Ludwik Benoit

Priest Daens (1992)

In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns fo ...

Milky Way (1991)

An elderly man looks to a mysterious old woman to help him regain his youth, but the woman has her own agenda. ...

Pan Samochodzik i praskie tajemnice (1989)

A Polish criminalist specialises in various historical mysteries. He is aided by a miraculous car, with the help of which he also reaches Prague, where he unravels ancient cabalistic mysteries. ...

Swan Song (1988)

After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: "The Flame". The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes ...

Sonata marymoncka (1988)

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

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. ...

Pan Samochodzik i niesamowity dwór (1987)

The adventures of a motorized museum worker in a mansion full of free-spirited... ...

The Ring and the Rose (1987)

A messenger of King Padella arrives at the castle of King Valoroz XXIV of Paflagonia. He announces the arrival of Prince Bulba, who wants to ask for the hand of Princess Angelica. Lulejko, Valoroz's nephew and rightful ruler, lies in a fever. He is cared f ...

Axiliad (1986)

A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect. ...

Big Bang (1986)

A UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as hospitable as possible for the unexpected alien guests. ...

Zátah (1986)

A pair of criminals, an escaped prisoner and a young thief, are about to make a joint, obviously illegal, escape across the border. They escape for a long time, even managing to infiltrate Polish territory. They head for the coast, from where they intend t ...

The Lullaby (1986)

The movie consists of three novellas, the events of which take place during World War II. The first, "White Daisies", tells how a Polish priest saves a Jewish boy who survived a mass shooting. Another movie story, "Desolation," is about a ghetto boy in lov ...

Fucha (1985)

Stonemasons take part in the restoration of a historic tomb. ...

Fetysz (1984)

The Ambulance Will Come (1983)

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

Pełnia nad głowami (1983)

Set in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an impersonated devil appears in its place. The local leader and priest try to make him go away by different ways. ...

Father of the Queen (1980)

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

Placówka (1979)

The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not ...

Aria for an Athlete (1979)

Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his streng ...

Pies (1979)

The short film takes place on the set of a costume drama. The main character is an extra—one of the soldiers climbing a pile of earth in full uniform. The emaciated man steals a hare, for which he is fired from his job. The director believes that he coul ...

Proszę słonia (1978)

Young Pinio gives his porcelain elephant Dominik vitamins, after which he becomes real, and the two set off on new adventures. ...

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 ...

Padalce (1974)

An old farmer comes into conflict with his daughter and son-in-law, who value the teaching profession more than farming. ...

Janosik (1974)

In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants. ...

The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares. ...

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. ...

How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)

On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Po ...

Przygoda Stasia (1970)

The action takes place in the Polish countryside in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is a few months old Staś, son of the blacksmith Józef and Małgorzata, from whose perspective we see the conflict of his parents with the local or ...

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 ...

Komedie pomyłek (1968)

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Kochajmy syrenki (1967)

Polish musical comedy. The film focuses on two friends who spend their vacation in the beautiful countryside of Mazury. They buy a very nice car (Syrenka), but in order to pay for it the men need to start working as solicitors for a notable art impresario ...

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1967)

A stranger shows up in an American town, promising a reward for the person who once helped him out of trouble. ...

Martians (1967)

Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities. ...

Hell and Heaven (1966)

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos. ...

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. ...

The Holy War (1965)

To secure their team's success, dedicated football fans (Boleslaw Plotnicki, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz) plot to kidnap their opponents' star player (Andrzej Kopiczynski). ...

A Lady from the Window (1964)

Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families. ...

Good Sins (1963)

A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way. ...

Kryptonim Nektar (1963)

A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market. ...

The Two Who Stole the Moon (1962)

Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They se ...

Rzeczywistość (1961)

The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc. ...

Ostrożnie yeti (1961)

Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, fr ...

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. ...

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. ...

Inspekcja pana Anatola (1959)

PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers. ...

Pan Anatol szuka miliona (1959)

Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery. ...

Pills for Aurelia (1958)

Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo. ...

Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru (1958)

A shy lawyer tries to win the hand of a beautiful girl and hilarities ensue. ...

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 ...

Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (1956)

Two friends think that they've discovered a dangerous spy hiding in a mine shaft. ...

Podhale w ogniu (1956)

Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski. ...

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 ...

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". ...

Not Far from Warsaw (1954)

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks. ...

Cellulose (1954)

Through the fate of the boy - whose hunger drives from his home village , and who receives a severe school of life , going through different social environments in order to become conscious , revolutionary activist - creators show a realistic panorama of c ...

Five Boys from Barska Street (1954)

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of their profiteer-boss. ...

Gromada (1952)

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers. ...

The Warsaw Debut (1951)

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka". ...