Witold Dederko

Wherever You Are... (1988)

An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II. ...

Jedenaste przykazanie (1988)

A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out. ...

Sonata marymoncka (1988)

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

Der Schimmelreiter (1985)

This film, based on a story by Theodor Storm, revolves around the young Hauke Haien, who lives near the sea and improves the safety of the inhabitants with his new ideas for building dykes. However, his new methods and his rejection of conservative traditi ...

The Scream (1983)

A woman just out of prison gets a job in a nursing home and tries, unsuccessfully, to put her life back together. ...

Lesson of a Dead Language (1979)

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances. ...

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 ...

Koty to dranie (1978)

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens. ...

Ostatnie takie trio (1977)

Jarosław Dąbrowski (1976)

A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist. ...

Doctor Judym (1975)

A young doctor from the lower classes is helped in his career by a rich woman. When he comes back from study in Paris he takes a job at a watering spa. He comes up against the owners when he tries to help the poor. ...

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 ...

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. ...

The Promised Land (1975)

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town. ...

It's Spring, Sergeant (1974)

In Trzebiatów, a small town, there is an unusual bustle. A crowd of residents has gathered in the market square to welcome their beloved MO sergeant, Władysław Lichniak. The sergeant has just returned from his written high school final exam. The residen ...

The Peasants (1973)

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkows ...

Na przełaj (1972)

After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality. ...

Through Nine Bridges (1972)

A mother carries her sick baby through nine bridges, believing a superstition that it will cure it. ...

Obcy w lesie (1972)

A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness. ...

Pearl in the Crown (1972)

When it is discovered that the Zygmunt mine in Upper Silesia has been deemed unprofitable and is to be closed by flooding, the miners go on strike and a violent demonstration ensues. ...

Złote koło (1971)

An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime. ...

Kaszëbë (1971)

A disturbed woman, still reeling over the death of her lover finds solace in a Swedish sailor amidst the regional conflicts of the late nineteenth century. ...

Książę sezonu (1970)

Stefan Pulman, a lonely Varsovian, spends his vacation every year in a quiet guesthouse. He makes very real marriage plans. The object of his sighs is beautiful Susanna. ...

Abel, Your Brother (1970)

A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences. ...

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. ...

Wniebowstąpienie (1969)

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures. ...

Hunting Flies (1969)

Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Włodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive fo ...

Skok (1969)

Everything for Sale (1969)

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up. ...

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 Siding (1968)

A journalist is preparing to take a train trip, when he is confronted by the spirit of professor Ryszpans who tells what happened to him. When he boarded a train standing on a siding, he encountered trackman Wiór with a newspaper informing about the crash ...

Ktokolwiek wie... (1966)

A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search. ...