Zdzisław Maklakiewicz

Long Night (1989)

The residents of an apartment complex in World War 2 Poland face a moral dilemma when they discover one of their neighbours is hiding a Jew. ...

Heads Full of Stars (1983)

Two young boys living in a small town in the east of Poland try to survive the war by working as projectionists in a local cinema. They provide entertainment to Poles, Germans and Russians alike. ...

Dog (1981)

A young couple's dog becomes a subject of crutiny by the other residents of their apartment complex, setting off a bureacratic nightmare in this satire of Polish society. ...

Gwiazda Wytrwałości (1981)

Officers of the 5th Horse Rifle Regiment of the 1st Armored Division go to Brussels, where they meet Joachim Lelewel. To verify the story, the press officer of the division goes to Brussels. ...

A Party for Ten, Plus Three (1980)

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way. ...

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 ...

Rekolekcje (1978)

Two artists conduct philosophical disputes about practicing art. ...

Merry Christmas (1977)

Two men go to Warsaw to sell Christmas trees and meet old friends. ...

Milioner (1977)

The protagonist of the film is Józek Mikuła, a "peasant worker" who runs a small farm with his mother and makes a living as a truck driver at a nearby cement plant. When one day he wins a million in a toto-lottery, news of his unexpected fortune spreads ...

Karino (1977)

The horse Karino is born during winter and when his mother dies, a young woman starts to care for the helpless foal. Their adventures together are followed during the years to come, from the age of a newborn to the time when Karino's a full-grown competiti ...

Zofia (1976)

Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter's family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter's home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her s ...

Brunet Will Call (1976)

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a myster ...

Pictures from Life (1976)

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland. ...

Hotel Pacific (1975)

Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell. ...

Grzech Antoniego Grudy (1975)

Hazardziści (1975)

The screenplay is based on an authentic story of a robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Poland in Wolow. The thing took place in 1962, 12 million zlotys were stolen. For some time the perpetrators remained at large. Soon, however, the police came ac ...

The Beard (1974)

Unconventional pedagogical methods of a new teacher raise concerns of the provincial school's principal. ...

How It's Done (1974)

Two ambitious men - one a self-described director, another a self-described writer, meet on a train to Zakopane and decide to make a movie together. ...

Take It Easy (1974)

The main characters are the same two quarreling peasant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit ...

Brzydkie kaczątko (1974)

A reimagination of the classic fairy tale into the reality of 1970's Poland. ...

Her Portrait (1974)

Danka was an unwanted child. From an early age she had to cope on her own. Despite harsh conditions and difficult experiences, she has not lost her dignity, has remained true to her ideals, and has a sense of integrity and honesty. When the opportunity to ...

Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne (1973)

A group of middle-aged men takes a bus trip to the Black Sea, having to put up with the border guard, accommodation and their guide, a film school student. ...

The Ascended (1973)

Two simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives. ...

Possession (1973)

A married couple is unsuccessfully trying to have a child. The woman decides to bring her husband closer to another woman. ...

Siedem czerwonych róż, czyli Benek kwiaciarz o sobie i o innych (1973)

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia. ...

Personal Search (1973)

Two women trying to smuggle western goods back to Poland have only a few hours to convince a dedicated customs officer to take a bribe and let them pass. ...

Na krawędzi (1973)

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

How Far, How Near (1972)

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way. ...

Seksolatki (1972)

Two teenagers try to live together as adults, but new responsibilities overwhelm them. ...

The Sun Rises Once a Day (1972)

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts. ...

Obcy w lesie (1972)

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

Leprosy (1971)

When Stanisław Czermień is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real criminal. ...

Nos (1971)

An ambitious civil servant's career dreams are shattered when his nose falls off. All the worse, the nose starts living its own life and achieves the success its former owner wanted. ...

Aktorka (1971)

A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism. ...

Motodrama (1971)

An unassuming post office clerk finds fame and success as a motorcycle racer. ...

The Woodpecker (1971)

A man approaching middle age gets more than he bargained for when he tries having an extramarital affair while his wife is away. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters (1971)

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

Przystań (1971)

Settlers from various parts of Poland come to the Vistula Spit just after WWII. They are learning the difficult profession of fishing. The skipper Bosak and his wife are doing the best, but their peace is broken when their cousin Joanna comes to them, for ...

Facing the Truth (1970)

After an accident in a smelter plant kills two workers a crane operator decides to take full responsibility. ...

The Cruise (1970)

A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers and cr ...

Cyrograf dojrzałości (1970)

18 years old boy struggles to make decisions about his future. ...

