Films and tv series from poland

Films and TV series which were
watched by our grandparents,
parents and by our generation.

Authors:
Patrycja Kaczmarek and Magda
Łapicka
II „B” Poland

EVA FEELS SLEEPY
Feature film
Production year: 1957
Genres: Comedy

The film is about adventures of a naive girl who is looking for some place
to sleep in an unreal city of stupidity and crime. A young girl comes a
day before the beginning of a school year, however, she is not let in
to the dormitory.
For the whole night Eva is looking for some place where she could sleep.
She meets a nice policeman, Piotr, and gets involved in half-real half-
fantastic events, in which main roles are played by unusual policemen,
thieves, undertaker’s men and prostitutes.

Cast
 Film director: Tadeusz Chmielewski
 Script writer: Tadeusz Chmielewski, Andrzej Czekalski
 Music: Henryk Czyż
 Editing: Janina Niedźwiecka, Lena Deptuła
 Actors: Barbara Kwiatkowska (Ewa Bonecka),
Stanisław Mikulski (policeman Piotr Malewski),
Stefan Bartik (chief constable, the boss of the 8th police
station, Ludwik Benoit (Leon Pistynek "Ptuszko"),
Maria Kaniewska (Helutka, barmaid in the "Pod
Ślimakiem„ bar), Roman Kłosowski (Lulek, a candidate for
a thief) and others.

Mr Anatol’s Hat
Feature film
Genre: Comedy

„Mr Anatol’s Hat” is a mistake comedy with some criminal elements.
Its main character, a good-hearted clerk from Warsaw, who is
henpecked, buys a new hat. This event which at the beginning
seems to be so unimportant begins a series of unusual events. Mr
Anatol, who gets to work by means of public transport, as many
times he puts his hand into his pocket, he finds different
expensive things: watches, bracelets, etc. He is astonished,
worried and reports it to the police. However, he keeps finding
precious things in his pocket.

Cast
 Film director: Jan Rybkowski
 Script writer: Zdzisław Skowroński, Jan Rybkowski
 Music: Jerzy Harald
 Montage: Czesław Raniszewski
 Actors: Tadeusz Fijewski (Anatol Ryszard Kowalski - a
cashier in the PZU), Helena Makowska (Maniuśka
Kowalska - Anatol’s wife),Wieńczysław Gliński (Jerzy -
Maniuśka’s boss), Aleksander Dzwonkowski (Feluś Piwko -
collector of gang’s money), Stanisław Jaworski (a police
inspector), Zygmunt Chmielewski (Jan Wolski - a director
of a PZU branch) and others.

Mr ANATOL IS LOOKING FOR A
MILLION
Feature film
Genres: Comedy

Iwona, a beautiful student, who lives with her grandmother, wins a
million. A happy girl tells about it some people met in the street.
She thinks that she is reach and decides to do shopping. Some
curious people buy everything out on Iwona’s account. A gang of
thieves takes also interest in the million won by Iwona. Mr Anatol,
who could be seen in a previous film entitled „Mr Anatol’s Hat”
gets involved in a course of the events and decides to undertake
some actions.

Cast
 Film director: Jan Rybkowski
 Script writer: Zdzisław Skowroński, Jan Rybkowski
 Montage: Czesław Raniszewski
 Actors: Tadeusz Fijewski (Anatol Kowalski - cashier),
Barbara Kwiatkowska (Iwona Słowikowska),
Helena Makowska (Maniuśka - Anatol’s wife), Maria Gella
(Iwona’s grandmother), Andrzej Szczepkowski (a boss of
the gang) and others.

Whe were films about
Mr Anatol’s so popular?
„A comedy at last!" – such screams could be heard
when the film by Jan Rybkowski appeared.

At that time viewers could see only films which were
tragic, full of dramatic conflicts, sad and hopeless. It
seems to be the reason that films about Mr Anatol
were so popular and when one decided to go to the
cinema to see it, it was very difficult to get a ticket
for the film.

