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Andrzej Rausz
Born April 7, 1937 · Bydgoszcz, Poland
Died May 24, 2017 · aged 80
No biography available.
Known For
Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe · 1991Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe
★ 6.31991
MovieDrama
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
Olympics 40 · 1980Olympics 40
★ 7.51980
MovieDramaWar
The film deals with the a clandestine Olympiade held in a German POW camp during WW II, housing many Poles, but also French and Brits. A spit and a Polish German lieutenant is added to the staff of a prison camp. He sees a Pole, the acknowledged leader of the Polish prisoners, against whom he had competed during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. He asks the Pole to train with him but is refused; the Pole points out out that he is a prisoner and nothing more. But that plants the seed and the Pole proposes and Olympics 40 to be held among the prisoners. They ingeniously make a flag and medals, set up a number of races; a croaching hop race is unwittingly organized by a German prison guard who uses it as a torture. The German lieutenant knows that something is going on but cannot find out. Finally the Germans realize the idea and the Polish chief is sent to concentration camp but the others disobey the orders.
Bridge · 1960Bridge
1960
MovieDrama
A tense, compact adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” Bridge (Polish title Most) recreates the surreal final moments of a condemned man awaiting execution during the American Civil War. In Majewski’s hands, the familiar twist — reality folding into illusion — becomes a lean, visual meditation on death, perception, and the fragility of hope.
In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles · 1985In an Old Manor House or The Independence of Triangles
★ 7.01985
MovieFantasyDrama
In a country house at the turn of a century live a family of eccentrics. Anastasia, the beautiful mistress of the manor, enjoys the amorous attentions of her stepson Blarney so openly that her husband Diapanasius takes out his shotgun and shoots her. The rest of the family accepts her end as a matter-of-fact, and soon - her return as a voyeuristic ghost who interferes with their love lifes. Anastasia has a posthumous son Tadeusz, "born" by clambering out of the tree trunk. Anastasia seduces him too, and drives another men so crazy that they kill her another couple of times. Finally, Tadeusz, the arch-rebel, leads a mob on a raid of the old manor.
Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach · 1970Lokis: A Manuscript of Professor Wittembach
★ 6.41970
MovieFantasyHorror
A pastor and ethnographer visits a remote corner of 19th-century Lithuania where folk customs associated with the area's pagan past still have a hold on the population.
The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń · 1961The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
★ 6.91961
MovieWarDrama
The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
Jealousy and Medicine · 1973Jealousy and Medicine
★ 5.11973
MovieDramaRomance
In 1930s, a doctor has an affair with the wife of a wealthy industrialist in Poland.
Associate Professor H. · 1968Associate Professor H.
★ 9.21968
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Professor H., obsessed with replacing humans through artificial beings, has created Traumer—an unsettlingly perfect assistant whose cold efficiency conceals an unnatural origin. Believing he has found the ideal subject for his next experiment, the professor plots to transplant Traumer’s brain with that of a distinguished scientist. But the plan unravels when Traumer proves far less obedient, and far more uncanny, than expected.
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