Wojciech Marczewski

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Wojciech Marczewski

Born February 28, 1944 · Łódź, Poland (age 82)

Wojciech Szczęsny Marczewski (born February 28, 1944 in Łódź) is a Polish film director and screenwriter, academic teacher, and recipient of the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Initially, he collaborated with the Se-Ma-For Small Film Studio and the "Czołówka" Film Studio. Later, as part of the "Tor" Film Studio, he directed critically acclaimed films about growing up in oppress…

Known For

The Silent TwinsThe Silent Twins · 2022
The Silent Twins
★ 6.32022
MovieDrama
June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, the pair turn inward and reject communication with everyone but each other, retreating into their own fantasy world of inspiration and adolescent desires. After a spree of vandalism, the girls are sentenced to Broadmoor, an infamous psychiatric hospital, where they face the choice to separate and survive or die together.
WielkanocWielkanoc · 1975
Wielkanoc
★ 7.51975
Movie
The PerformerThe Performer · 2015
The Performer
★ 3.52015
MovieDrama
A dynamic and full of punk energy story based on life of one of the most original and interesting contemporary artist, the performer, Oskar Dawicki (playing himself). The main theme of his art is the search for an answer to the question of whether. Oskar Dawicki exists at all. The trade mark of his performances is his blue shining jacket.
ShiversShivers · 1981
Shivers
★ 6.51981
MovieDramaHistory
A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.
BucolicBucolic · 2021
Bucolic
★ 10.02021
MovieDocumentary
Danusia and her daughter Basia live far away from the modern world, in tune with the rhythm and laws of nature, among animals and the spirits of the dead. The peace and sense of security offered by their enclave come at a price - the women increasingly long for contact with other people. Bucolic is an affectionate observation of people who live in a different way. It evokes a curiosity about their world and a desire to take a closer look.
NightmaresNightmares · 1979
Nightmares
★ 6.31979
MovieDrama
Set before the first World War in part of Poland under Austrian occupation, the story of a young boy in primary school who later grows up to become a rebellious, poetic-minded teen in the same school when the national movement toward liberation is under way. The story of a country where church and state work together to suppress the human spirit.
Escape from the Liberty CinemaEscape from the Liberty Cinema · 1990
Escape from the Liberty Cinema
★ 6.31990
MovieDramaFantasy
The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
DreamplayDreamplay · 1994
Dreamplay
★ 8.01994
MovieDramaFantasy
Hindu god Indra has a daughter Agnes, who visits Earth to find out if people have legitimate complaints. She marries a lawyer from Bergen and has children, but is disillusioned by marriage and embarks on a journey among men.

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