Marek Frąckowiak

The Butler (2018)

The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, suffers ...

Toast (2017)

Life Must Go On (2015)

When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter. ...

In Hiding (2013)

In the spring of 1944 in Poland, near the end of WWII, Janina faces a huge change in her life when her father decides to offer a shelter to his Jewish friend's daughter Ester. One day, her father is arrested and Janina starts to take care of Ester by herse ...

The Winner (2011)

Oliver (Pawel Szajda) is a talented young pianist of Polish American heritage. After breaking off his European tournée, he is forced to repay the tour organizers 250 thousand Euros. On his journey, he meets the very colorful character of (Janusz Gajos) a ...

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us (2009)

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

Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies (2007)

Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever. ...

Przedwiośnie (2001)

Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots. ...

Bajland (2000)

A black political comedy, which, as a backdrop, uses the election race and the accompanying chaos in the media. The film's protagonist is a presidential candidate in the 2000 elections in Poland who suddenly withdraws from the election campaign despite his ...

The Biggest Quarrel (1999)

The protagonists of the film are three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje. The brothers live from the cultivation of the family land. Eino works from dawn to night. Aho likes to spend time playing at a nearby inn. Laje once helps Eino, and once accompanies Aho. ...

Jak Gyom został starszym panem (1999)

A young raspberry ice cream vendor named Gyom lives with his wife Mek-Mek in Lailonia, in the city of Batum. Since he believes that only older men can get good jobs in Lailonia, he decides to change his appearance. He grows a beard and a mustache, but it t ...

O zabawkach dla dzieci (1999)

In the kingdom of Lailonia lives the merchant Pigu along with his daughter Memi. Pigu toils to sell pheasant-eating fork protectors to the people of Babylonia, and brings combs for combing camels, which the people of Lailonia immediately snatch up by payin ...

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 ...

Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line (1998)

A young TV producer struggles with his conscience when he becomes convinced that his TV program is covering up a lie, but the more he tries to reveal the truth the more uncertainty he discovers. ...

Matka swojej matki (1996)

Barbara leads a stable life, is fulfilled professionally and has a loving family. Her foster daughter Alicja, who learns that she is adopted, decides to find her biological mother. When Alicja finds the real mother, the life of the main characters changes, ...

Colonel Kwiatkowski (1996)

Military doctor Kwiatkowski, serving in a barracks hospital on the Western Territories, is rewarded with a week's leave after successfully operating on Colonel Kiziora of the UB. He and his friend steal a truck bound for Warsaw, where among the ruins of hi ...

Doctor Semmelweis (1995)

The story of famous Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis. ...

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 ...

Balanga (1993)

One night, a teacher is murdered. A police investigation soon leads to the deceased's true nature and two unlikely suspects. ...

The Spider Women (1993)

Two sisters, a journalist and a student, are struggling with financial problems. They decide to save their budget by stealing from wealthy men. They break into their apartments through windows in order to realize their American dream... ...

Damned America (1993)

Zbyszek Butryn returns to Poland from exile to help win the Solidarity elections. His children, staying in orphanages, who intend to find him, learn about his father's return. ...

Goodbye Rockefeller (1993)

Four friends work out the interests of a dishonest businessman. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Po upadku (1990)

A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception. ...

An Immoral Story (1990)

Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of makin ...

Zmowa (1990)

Christmas Eve night of 1976. In a village in the newly formed Tarnobrzeg province, a local bus hits a young married couple and a twelve-year-old boy. In the presence of numerous witnesses, the victims are beaten to death with a wheel wrench. In the afterma ...

Zabić na końcu (1990)

Two workers, bored with their current situation, decide to rob a famous movie director. ...

Gorzka miłość (1990)

Poland, 1945. Crowds of repatriates are traveling from east to west in search of new homes and loved ones lost during the war. At one of the train stations, a young woman, Hanna Powiłańska, sits among the crowd of displaced persons. The girl recalls a st ...

Triumph of the Spirit (1989)

During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment. ...

A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve' (1989)

On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear. ...

Virtuti (1989)

Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, ...

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 ...

Dotknięci (1989)

Jan weds his mentally ill wife Joanna at her insistence, but her increasing dependence on sedatives, and the clandestine extra pills supplied by Jan, their son Piotr and Jan's friend Maria, leads to Joanna's fatal overdose. Accused of murder, Jan endures ...