A Hole in the Ground (1970)

An ambitious, enthusiastic young geologist is entangled in bureaucratic red tape when he tries to drill for oil. Frustrated with the situation, he torches an abandoned mill, ignores his girlfriend, and fights with his friends who do not share his exuberanc ...

How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms (1970)

After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Forei ...

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends (1970)

Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, h ...

Red Rowan (1970)

The Polish Army fights to liberate Kołobrzeg from the Germans in the final months of World War 2. ...

The Office (1969)

Juliusz Starzewski goes to Rome to seek justice on behalf of his father. ...

Co jest w człowieku w środku (1969)

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

Kwestia sumienia (1969)

During the Civil War, two soldiers fighting on opposite sides meet. ...

The Red and the Gold (1969)

An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War. ...

Adventure with a Song (1969)

Based on motifs from Jurandot and Sart's operetta "Miss Polonia," this musical comedy tells the story of a star of the Opole Festival who tries to make a career in Paris. After winning the Audience Award at the Opole Festival, young singer Mariola leaves f ...

The Doll (1968)

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended t ...

Ostatni po Bogu (1968)

Tensions rise between a crew of a submarine when an accident causes it to settle at the bottom of the sea. ...

Komedie pomyłek (1968)

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works. ...

The Barrel Organ (1968)

This drama follows a lawyer who, averse to the sound of a barrel organ, changes his outlook upon meeting a blind girl. Based on the short story by Bolesław Prus. ...

Matthew's Days (1968)

A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working sibling, taking odd jobs as he gets them to secure his meager earnings. When he brings home a woodcu ...

Wycieczka w nieznane (1968)

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

Zabijaka (1967)

A moral story about two people who have completely different attitudes to life and people. The duel of the heroes ends tragically. ...

Father (1967)

A young boy must go to school with his father. ...

Full Ahead (1967)

Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures. ...

Frozen Flashes (1967)

In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But the British doubt the authenticity of the so called "Oslo report". Thus, the Germans continue their expe ...

Boxer (1967)

A promising but hot-headed young. boxer studies with a kind, knowing manager, grooming him for the Olympics. ...

Śmierć w środkowym pokoju (1967)

The Gestapo searches one of the apartments in Warsaw. It comes to a tragedy. ...

Komedia z pomyłek (1967)

The action takes place in the second half of the 19th century in a small Californian town in the Wild West. Hans, a German émigré, opens a shop on one of the streets. To his annoyance, his fellow countryman, young and beautiful Lora, sets up a shop on th ...

Martians (1967)

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

Barrier (1966)

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland. ...

Bumerang (1966)

A German man and a Polish woman fall in love in the days preceding World War II. ...

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. ...

Maria and Napoleon (1966)

In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to ...

I Would Like to Have a Shave (1966)

A macabre film about the experiences of a client who is shaved by a hairdresser-psychopath. ...

Christmas Eve (1966)

A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve. ...

The Saragossa Manuscript (1966)

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather. ...

The Catastrophe (1966)

A young designer is tormented by remorse after a viaduct of his design collapses. ...

The Moment of Peace (1965)

The movie "L'instant de la paix" consists of three segments: 1. "Les rideaux blancs" (France) 2. "Berlin N 65" (West Germany) 3. ...

The Holy War (1965)

To secure their team's success, dedicated football fans (Boleslaw Plotnicki, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz) plot to kidnap their opponents' star player (Andrzej Kopiczynski). ...

Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965)

Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a "Polityka" magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski. ...

Salto (1965)

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

The First Day of Freedom (1964)

Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. After a doctor's daughter is raped by a concentration camp worker, the Poles allow her and her father to stay in the house that is their temporary quarters. ...

Rachunek sumienia (1964)

The wrongly convicted Roman leaves prison and tries to return to his earlier life. ...

The Law and the Fist (1964)

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against ...

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. ...

No More Divorces (1964)

Three short segments about love, all set in Warsaw's Civil Registry Office at the corner of Nowy Świat and Aleje Jerozolimskie, against a vivid backdrop of early 1960s city life. ...

Adam's Two Ribs (1964)

An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof. ...

Mrs. Hanka's Diary (1963)

The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs. ...

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. ...

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. ...

Gold Dreams (1962)

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

One Room Tenants (1960)

A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and ...

Przeprowadzka (1982)

A young, well-off engineer decides to leave his current life and seek what he deems a "manly" adventure. ...

A Party for Ten, Plus Three (1980)

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way. ...

How It's Done (1974)

Two ambitious men - one a self-described director, another a self-described writer, meet on a train to Zakopane and decide to make a movie together. ...