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Mieczysław Verocsy

Born May 17, 1920 · Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Died March 5, 1987 · aged 66

No biography available.

Known For

The Steel HeartsThe Steel Hearts · 1948
The Steel Hearts
★ 8.01948
MovieWarDrama
In occupied Silesia, resistance is organizing. In close contact with the miners and led by an engineer, a group of partisans prepare the sabotage of the steel combine. The going will be tough as the place is closely guarded by the Nazis. But despite a denunciation from a traitor and several violent deaths, they get going and the operation is a success. But the Red Army is approaching and now the coal production must not be sabotaged anymore. On the contrary, the partisans must prevent the Germans from destroying the steel mill and the coal mine...
Giuseppe in WarsawGiuseppe in Warsaw · 1964
Giuseppe in Warsaw
★ 6.31964
MovieRomanceComedy
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 is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of events Giuseppe falls in love and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
Insomnia StationInsomnia Station · 1974
Insomnia Station
1974
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A man meets a childhood friend who does not recognize him.
Westerplatte ResistsWesterplatte Resists · 1967
Westerplatte Resists
★ 7.31967
MovieWarDrama
Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
Man - Woman WantedMan - Woman Wanted · 1973
Man - Woman Wanted
★ 7.61973
MovieComedy
Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he takes jobs as a maid for a variety of colorful characters.
Komedia z pomyłekKomedia z pomyłek · 1967
Komedia z pomyłek
★ 10.01967
MovieWesternComedy
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 the opposite side. There is fierce competition. Lora decides to take Hans to court. However, unfamiliar with German, the judge mistakenly marries them.
Komedie pomyłekKomedie pomyłek · 1968
Komedie pomyłek
1968
MovieComedyDrama
A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.
Niedziela sprawiedliwościNiedziela sprawiedliwości · 1966
Niedziela sprawiedliwości
★ 7.51966
MovieCrimeDrama
A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.

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The Smaller SkyThe Smaller Sky · 1981
The Smaller Sky
★ 7.01981
MovieDrama
A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter is trying to come up with a story which would help him to save his job. He likes to chase women and the dropout's wife is one of his targets. He gets interested in the story of her husband and tries to make a program about mysterious individual. Once the tv crew arrives to the scene, the subject tries to hide and ends up on the roof of the station, where he catches a glimpse of sunshine - the "smaller sky" - before stepping onto a glass roof and falling to his death.

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