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. ...

Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu (1987)

The young count makes a bet with his friends about who will be the first to win the favor of a girl they meet. The opportunity to meet her arises unexpectedly quickly. ...

Starzy znajomi (1987)

Zdzicho leaves prison and tries to get his share from his former partners. ...

Fachowiec (1987)

Kazimierz Zaliwski was born into an intellectual family, he graduated from high school, and knows two foreign languages. The foreman, in love with his daughter, decides not to continue his studies. He wants to take a job as a locksmith in a factory. ...

Wielki wóz (1987)

The film is based on true events. Officers locked in a POW camp make a desperate attempt to get out. A group of daredevils undertake to dig an underground tunnel through which they can escape. We learn about their moral dilemmas, solidarity and loyalty to ...

Wcześnie urodzony (1986)

A dying man, influenced by a neighbor in the hospital room, decides to enjoy his life. ...

Epizod Berlin West (1986)

The 1980s. Jan Bard, Polish intellectual and writer, leaves for West Berlin. He is working on another novel here. In Germany, he meets his old love Iza. He revives the feeling that once connected them. The woman is the ex-wife of the publisher of Bard's no ...

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 ...

Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)

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

Sam pośród swoich (1986)

The year 1946 - a young officer between service, love, school... ...

Dłużnicy śmierci (1986)

Poland 1946. Militia looks for commander of anticommunist partisans called Grom (Thunder). It quickly comes out that militiamen have to discover a rat in their group. ...

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 ...

Przyśpieszenie (1985)

A movie director finds himself in a mid-life crisis ...

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. ...

Heads Full of Stars (1983)

Two young boys living in a small town in the east of Poland try to survive the war by working as projectionists in a local cinema. They provide entertainment to Poles, Germans and Russians alike. ...

Ostrze na ostrze (1983)

The action of the film takes place in the 17th century. Piotr Wolski returns to the country and is appointed juridic governor. A man tries to rule fairly and restore order. He soon falls in love with Konstancja, but his background causes problems. ...

Na odsiecz Wiedniowi (1983)

Film about the famous Battle of Vienna and the events surrounding it. ...

Fiasco of Operation Terror (1981)

The action-packed historical and revolutionary film about the struggle of the VCHK with the international conspiracy against the Soviet government in Russia in the beginning 20s. On the activities of Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the VCHK, People's Commissar of ...

Hra na telo (1980)

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 ...

The Refuge (1978)

In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man. ...

Kłopoty to moja specjalność (1978)

Hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe is hired to protect casino employee Miss Hunt from a wealthy heir's scheming father, and soon finds himself unraveling a deadly inheritance plot. ...

The Border (1978)

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves f ...

Merry Christmas (1977)

Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends. ...

Rebus (1977)

Social drama which addresses the problems faced by delinquent young people and how difficult it can be to change their way of life. Czesiek is a young hooligan who who comes into contact with Marek, a sociology student and tries to change his lifestyle but ...

Concert for the survivors (1977)

A picture of generational confrontations between children and parents. A young and ambitious violin virtuoso, Peter, lives in long-lasting conflicts with his father. Only after his death Peter realizes how much he had been hurting his father. Still, not ev ...

Gold Duck (1976)

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

The Fog (1976)

In the first months after the war, a period of confusion and fratricidal fighting, a Warsaw whack-job drafted into the ranks of the KBW gains the first life experiences that make him an informed citizen. Marian, a boy from Targówek, is serving in the KBW. ...

Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek (1975)

Christmas Eve is approaching. A son serving in the army mistakenly sends his parents a love letter intended for his fiancée. The father is not happy that his son is going to marry a girl from the city—he is afraid that the boy will want to stay in the c ...

Grzech Antoniego Grudy (1975)

Matylda's Birthday (1975)

Matylda reflects on her life on her 30th birthday. ...

Opis obyczajów (1973)

A group of ethnography students meet the enigmatic Mruk family while doing an internship at the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. ...

A Sketch in Six Parts (1973)

Loosely connected scenes in the life of a young student. ...

The Anatomy of Love (1972)

A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship. ...

Zabijcie czarną owcę (1972)

Young man struggles with being rejected by society. ...