FOUR ARMOURED
AND A DOG
Feature film
Genres: War film, Andventure film

A history of a team of a tank named "Rudy" and of a dog named Szarik,
which was in the past extremely popular among cinema visitors and
TV watchers.
At those times almost each child played at „the armoured”, the name
Szarik was given to almost each dog and girls were having plaits like
Marusia. No one can count how many people watched the film on TV
and on videao cassettes. However, it was estimated that as many as 7
million people went to the cinema to watch the film. In 1995 a quiz
was organised to find out the most popular Polish TV series and „Four
armoured and a dog” won.

Cast
 Script writer: Janusz Przymanowski
 Music: Adam Walaciński
 Montage: Roman Kolski
 Actors: Franciszek Pieczka (Gustlik Jeleń), Janusz Gajos
(Janek Kos), Włodzimierz Press (Grigorij Saakaszwili),
Helena Makowska-Fijewska, Roman Talarczyk and others.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS
WITH GHOSTS
Feature film

A story full of misterious and funny adventures of a group of boys
spending summer holidays in a forest hut. Main characters, as befits
their age, are boys having phantasy and crazy ideas. When some
ghosts turn suddenly up in an old castle, it prompts them to examine
into the unusual case.

Cast
 Film director: Stanisław Jędryka
 Script writer: Adam Bahdaj
 Montage: Lidia Pacewicz
 Actors: Edward Dymek ("Mandaryn"),
Henryk Gołębiewski (Maniuś "Pikador"), Roman Mosior
("Perełka"), Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (Graf - a chairman of
an Association of Friends of the Castle) and others.

JOURNEY FOR ONE SMILE
Feature series
Genres: Adventure film, a film for children and teenagers

Poldek and Duduś are settling off for summer holidays to the Hel
peninsula. They are to go with their aunt. Suddenly her
boyfried, Franek Szajba, appears and wants to take her to a
lake. She refuses because she has to see off the boys to a
station. Poldek encourages his aunt to go with her boyfriend.
So she does. Boys get some money for the tickets and from
this time on they have to paddle their own canoe.
Surprisingly they forget to take the money (which is Duduś’s
fault because he put on a book on the money). However,
they are not going to come back home and they begin their
trip to Hel by hitchhike, which is a beginning of a
fantastic adventure.

Cast
 Music: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
 Montage: Halina Nawrocka
 Actors: Henryk Gołębiewski (Poldek Wanatowicz),
Filip Łobodziński (Janusz "Duduś" Fąferski - Poldek’s
cousin) and others.

JANOSIK
Feature film
Genres: Adventure film, Costume film

The TV series was made in the castle on the Pieskowa Skała (Dog’s Rock),
near Ojców, in other areas of the Podkarpacki Voivodship and also in
an atelier in Warsaw and in Praga. The script was written on the basis
of some legend about a robber living in the Tatra Mountains. The
legend is not treated too seriously. In the film there is a lot of humour
and funny scenes. There are a lot of amazing battles, fool-hardy
horse rides. There is even a fall off a rock. The series is divided into
13 episodes and each episode tells a suverrain story. As the whole
they create a story of adventures of a robbers’ band, to which Janosik
belongs.

Cast
 Film director: Jerzy Passendorfer
 Script writer: Tadeusz Kwiatkowski
 Montage: Jadwiga Zajicek
 Actors: Marek Perepeczko (Janosik), Ewa Lemańska
(Maryna), Bogusz Bilewski (Waluś Kwiczoł),
Witold Pyrkosz (Jędruś Pyzdra), Marian Kociniak
(Burgrave), Mieczysław Czechowicz (Earl Hortvath)
i inni.

I AM COUNTING ON TOLEK
BANAN
Feature film
Genres: a film for children (teenagers)

Film characters – four boys and a girl at the age of 12 - 14 – don’t follow
social norms of behaviour. It seems that for them one step is enough
to start a life of hooligans. The film points out that teenagers need
authorities, ideals and patterns of behaviour. A romantic character of
Tolek Banan is a dream. Soon one can observe a process of changing
thanks to the imaginary character of Tolek Banan in the behaviour of
those four teenagers. In a course of time they learn to be friends and
be honest, in the name of a rule „One for all, all for one”.

Cast
 Montage: Lidia Pstrokońska
 Actors: Agata Siecińska (Krysia "Karioka"),
Henryk Gołębiewski (Bolek Pabisz "Cegiełka"),
Sergiusz Lach ("Filipek"), Filip Łobodziński (Julek
Seratowicz) and others.

