Directing
Mieczysław Waśkowski
Born August 13, 1929 · Kiedrzyn, mazowieckie, Polska
Died November 14, 2001 · aged 72
No biography available.
Known For
A Generation · 1955A Generation
★ 7.01955
MovieWarDrama
Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.
Night Train · 1959Night Train
★ 7.51959
MovieDrama
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
Pharaoh · 1966Pharaoh
★ 6.71966
MovieHistoryDrama
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.
Somnambulists · 1958Somnambulists
★ 4.31958
MovieAnimation
In 1958, graduates of the Film School in Łódź – director Mieczysław Waśkowski and camera operator Adam Nurzyński – produced in cooperation with Tadeusz Kantor the short film Somnambulists. The colourful, painting-like moving image was an attempt at transferring the informel onto film stock.
Con bravura · 1972Con bravura
1972
MovieWarDrama
Originally, Munk intended Eroica to be a triptych with Con bravura being the first part, but he ultimately gave up on this film, deeming it weaker artistically than the two counterparts. Con bravura is about conspiracy conflating the paths of a rather unconventional nun and an intrigued young man – each of them bears secrets and the encounter could incite a flaming romance, though one suffocated by war.Munk set the film in the mountain capital of Zakopane and its vicinity, allowing breathtaking views from a cable car and using his experiences of the Nazi occupation in the area to add gritty reality. The director plays a cameo as a priest with several of his industry friends also making appearances.
The Promised Land · 1975The Promised Land
★ 7.31975
MovieDramaHistory
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.
Her Portrait · 1974Her Portrait
★ 6.31974
MovieDrama
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 conditionally shorten her sentence in a correctional institution by getting married hits her, she rejects the tempting offer. She doesn't want to hurt the man she doesn't love, who has shown her a lot of heart. Danka's friend has taken advantage of her conditional release, without hiding what her motives are, by the way.
The Attempt · 1959The Attempt
★ 7.01959
MovieWarDrama
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.
Filmography
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Kryptonim Nektar · 1963Kryptonim Nektar
★ 6.31963
MovieComedyCrime
A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market.
Filmmaker (uncredited)
Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne · 1973Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
★ 6.71973
MovieComedy
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.
Survey Participant (uncredited)
Colombuses · 1970Colombuses
★ 8.01970
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
Kolumbowie follows a group of Polish resistance fighters during WWII in the days leading up to the Warsaw Rising.
tajniak, pilnujący Basi
Ziemia obiecana · 1978Ziemia obiecana
★ 8.01978
Series
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