Boleslaw Michalek Movies
- 1988
Stefan (Jan Peszek) is a scriptwriter who searches for someone to produce his next play in this film-industry spoof. Hounded by actors, his wife, and insufferable producers, Stefan runs into financial problems with his dentist and auto mechanic. He daydreams about producing his own features that include a send up of Gene Kelly's dance in Singing In The Rain along with a musical, a porno movie, a romantic melodrama, and a gangster feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jan Peszek, Grazyna Barszczewska, (more)
- 1983
Based on a non-fiction bestseller of the same name by Rolf Hochhuth, Eine Liebe In Deutschland is about a tragic and forbidden love affair between Stanislaw, a Polish POW (Piotr Lysak) and Paulina (Hanna Schygulla) a fruit-and-vegetable vendor in a small town in Germany along the border with Switzerland. Their affair would have gone undetected except for the busybody women of the village, and when Stanislaw is picked up by a German stormtrooper (Armin Müller-Stahl) and brought in for a mock trial, he is given a chance to prove his racial purity and so perhaps escape execution. As for Paulina, she is ostracized by the villagers and imprisoned for consorting with someone who was not of the same high Aryan caste as herself. Depressing, yet politically relevant to Poland of the early 1980s, this film by acclaimed director Andrzej Wajda) is an effective and emotional statement on the nature of oppression. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hanna Schygulla, Marie-Christine Barrault, (more)
In 1982, legendary Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda fled his homeland and relocated in France to direct this powerful story about the ethical boundaries of power and leadership, which had many parallels to Poland's volatile political situation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Danton (Gérard Depardieu) and Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies. Wajda remained in France until 1989, when the collapse of Communist rule made it possible for him to return to his homeland. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, (more)
- 1980
A Polish "ship of fools" makes its way from Canada to Poland in this tale of an odd mix of passengers and their hidden agendas. One of the more tension-filled relationships is between a doctor with heart problems and an old acquaintance he meets on board. It is clear that this meeting causes more angst than even a normal heart should bear, yet the doctor and his former friend keep their bone of contention well buried. Other passengers in deep psychological water include the doctor's companion masquerading as his wife, and a singer on a downhill slide. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ignacy Gogolewski
After Poland won freedom from of its long overlordship by Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, it took a further four years for its National Assembly to elect Gabriel Narutowicz as its first president. Narutowicz was a professor who until his election had been living in Switzerland. Those were chaotic times, and shortly after his election, he was assassinated by right-wing fanatics. This epic Polish film chronicles the circumstances of Narutowicz's election and assassination. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Zdzislaw Mrozewski, Marek Walczewski, (more)
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