Karl Gurnyak

Acting

Karl Gurnyak

Born November 1, 1895 · Ozorków, Kingdom of Poland

Died April 28, 1970 · aged 74

No biography available.

Known For

Her WayHer Way · 1929
Her Way
★ 8.01929
MovieDrama
When Praskovya’s new husband attempts to hurt her on their wedding night, she fights back, and when he’s called away to fight in World War I not long after, she tends to their farm on her own, determined to make the best of a bad situation.
Boule de SuifBoule de Suif · 1934
Boule de Suif
★ 6.21934
MovieDrama
A film adaptation of the short story of the same name by Guy de Maupassant. The action takes place in the XIX century. Franco-Prussian War of 1870. A group of French bourgeois leaves in a stagecoach from Rouen occupied by Prussian troops. Along with them comes one attractive demimonde lady. The only way to get out is to persuade her, nicknamed "Ball-of-Fat" a la "Boule-de-Suif" to satisfy the lust of the head of the gendarmerie...
General SuvorovGeneral Suvorov · 1941
General Suvorov
★ 6.01941
MovieDramaHistory
Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine, General Suvorov broke with her successor, Paul I, the Mad Emperor, over questions regarding army policy. He went into retirement and wrote "The Science of Victory," containing maxims such as "Swiftness of movement accompanies victory," and "the real general is he who defeats the enemy before reaching him." The czar recalled Suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of Russia and Austria against Napoleon.
A Captain at FifteenA Captain at Fifteen · 1946
A Captain at Fifteen
★ 5.81946
MovieAdventureFamily
A classic movie based on a famous "Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen" novel by Jules Verne.
The Ghost That Never ReturnsThe Ghost That Never Returns · 1930
The Ghost That Never Returns
★ 5.71930
MovieDrama
The rebel leader Jose Real is allowed to leave prison for one day to visit his family. But it is a ruse to make him reveal the whereabouts of his rebel gang. This existential drama disguised as a saga about the proletarian struggle presents a lonely and insecure individual who is challenged to act more heroically than he is prepared to, but who constantly questions his confidence and loyalties.
The Bear's WeddingThe Bear's Wedding · 1925
The Bear's Wedding
★ 5.41925
MovieDramaHorror
Konstantin Eggert both directed and starred as Count Shemet, cursed by his insane mother’s traumatic experience with a bear to have seizures during which he himself becomes a “bear” on the kill.
Storm Over AsiaStorm Over Asia · 1928
Storm Over Asia
★ 6.51928
MovieDramaWar
Lowly Mongolian trapper Bair, shunned by his fellow trappers for fighting with a trader, flees his trading post and joins the Soviet partisans trying to oust the occupying British forces. After Bair is captured and shot by the British, they find an amulet on him suggesting he is a descendant of Genghis Khan. The soldiers nurse Bair back to health and use him to establish a puppet government, unaware that their plan will backfire when the puppet breaks his strings.
March-AprilMarch-April · 1944
March-April
★ 6.81944
MovieWarDrama

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