Art

Ryszard Potocki

Born January 1, 1915 · Grodno, Polska [obecnie Hrodna, Białoruś]

Died September 28, 1975 · aged 60

No biography available.

Known For

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.

The Silent Star · 1960

The Silent Star

★ 4.91960

MovieScience Fiction

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

How Far, How Near · 1972

How Far, How Near

★ 6.21972

MovieDrama

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.

Insomnia Station · 1974

Insomnia Station

1974

MovieDramaScience Fiction

A man meets a childhood friend who does not recognize him.

Story of the Golden Boot · 1961

Story of the Golden Boot

★ 6.51961

MovieHistoryAdventure

Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.

Five teenagers on the cusp of their final year in high school ponder about their futures.

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow · 1960

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow

★ 6.71960

MovieDramaRomance

Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful, charming French girl. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical...

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Production Design

The Silent Star · 1960

The Silent Star

★ 4.91960

MovieScience Fiction

Assistant Production Design

How Far, How Near · 1972

How Far, How Near

★ 6.21972

MovieDrama

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.

Production Design

Insomnia Station · 1974

Insomnia Station

1974

MovieDramaScience Fiction

A man meets a childhood friend who does not recognize him.

Set Decoration

Story of the Golden Boot · 1961

Story of the Golden Boot

★ 6.51961

MovieHistoryAdventure

Assistant Production Design

Five teenagers on the cusp of their final year in high school ponder about their futures.

Production Design

After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.

Assistant Production Design

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow · 1960

Goodbye, Till Tomorrow

★ 6.71960

MovieDramaRomance

Assistant Production Design

The Eighth Day of the Week · 1958

The Eighth Day of the Week

★ 5.61958

MovieDramaRomance

Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not be seen anywhere until its European release one year later.

Assistant Production Design

Glass Mountain · 1960

Glass Mountain

★ 7.01960

MovieDrama

A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.

Assistant Production Design

A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.

Assistant Production Design

Westerplatte 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.

Assistant Production Design

The Others Will Follow · 1949

The Others Will Follow

★ 9.01949

MovieDramaWar

A war drama that tells the story of the discovery of the illegal AL printing works by the Nazis, showing the activities of the left-wing underground in the occupied capital.

Assistant Production Design

Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.

Assistant Production Design

Karol lives alone in the forester's lodge. Unexpectedly, he is visited by his mother whom he has not seen for years.

Production Design

Five and Half of Pale Joe · 2025

Five and Half of Pale Joe

★ 9.02025

MovieDrama

A young journalist from Warsaw goes to a small town of Kamienica to prepare a report on a motorcycle gang.

Production Design

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto · 1961

Dziś w nocy umrze miasto

★ 8.01961

MovieWarDrama

An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.

Assistant Production Design

Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his wife will sleep with the word "treasure". The other lodgers find the draft and a frantic search for the treasure begins.

Assistant Production Design

Niedziela 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.

Assistant Production Design

The Lost Bridge · 1963

The Lost Bridge

★ 8.01963

MovieWarDrama

Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.

Production Design

Zejście do piekła · 1966

Zejście do piekła

★ 7.01966

MovieDrama

Etnographers travelling through the Amazon jungle find an enclosed colony ran by former Nazi Germany officials.

Assistant Production Design

Skąpani w ogniu · 1963

Skąpani w ogniu

★ 6.81963

MovieDrama

Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there.

Production Design

Soldier of Victory · 1953

Soldier of Victory

★ 10.01953

MovieDramaWar

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.

Additional Photography

Heads Full of Stars · 1983

Heads Full of Stars

★ 6.51983

MovieDramaWar

Two young boys living in a small town in the east of Poland try to survive the war by working as projectionists in a local cinema. They provide entertainment to Poles, Germans and Russians alike.

Production Design