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Michał Tarkowski

Michał Tarkowski

Polish actor, screenwriter and director, co-creator (together with Janusz Weiss and Jacek Kleyff ) of the cabaret group Salon Niezależnych. He received a diploma at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology in 1974, and in 1979 he graduated from the Directing Department of the Polish National Film School in Łódź . In the 1970s, he co-founded the Independent Salon cabaret. Then he mainly took up film activities. He is known mainly for roles in such films as Man of Marble and Wodzirej .

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Fear of Falling (2011)

Tomek leads a comfortable life as a TV anchor and family man when he receives a troubling message from the psychiatric hospital in his hometown: his father, whom he has not seen in years, has just been admitted. Against the advice of friends and family, no ...

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Zero (2009)

A story about love and hatred, about those who cheat and who are cheated, about violence and sex and surprising secrets which we learn within these strange twenty four hours. ...

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Afera Mięsna (2007)

A portrait of cabinet intrigues, the false aspirations of the party elite and the grinding reality of the 1960s, or "our little stability." Robert Meller and Janusz Dymek's documentary drama concerns the famous 1964 meat scandal, in which three death sente ...

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W dół kolorowym wzgórzem (2004)

The protagonist of the story is Rysiek, who, after serving a prison sentence in the Nysa Penitentiary, returns to his hometown with the intention of starting a new life. He wants to run the farm taken over from his deceased parents and win back his ex-girl ...

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Louder Than Bombs (2002)

Set in a small Polish town coming-of-age story of Marcin, a 21-year-old with a penchant for James Dean and The Smiths. After the death of his father, Marcin must contend with the funeral arrangements while hosting his buffoonish out-of-town relatives who d ...

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Kanalia (1992)

A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge. ...

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Hero of the Year (1986)

The early 1980s. A former entertainment industry star is now selling leather goods. One day, he watches a TV interview with a department store employee who smelled gas leaking and prevented a tragedy in time. This gives him an idea. With the support of his ...

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On, ona, oni (1983)

Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce. ...

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Fever (1981)

In 1905 partitioned Poland, a bomb moves through the anarchist underground as revolutionaries prepare to strike against Tsarist rule. ...

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Laureat (1980)

Professor Borusiewicz receives a high state decoration, while family and friends await him at home. ...

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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 ...

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Poza układem (1978)

The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player. ...

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Top Dog (1978)

An ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career. ...

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Man of Marble (1977)

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared. ...

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The Scar (1976)

When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction. ...

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Personnel (1976)

Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague, Sowa, is pressured to make a costume for an overbearing soloist. ...

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Slate (1976)

A short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word "Action!" and the slate. ...

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Illumination (1973)

Film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart. ...

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Movies Made By Michał Tarkowski (2)

Koncert (1982)

A free interpretation of Rockowiska '81. A recording of concerts and audience behavior, similar in form to a music video. ...

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Przerwane śniadanie braci Montgolfier (1980)

Michal Tarkovsky's twenty-minute etude begins with a long monologue in which we hear overlapping voices recorded from television. The magma of sounds appears against a background of blackness that lasts for more than a minute on the screen. We then observe ...

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