Witold Rowicki

Manhunter (1964)

1945. Home Army soldier who hides in the village must decide if he wants to engage into dangerous situation to help group of Jewish runaways. ...

The People from the Train (1961)

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station t ...

The Stone Sky (1959)

The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness. ...

The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)

Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It ...

The Noose (1958)

A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. ...

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. ...

Warszawa (1952)

The Lonely House (1950)

Basia and her aunt live in peace far away from war efforts. One day that peace is shattered when a concentration camp prisoner, a communist activist seeks refuge in their house. ...

Devil's Ravine (1950)

Shot in the beautiful scenery of the Tatra Mountains, this sensational drama revolves around a thwarted smuggling of art pieces across the Polish-Czechoslovak border to the West. Highlander Jasiek used to be a smuggler, now he is a soldier of the Border Pr ...

The Others Will Follow (1949)

A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis, showing the activities of the left-wing underground in the occupied capital. ...

Jasne łany (1947)

A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like. ...

Portrait of a Conductor (1965)

The film shows the conductor Witold Rowicki during a rehearsal of Krzysztof Penderecki's piece entitled "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" with the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw. The outline of a perfectionist and brilliant musician emerges ...

A Fairy Tale (1952)

A recording of the performance of the symphonic poem entitled Fairy Tale by Stanislaw Moniuszko at the 'Ursus' Factory in Warsaw. It took place in 1952 and was performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Witold Rowecki. ...