Jan Kreczmar
1908 - 1972Passenger
Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz
Aleksandra Śląska, Anna Ciepielewska
A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
Passenger
Za ścianą
Krzysztof Zanussi
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Maja Komorowska
Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compassion, but Jan, absorbed with his career, remains immune to Anna's clumsy efforts to pierce his defenses.
Behind the Wall
Lalka
Wojciech Has
Beata Tyszkiewicz, Mariusz Dmochowski
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
The Doll
Zycie rodzinne
Krzysztof Zanussi
Daniel Olbrychski, Jan Kreczmar
This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the aristocratic family he fled in shame and scorn, and their dilapidated country estate, bathed in an oppressively nostalgic light, prove ultimately inescapable.
Family Life
Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag
Andrzej Wajda
Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Kreczmar
The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.
Pilate and Others
Szach i mat!
Andrzej Zakrzewski
Andrzej Łapicki, Jan Kreczmar
Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo, brilliant chess player, who had ruined his private life because of his passion for chess.
Checkmate!
Strachy
Eugeniusz Cekalski, Karol Szolowski
Eugeniusz Bodo, Hanna Karwowska
A look at show-business through the lives of cabaret dancing girls Teresa and Linka. When their theatre is closed down, they have to move to a small town. But it turns out that one of them is pregnant and the baby's father is her ex-boss.
Strachy
