Jan Batory

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Jan Batory

Born August 23, 1921 · Kalisz, wielkopolskie, Polska

Died August 1, 1981 · aged 59

Jan Batory (23 August 1921 - 1 August 1981) was a Polish film director and screenwriter.

Known For

The Last RideThe Last Ride · 1963
The Last Ride
★ 6.71963
MovieCrime
Polish police is investigating the series of a taxi drivers murders.
The Last WitnessThe Last Witness · 1970
The Last Witness
★ 5.31970
MovieCrime
Years after WWII a group of German "tourists" arrives in Poland to find a hidden Nazi treasure.
Dancing at Hitler's HeadquartersDancing at Hitler's Headquarters · 1971
Dancing at Hitler's Headquarters
★ 6.81971
MovieDrama
Lives of three people intersect when they meet on a holiday in Mazury.
Con AmoreCon Amore · 1976
Con Amore
★ 6.21976
MovieDramaRomance
Andrzej and Grzegorz are students of Warsaw Conservatory and preparing for the International Piano Competition. Eva - a beautiful Grzegorz's girlfriend is seriously ill, the doctors suspect she has brain cancer. Even for the sake of health and life of his beloved Grzegorz disagrees to miss even a single day of preparation for the contest. Andrzej has a girlfriend Zosia (the daughter of a professor of music), but the young pianist falls in love with Grzegorz's girlfriend and takes care of the sick Eve.
A Cure for LoveA Cure for Love · 1966
A Cure for Love
★ 7.41966
MovieComedyCrime
An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is another love." Then she becomes a forgers dispatcher mistaken for Honorata by telephone and decides to work out a forgers secret and the secret of her new love Andrzej.
Soldier of VictorySoldier 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.
Podhale w ogniuPodhale w ogniu · 1956
Podhale w ogniu
1956
MovieDramaHistory
Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
The Two Who Stole the MoonThe Two Who Stole the Moon · 1962
The Two Who Stole the Moon
★ 5.21962
MovieAdventureFamily
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.

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