Wojciech Siemion

Taxi A (2011)

"No one said life was beautiful." - hears business shark Andrew one day, learning that his shrewd partner and unfaithful wife have jointly let him off with his socks. Persecuted by a malicious bailiff, the heartbroken man is already considering saying good ...

The Last Action (2009)

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

Niezawodny system (2008)

A cheerful story about an old lady trying to correct a past mistake and recover a priceless necklace. The heroine develops a foolproof system to ensure that she wins at the casino. The actions of the aged lady attract the interest of a young gambler. He de ...

Satan from the 7th Grade (2007)

A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion. ...

King Ubu (2004)

A grotesque Shakespearean tale of Ubu who comes to power in a bloody way. When his absurd reforms fail and the treasury gets empty, Ubu and his flatterers start implementing terror across the country. ...

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. ...

Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure (2001)

Rose, an older woman living in Paris was born in Poland as a daughter of an aristocratic family. Her family house is now an impoverished home for the elderly. ...

Bigda is Coming! (1999)

The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the people came to the fore. In fact, he turned out to be a cunning populist and an immoral politician, ready fo ...

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1997)

A television staging of the 1941 Brecht play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. ...

Doctor Semmelweis (1995)

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

Sequence of Feelings (1993)

A renowned actor, Rafal Nawrot, is invited to play the main part in a theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet" in a backwater town. Upon arriving he realizes his mistake and is packing to leave when Julia, a beautiful blonde teenager appears at his hotel r ...

Rodzina Leśniewskich (1983)

Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself. ...

Filip z konopi (1981)

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 ...

Wolna sobota (1977)

Legenda a nyúlpaprikásról (1975)

Gazsi, the protagonist of the novel, comes from the very edge of the society of the small village; he is an unliveable, helpless, simple-minded person. The only thing he dreams of is a rabbit paprika. However, when the dream could come true, as he takes pa ...

Victory (1975)

This film was created by combining and shortening the films Kierunek Berlin (Destination Berlin) and Ostatnie dni (The Last Days). It presents the final phase of the great offensive of 1945, which ended with the capture of Berlin, from the perspective of a ...

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. ...

A Jungle Book of Regulations (1974)

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once ...

Man - Woman Wanted (1973)

Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking mean ...

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. ...

Pejzaż z bohaterem (1971)

Psychological drama: a teacher's internal moral conflict, who wins the students' sympathy and respect by devising a heroic war life story. ...

Ferry (1970)

1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines. ...

Co jest w człowieku w środku (1969)

A police chief conducts a an investigation into murder, of which a local recluse is suspected. ...

Ostatnie dni (1969)

As the Polish Army continues its march into Berlin corporal Naróg is tasked with delivering important documents to the staff headquarters. ...

Kierunek Berlin (1969)

Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2. ...

Poradnik matrymonialny (1968)

Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna. ...

When Love Was a Crime (1968)

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler's "racial purity" law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany. ...

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One (1968)

The first of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 1 and 2. "The plot follows the adventures of the heroic crew of the Soviet tank "Rudy" and their loyal dog Szarik as they fight across the Eastern Front in Wo ...

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. ...

Zawsze w niedziele (1966)

Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at co ...

Sposób bycia (1966)

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life. ...

Salto (1965)

A man jumps off a moving train and goes to a small town to face its inhabitants, who seem familiar, but odd. ...

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. ...

Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)

The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed i ...

Barwy walki (1964)

Świętokrzyskie Mountains, 1944. A People's Army unit receives orders to transport a party delegate outside the front line, while heavy fighting is going on between the Germans and resistance fighters in the region. ...

Czarne skrzydła (1963)

The miners of one of the mines in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie receive news about the planned layoffs. The miners decide to organize a strike. One of the local MPs is trying to prevent this from happening. The French mine owner makes a dangerous decision - he or ...

The Lost Bridge (1963)

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terroris ...

Skąpani w ogniu (1963)

Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there. ...

Gold Dreams (1962)

The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible. ...

Mord ohne Sühne (1962)

Based on an authentic case from the 1920s. The head country constable Heinz Lippert arrests the Polish farm worker Jakubowski on suspicion of murdering a child - his adopted son. Although he has insufficient evidence, public prosecutor Becker takes the cas ...

Opening Tomorrow (1962)

A budding playwright is thrilled to find out that his play will be performed at a prestigious theater, but a series of problems pile up, along with the general feeling that opening night will be disastrous. ...

Hospital (1962)

Confined to a hospital room, a seemingly healthy man endures a surreal night as his space is invaded by a procession of bizarre, dreamlike visitors—many linked to the imagery of railroads. Blurring reality with hallucination, the film transforms the ward ...

Birth Certificate (1961)

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In "On the Road," the two main protagonists are lost in the September's strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless document ...

Marysia i Krasnoludki (1961)

King Błystek of the Dwarf Kingdom, wary of Winter sends his chronicler, Koszałek to search for signs of Spring. ...

I Survived Certain Death (1960)

Telling the prisoners of a death camp. Boxer Tony Majer, who got into a concentration camp for a fight with the Gestapo, remembers the murderous work in quarries, on the cruel torture of the Nazis and prison solidarity that helped him survive. ...

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. ...

Polar Bear (1959)

A Jewish man who escapes a Nazi transport hides in a Polish ski resort town by posing for photos with tourists dressed as a polar bear. ...

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. ...

Eroica (1958)

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one ...

Men of the Blue Cross (1955)

The final film produced by Warsaw's Documentary Film Studio is an epic re-enactment of a treacherous mission by the Voluntary Tatra Mountain Rescue Service to aid colleagues stranded behind enemy lines at the close of World War II (several real participant ...

Difficult Love (1954)

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperati ...

Adventure in Marienstadt (1954)

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. ...

Załoga (1952)

Antek is an inexperienced seaman favored by his teachers. On his first trip to the sea he learns the hardships of the work and almost causes a tragedy. ...