter found at the scene might be key to solving the case. ...

The Office (1969)

Juliusz Starzewski goes to Rome to seek justice on behalf of his father. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Miejsce dla jednego (1966)

The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter. ...

Penguin (1965)

A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party. ...

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 ...

Two Gentlemen 'N' (1962)

Kazmierz Dziewanowicz's hobby is very strange. He collects people who were born on the 29th of February. One day he sees that in his collection there are two men with the same name, the same birth place, the same date of birth and the same parents. In the ...

Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)

A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights. ...

Pan profesor (1959)

Ludwik Sempoliński as a professor at the State Higher School of Theater Arts in Warsaw. ...