Borys Szyc
Borys Michał Szyc-Michalak is a Polish film and theatre actor and musician. In 2010, he received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor. He achieved nationwide popularity by starring in such films as Vinci (2004), Testosteron (2007), Mole (2011), The Secret of Westerplatte... Read full bio →
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Vinci 2
Cuma, a retired master thief living peacefully on Spain’s Andalusian coast, rejects one last job, until rival Chudy, Cuma’s former partner turned adversary, plots a massive heist in Kraków with a ruthless new crew and no place for him.
Listy do M. 4
Anything can happen during Christmas Eve. Mel has to face new professional challenges and adapt to the new standards prevailing at work. Then Karina and Stephan plan to introduce serious changes in raising children. They decide to change their approach and apply somewhat sophisticated educational methods.
Furia
Asgeir and Ragna get entangled in a web of radical right-wing groups and followers - sending them on a journey from the fjords of Norway to a Berlin preparing for Germany's election.
Legiony
LEGIONY is a Polish war drama, set in the years prior to WWI, in which a militia attached to Poland's Nationalist movement fight for their country's independence from Tsarist Russia's rule.
Zimna wojna
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other.
Kamerdyner
The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, suffers the consequences of the tragedies that will ravage Europe from the beginning of the 20th…
Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny Wislockiej
Michalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.
Pokot
A story about Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who (or what) is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Listy do M. 3
A group of individuals come to experience magical moments over the course of one day. Full of the power of family, love, and the spirit of forgiveness. Each individual comes to realize that Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is full of wonder and surprises.
Serce, serduszko
A story, warm and full of humor, about Maszenka, an 11-year-old girl from an orphanage in the Bieszczady Mountains who loves ballet. The first stage on her road to fulfilling her dream is the entrance exam to the ballet school in Gdansk. To make it there in time, she escapes from the orphanage, taking newly hired educator Kordula with her.
Tajemnica Westerplatte
September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.
Sztos 2
As Poland is placed under martial law in 1981, two confidence tricksters try to evade both the police and the army. They become embroiled in a web of schemes engineered by the secret service, fellow criminals and the democratic resistance.
Kac Wawa
Andrew and Marta are about to get married. But on the stag night, Andrew finds himself drawn in to an evening of mischief. As the party kicks off, no one can anticipate the incredible and outrageous situations these guys are going to get into.
Big Love
Narrated by scenes of interrogation and investigation, 'Big Love' follows the fatal story of the naïve 16-year old Emilia and her poisonous addiction to Maciej, a biochemist seven years her senior. After a sensual first-time encounter, Emilia and Maciej are completely engrossed in each other, the former perhaps more than the latter.
11 Settembre 1683
In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.
Pokaz kotku, co masz w srodku
The plot is a series of unfortunate events happening to unremarkable characters. The father of the main character, Sigismund, unexpectedly decides to marry an unknown, mysterious woman.
Kret
Pawel, a Polish man in his early 30s, makes a living with his father Zygmunt importing second-hand clothing from the North of France to Southern Poland. On his way back from one of regular "business trips", Pawel is shocked to discover his father's picture on the cover of a Polish tabloid newspaper.
Jeż Jerzy
Jez Jerzy is a skateboarding hedgehog who likes to drink beer and fondle breasts. He finds it hard to pursue his passions, however, while being tormented by neo-nazi skinheads, mad scientists and a drooling, flatulent clone of himself.
1920 Bitwa Warszawska
Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals
Wojna polsko-ruska
An aggressive thug has problems with his girlfriend. Over the course of several chaotic days he walks around the hood, takes drugs and confronts himself with other women.
Enen
Wroclaw, 1997. The city is threatened by flooding. Hospitals are being evacuated. Young ambitious psychiatrist Konstanty Grot takes a catatonic patient to the bus. He is a severe case, not responding to any attempts at contact. However, when the bus starts moving, he unexpectedly makes a gesture that awakens certain memories in the doctor.
Lejdis
Four friends are facing problems like infidelity, infertility and disease. But together, they can solve every single problem.
Testosteron
The wedding of Kornel, a young, well known TV scientist, to the famous singer, Alicja, is to be the social event of the year. In the suburban reception hall, the final preperations are being made. The waiter, Tytus, who is somewhat touchy having just found out he is to become a father, lays out the cutlery on the tables.
Job, czyli ostatnia szara komórka
A story of three friends - Adi, Pele and Chemik, who experience many adventures.
Vinci
After years in prison, notorious art thief is freed and ready for his biggest robbery yet, a daring da Vinci heist. But his former partner, now a cop, will do anything to stop him.
Pregi
Following the death of his mother in '80s Poland, 12-year-old Wojciech has taken the brunt of his stressed father's frustrations with him; the boy frequently gets punished via belt. Wojciech's father occasionally tries to, instead, bond with him, but soon snaps back to his short-fused habits.
Symetria
Łukasz, an unemployed geography graduate, is wrongfully arrested for robbery. His alibi is weak, and he is identified during a lineup. The situation gets hopeless when, a few hours later, the alleged victim suddenly dies. The defense lawyer promises to do everything in his power, but Łukasz ends up in custody.
The Pianist
The Pianist is a film adapted from the biography of Wladyslaw Szpilman. A Jewish-Polish pianist who during the second world war lived and hid miraculously in Warsaw after having gone through a terrible tragedy. A film from Roman Polanski.
E=mc²
The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong, merciless bully and Stella, Ramzes girlfriend.
Stacja
A seriously wounded gangster with a bag full of money stops at a deserted gas station.
Kingsajz
This comedy follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar of a library, and only the most obedient get the chance to grow to king size and inhabit the larger world.