Witold Skaruch

The Last Action (2009)

When his grandson is beaten by gangsters, a Warsaw veteran gathers his war buddies to take them on. ...

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. ...

A Few People, a Little Time (2007)

The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life. ...

We're All Christs (2006)

Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intellectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek. ...

I Love You (1999)

A literary critic's quest for love takes a hopeful turn when he runs into a woman from his past, but their turbulent quirks strain their new romance. ...

Nothing Funny (1996)

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was interspers ...

Two Moons (1993)

Panoramic view of a resort town in the summer of 1930. In seventeen episodes we get a glimpse at the microcosm of its colourful inhabitants and visitors, Poles and Jews, the high society and the desperately poor. ...

Yes, Yes (1993)

Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to ...

Republika nadziei (1988)

The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in ...

The Possessed (1988)

Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are ...

The Rotter Case (1987)

A teenage boy from a respectable family, Stanisław Czajkowski, dies in mysterious circumstances in a Krakow guesthouse. His brother-in-law, Count Maksymilian Rotter, married to Stanisław's older sister, Ksawera, is accused of the murder. ...

The House of Fools (1985)

The feature film debut of director Marek Koterski. Thirty-year-old Adaś Miauczyński visits his parents, which ends with his nervous breakdown. ...

Woman in a Hat (1985)

A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespear ...

Funeral Ceremony (1985)

After the death of a respected academician, who in his private life was a tyrant and a phony, the family awaits arrival of a prodigal son to begin the ceremony. However, the deceased has prepared a vengeance for his disappointing sons... ...

The Phantom (1984)

Set in the early years of the century. A story of a country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. His current wife, had enough of his obsession and has taken a lover, who is mysteriously paralyzed. Meanwhile, main character's son gets his firs ...

Tribute to a Gray Day (1984)

The year 1943. The Second World War is on. A group of partisans, which includes, among others, the young poet Gonczar, his friend Włodek and Zosia, are ordered to blow up a railway bridge during a military transport crossing. The task is completed, but wi ...

Najlepszy kolega (1981)

A school reunion is called to commemorate Adam, who died during the Second World War while defending a bridge. Unexpectedly, Adam shows up just before the ceremony. It turns out that he was only wounded, and after a war started a family and lived an ordina ...

Bo oszalałem dla niej (1980)

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. ...

Passion (1978)

The last days in the life of Edward Dembowski (1822-1846), the organizer of the Kraków Uprising in 1846. The informal leader of the uprising, determined to fight for the unification of Polish lands and the liberation of the peasants, negotiates with other ...

The Deluge (1974)

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories. ...

Lazarus' Whims (1973)

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end. ...

Na krawędzi (1973)

A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich. ...

Journey for One Smile (1972)

Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey "for a smile," hitchhiking and using every transport they can find. ...

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. ...

I Hate Mondays (1971)

An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American. ...

Hydro-Puzzle (1971)

Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As. ...

Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters (1971)

Lives of three people intersect when they meet on a holiday in Mazury. ...

Pogoń za Adamem (1970)

A film director uses a South American premiere of his latest picture to reconnect with his old friends from the Warsaw Uprising, the protagonists of his movie. ...

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. ...

Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies. ...

Tabliczka marzenia (1968)

A fifteen-year old Ludka navigates first love and frustrations related to failures of the adult world during summer holidays. ...

Wycieczka w nieznane (1968)

A visit to Auschwitz changes the life of a young unambitious writer. ...

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 ...

Martians (1967)

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

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. ...

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. ...

Cooked Doves (1966)

A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers. ...

Back to Life Again (1965)

Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated. ...

A Lady from the Window (1964)

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

The Unknown (1964)

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen. ...

Rendes-Vous with a Spy (1964)

A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies. ...

Liczę na wasze grzechy (1964)

A popularity-hungry young journalist writes a sensationalist article on a supposed teen suicide club. ...

New Year's Eve Adventure (1963)

A couple plans to spend a New Years Eve in a friend's empty apartment. ...

White Tracks (1963)

Polish and German soldiers stuck in a Research Station in Greenland must overcome their differences and survive the unforgiving conditions. ...

How to Be Loved (1963)

An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator. ...

Pistolet typu "Walter P-38" (1963)

The People's Guard unit takes a pistol from a German soldier. It is then used as a training weapon and in actions against the occupant. ...

Mężczyźni na wyspie (1962)

Two men working as lawn mowers fight over a woman. ...

The Verdict (1962)

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it. ...

Silent Traces (1961)

A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him. ...

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. ...

Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)

A young public servant receives a house as a wedding gift, but upon arriving he finds only the doors, a military barrack and a tank hidden underground. ...

Bad Luck (1960)

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck. ...

Night Train (1959)

Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search ...

The Attempt (1959)

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera. ...

Two from the Big River (1958)

A Pole and a German fall in love to the discouragement of their parents. ...

Farewells (1958)

The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, ...

Szkice węglem (1957)

The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband. ...

Trzy starty (1955)

Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is ...

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 ...