Movies: Arkadiusz Janiczek

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fi...

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against...

The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is ...

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski's story sets the stage for the dramatic rise of Pope John Paul II and the fall of communism in Europe. Who is this prophetic man who battled evil and saw a son of Poland rising?...

Outraged by corruption in his small town, a family man runs for mayor but discovers that staying true to his principles may come at a devastating cost....

Piotruś is always broke, and he's had enough of it. At night, he’s the star of an underground band; during the day, he works as a waiter in a hotel restaurant. When the opportunity arises, he decides to sell drugs to one of the exceptionally rich gue...

A story of a married couple with two children, whose housing problems, the man's infidelity and the woman's fragility lead the family to destruction....

Recreation of facts and stories of both experts and people who met Maximilian Kolbe and were shocked by his words and actions....

The movie is an attractive comedy of mistakes with large dose of humor and action. At the same time it is a sentimental story about group of friends who grew up in the same town in the 90s, taking their first steps into adulthood together. The story ...

Jakub is coming back to his home town only to discover his former girlfriend has leukemia. He has to confront the past he wanted to escape from....

A multi-layered, touching comedy about a group of friends whose relationships - in the face of life adversities - are exposed to more than one test. Filip risks his face and career for the whim of a crazy collector of Jadźka buttons. The sedate profe...

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Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an ...

Pawel Markowicz suffers from Stendhal syndrome and it is to Dr.Giordano that he tells his secret....

When approached by a rich Warsaw couple to help find the ruins of a church, a villager slowly steals the identity of the woman from the capital....

Poland, 1982, the politically heated days of communist martial law. Two coal miner brothers react differently to the oppressive police state. While Tadek prefers to retreat into neutrality, Janek chooses active engagement in the democratic undergroun...

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Eleven years old so called Belly-boy is the laughing object among his tears. The parents at all cost want to change him, to slim him down. Belly-boy has yet his own way for relieving the negative emotions but it is a secret. With time he'll give it a...

Black crime comedy dogma in game-girl. Film directors couple struggle to make a film, the man is a neurotic alcoholic, the woman is a bisexual nymphomaniac. Raid drivers loose the car. Thieves are in action, everybody tests coke, etc. The End is roma...

It is July 1995. Kuba Mitura and his little daughter, Zuza, come to a great concert organised by Jurek Owsiak. Kuba tells the girl the story of his youth. It is 1988. The nineteen-year-old Kuba is a rebellious boy with two-coloured hair. He does not ...