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Tadeusz Konwicki
Writer 1926 - 2015

Tadeusz Konwicki

Nowa Wilejka, wileńskie, Polska (obecnie Litwa)

Tadeusz Konwicki (22 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Polish writer and film director, as well as a member of the Polish Language Council. He is widely known for two novels, published by the Polish underground press: "The Polish Complex" (1977) and "A Minor Apocalypse" (1979).

Filmography

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14 titles
Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza

Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza

Tadeusz Konwicki 1989 2h 9m

In the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.

Kronika wypadków milosnych

Kronika wypadków milosnych

Andrzej Wajda 1986 2h

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping to pass the entrance exams to the university. His love interest is Alina, his high-school colleague.

Dolina Issy

Dolina Issy

Tadeusz Konwicki 1982 1h 50m

The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unrests among the mixed population of Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Russians.

Austeria

Austeria

Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1982 1h 42m

During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.

Jak daleko stad, jak blisko

Jak daleko stad, jak blisko

Tadeusz Konwicki 1972 1h 35m

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.

Jowita

Jowita

Janusz Morgenstern 1967 1h 31m 10.0

Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he meets a an enigmatic Jowita and becomes obsessed with her, even when he finds seemingly true love in Agnieszka.

Faraon

Faraon

Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1966 2h 31m 9.0

Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.

Salto

Salto

Tadeusz Konwicki 1965 1h 40m 9.0

A man jumps off a moving train and goes to a small town to face its inhabitants, who seem familiar, but odd.

Les rideaux blancs

Les rideaux blancs

Tadeusz Konwicki, Georges Franju 1965 1h 32m

The movie "L'instant de la paix" consists of three segments: 1. "Les rideaux blancs" (France) 2. "Berlin N 65" (West Germany) 3. "Matura" (Poland)

Zaduszki

Zaduszki

Tadeusz Konwicki 1961 1h 33m

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up.

Matka Joanna od aniolów

Matka Joanna od aniolów

Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1961 1h 46m 8.0

A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.

Ostatni dzien lata

Ostatni dzien lata

Tadeusz Konwicki 1958 59m 7.5

None available

Zimowy zmierzch

Zimowy zmierzch

Stanisław Lenartowicz 1957 1h 34m

Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour.

Kariera

Jan Koecher 1955 1h 13m

Director: Jan Koecher

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