Search results for "Franciszek Pieczka"
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis
IMDb: 5.7
170

Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle,…

Genre: Drama, History
Austeria

Austeria

Austeria
IMDb: 6.8
102

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified…

Genre: Drama, War
The Linnet

The Linnet

The Linnet
IMDb: 7.5
92

Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Scar

The Scar

The Scar
IMDb: 6.6
106

When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has…

Genre: Drama
Walkover

Walkover

Walkover
IMDb: 6.8
77

Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance…

Genre: Drama
The Mother of the Kings

The Mother of the Kings

The Mother of the Kings
IMDb: 7.2
127

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment….

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Lynx

The Lynx

The Lynx
IMDb: 5.8
84

Set during the German occupation of Poland during WWII. A priest in a small village meets a revolutionary who is on an assignment to kill a supposed Nazi collaborator.

Genre: Drama, War
Mother Joan of the Angels

Mother Joan of the Angels

Mother Joan of the Angels
IMDb: 7.6
110

Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly possessed by demons. A local priest…

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

The Promised Land
IMDb: 7.9
170

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a…

Genre: Drama
The Deluge

The Deluge

The Deluge
IMDb: 7.7
315

A dashing warrior fights for the heart of a young gentlewoman as war rages across 17th century Poland in an adaptation of the second part of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s historical trilogy…