Tadeusz Chmielewski
1927 - 2016Chmielewski was born in Tomaszów Mazowiecki and graduated from secondary school in Szczecin. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1954. An activist with the Polish Filmmakers Association, he was their vice president from 1983 to 1987. From 1987-89, he was a member of the Cinematography Committee in Poland. Under the pseudonym of his granddaughter Zofii Miller, he wrote the screenplay U Pana Boga za piecem. In 1984, he was the head of the Film "EYE".
In 2005, Chmielewski received the honorary citizenship from the city of Tomaszów Mazowiecki. In 2010 he was awarded the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. In 2011 he was awarded the "Eagle" in the Polish Film Awards.
Several of Tadeusz Chmielewski's films were realized together with his wife, Halina Chmielewska, also a film director and screenwriter. Tadeusz and Helena had one daughter, Agata Chmielewska, a graphic designer and painter.
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How I Unleashed World War II Part II: Following The Arms
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak, Piotr Fronczewski
After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Nie lubię poniedziałku
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostoł
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
I Hate Mondays
Wśród nocnej ciszy
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Tomasz Zaliwski, Piotr Łysak
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he has an adolescent son he has not been able to communicate with.
Quiet Is the Night
Ewa chce spać
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Barbara Lass, Stanisław Mikulski
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
Ewa Wants to Sleep
Two Gentlemen 'N'
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Joanna Jędryka, Janusz Bylczyński
Kazmierz Dziewanowicz's hobby is very strange. He collects people who were born on the 29th of February. One day he sees that in his collection there are two men with the same name, the same birth place, the same date of birth and the same parents. In the middle of the night somebody kills him. The Intelligence Agency begins investigation.
Two Gentlemen 'N'
Wierna rzeka
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Małgorzata Pieczyńska, Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
The Faithful River
Gdzie jest generał...
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Elżbieta Czyżewska, Jerzy Turek
Waclaw Orzeszko is unlucky soldier. Nobody from the platoon likes him. One day he decided to go away from platoon. At the castle he meet Russian soldier Marusia. At this time German forces came at the castle. They must hide. But there is also second problem. Waclaw's platoon had to find deserter. Polish Soldier close to the castle.
Where is the General?
Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową: Cz.1 - Ucieczka
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak, Emil Karewicz
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową: Cz.3 - Wśród swoich
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak, Joanna Jędryka
Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