KARINO
Feature film

The film presents adventures of a young vet who begins a job in the stud
farm and takes care of animals. One of the animals to take care of is a
beautiful stallion Karino...

Cast
 Film director: Jan Batory
 Script writer: Jan Batory, Jan Dobraczyński,
Marek T. Nowakowski
 Montage: Alina Faflik
 Actors: Claudia Rieschel (Grażyna Barska),
Tadeusz Schmidt (Klimczak – stud chairman),
Karol Strasburger (Andrzej Stolarek - trainer),
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (Małecki), Stefan Czyżewski
(Frankowski - doctor), Zygmunt Kęstowicz (Malinowski –
the chairman of the Służewiec), Zdzisław Kuźniar
(equerry), Kazimierz Wichniarz (chairman of the culture
department), Janusz Gajos (Janczar) and others.

THE LEŚNIEWSCY FAMILY
Feature film
Genras: Film for children (teenagers)

It is a TV series telling a story of a nice the Leśniewscys family. The
family consists of parents and four nice children: Agnieszka (15),
Leszek (4) and twins called Tots (7). The children have to handle
everything when their mother decides to study.

Cast
 Film director: Janusz Łęski
 Script writer: Krystyna Boglar, Janusz Łęski
 Montag: Janina Niedźwiecka, Teresa Miziołek
 Actors: Krystyna Sienkiewicz (mother Jadwiga
Leśniewska), Krzysztof Kowalewski (father Andrzej
Leśniewski), Wanda Majerówna (aunt Tosia),
Wojciech Siemion (professor Zbigniew Radosz),
Józef Pieracki (Mr Arek, neighbour), Tadeusz Kwinta
(„Strange", neighbour), Wojciech Młynarski (driver), Agata
Młynarska (Agnieszka Leśniewska), Maciej Strojny (Leszek
Leśniewski), Magdalena Scholl (Beata „Tot" Leśniewska),
Tomasz Brzeziński (Paweł „Tot" Leśniewski), Bogdan Baer
(professor Skubiszewski) and others.

Rodzinka.pl
Comedy series

It is a warm comedy story of an exceptional family. This TV
series shows challenges posed against the temporary
family. Some moments of misunderstanding, quarrels
about tiny things and fundamental matters mix up with
moving moments of warmth, love and understanding.

Starring:
 Tomasz Karolak - Ludwik Boski
 Małgorzata Kożuchowska - Natalia Boska
 Adam Zdrójkowski - Kuba Boski
 Mateusz Pawłowski - Kacper Boski
 Maciej Musiał - Tomek Boski

Harry Potter
and a philosophical stone
Fantasy film

It is the first part of a series about a young magician.
Harry is the only person who managed to survive a meeting with an evil
magician – Lord Voldemort.
However, his parents die during this meeting. As becomes an orphan and
his aunt Petunia and his uncle Vernon take care of hime. During his
11th birthday he finds out that he inherited magical pawers from his
parents. Soon he is admitted to a school of magicians – Hogwart. He
is introduced into the secrets of a play named guidditcha – an
extraordinary sport, learns to fly on the broom, meets unicorns and
centaurs. And above all, he faces the powers of the evil.

Starring:
 Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
 Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley
 Emma Watson - Hermiona Granger
 Richard Harris - Albus Dumbledore
 Maggie Smith - Minerva McGonagall

Avengers
Science–fiction film

Nick Fury is a chef of an international agency named S.H.I.E.L.D, which is
in charge of the safety of the whole world. In the face of some global
endanger he faces a task to create a team which will manage to deal
with the most improbable tasks. Into his team he recruits some
extraordinary cababilities, e.g. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America,
Falcon’s Eye and Black Widow. In such a team consisting of such
individualities it will not be easy to get on well with. Fury is aware of
the fact that only cooperation can save the world from the
destruction.

Starring:
 Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark / Iron Man
 Tom Hiddleston - Loki
 Chris Evans - Steve Rogers / Captain America
 Mark Buffalo - Bruce Banner / Hulk
 Chris Hemsworth - Thor
 Scarlett Johansson - Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
 Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton / Falcon’s Eye
 Clark Gregg - Agent Phil Coulson

The end

Thank You for Your attention 

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