Michał Szewczyk

Komedie pomyłek

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.

Short Working Day

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Bermuda Triangle

Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.

Niedziela sprawiedliwości

A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.

The Attempt

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.

Weekendy

An intimate psychological drama consisting of two separate stories, the heroes of which represent the attitudes of young people, which were rarely manifested in the early 1960s.

The Lost Bridge

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.

Inspection

On a mission from Stalin, a Russian officer sets out to convince Polish soldiers held at POW camps to collaborate with Communist authorities.

Komedie pomyłek

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.

Short Working Day

A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Bermuda Triangle

Three old friends living in distant cities decide to help each other get rid of people who stand in their way to achieve happiness.

Niedziela sprawiedliwości

A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.

The Attempt

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.

Weekendy

An intimate psychological drama consisting of two separate stories, the heroes of which represent the attitudes of young people, which were rarely manifested in the early 1960s.

The Lost Bridge

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.

Inspection

On a mission from Stalin, a Russian officer sets out to convince Polish soldiers held at POW camps to collaborate with Communist authorities.

Land

Poland in the 50s, 20th century The process of collectivization of agriculture is under way. The wealthy Slumdog farmer is one of the last individual farmers who have not joined the cooperative and are trying to grow their own land. But it is very difficult - the unemployed mercenaries who paid for them run to cooperatives (where they have better conditions), the environment or the local authorities do not accept him as a kulak. Struggling with the problem of how to make a 40-hectare farm last, he remains alone in the face of a loss of land that he cannot cultivate.

Neighborhooders

Ogrodowa Street in Lódz - just opposite a crowded shopping center, a state-of-the-art museum and a posh hotel - is where some of the city's poorest live, completely forgotten by the world. A heart-warming and funny portrait of people excluded from the mainstream of social life; people who might be more capable of sacrifice and love than those who pushed them to the sidelines of society.

Winter in Moominland

The film tells the story of the Moomin family's preparations for winter and their hibernation, interrupted by unexpected events: the appearance of the mischievous Nibling, a visit to Too-Ticky, who lives by the sea, the adventures of Little My, rescued by Moomintroll, the exploits of the Hemulen, a sports enthusiast, and so on. The story ends with the arrival of spring, the awakening of all the inhabitants of Moominvalley, and the return of Snufkin. The film is based on episodes of the television series "Moomin Stories".

We'll Be Fine

When, despite being in your thirties, you are still living with your parents. When you're short of cash, your girlfriends aren't getting along, and your life increasingly tastes of cheap discount beer - then you recognize that it's high time to finally change something. Such conclusions are reached in unison by Albert, Marcin and Jacek - three buddies from the housing estate, who, after a series of business disasters, finally come up with an idea on how to make a nice profit. Thus is born a plan for a daring plot that will lead the heroes into the middle of a big wedding, where not only money, but also a chance for a hot romance awaits them. Along the way, all they have to do is not to spoil anything. And with that, as we all know, things can vary. Sometimes it's easier said than done to do something yourself.

Not Far from Warsaw

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.

The Happy Days of the Moomins

Based on episodes of the series "Moomin Stories", the Moomins reminisce about the fondest moments of their lives. Moominpappa reminisces about his childhood; Moomintroll reminisces about how he, Sniff, and Snufkin set out to find out if Earth was truly threatened by a comet; and Moominmamma reminisces about the incredible visit of aliens from outer space.

Eroica

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.

The Young Magician

A 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he has no interest in athletics. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all. Written by Polish Cinema Database.

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us

Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.

Komedia z pomyłek

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.

Hell and Heaven

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

A Lady from the Window

Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.

God's Finger

A young man from the countryside fights against all odds to fulfill his dream of becoming an actor.

What Will My Wife Say to This?

The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign office assigns him a guide, Irena Stepowska. The two young people are attracted to each other, but there is a catch - Vladimír is married, Irena is married. But as they say, opportunity makes the thief, so it's no wonder that Tůma has his work cut out for him, and Irena, too, sometimes recovers only at the last minute. And she doesn't even know that her husband is coming to visit her...

Polonia Restituta

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.

Koniec nocy

A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.

Dom

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

More Than Life At Stake

A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

Doktor Ewa

Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.

Kapitan Sowa na tropie

Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.

Samochodzik and Knights Templar

Pan Tomasz with his friends are looking a big treasure hidden by knights.