Roman Wilhelmi Movies

Rafal (Roman Wilhelmi) becomes a vigilante when police fail to track down the drunken truck driver who killed his wife and son in this violent action drama. When the police investigation is shelved, Rafal takes the law into his own hands and jumps on a motorcycle to follow the trucker across Poland. He becomes the focus of a police investigation when he leaves a bloody path of dead truck drivers in his murderous wake. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

This story of mistaken identity was taken from the experiences of writer Hermann Kant when he was a 19-year-old soldier in the German Wehrmacht. In the film, the soldier is drafted into the army just after the siege of Stalingrad in 1943 and is taken prisoner in Poland, where a mother has accused him of being the SS man who killed her daughter earlier in the war. While in prison he is given dangerous work in the prison yard but survives intact. Eventually, the soldier hears about the extermination camps of Lublin, Auschwitz and other sites, and has changed his feelings toward the army. Meanwhile, his case is coming up for review and even a jail companion from his same army unit is afraid to come to his defense because of possible repercussions. This film was withdrawn from competition at the 1983 Berlin Film Festival because of objections to its content. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

One day a man just walks away from his wife and family, his job, and everything that defines him and goes to spend his days in the railway terminal. A psychiatrist and his own son cannot convince him to leave the terminal, as each day he watches passengers come and go who are caught in the same nonthinking routines, or who wander through life not able to identify with the world around them. Before long, his life of observation and rebellion in the terminal - a fitting, symbolic name - is brought to a head when camera crews arrive to film his odd presence. A television reporter looking for the story that will save his floundering career thinks he has found it in this strange eccentric who used to be a normal father and husband. The hero feels he must escape the invasion of his private "public" life, and ends up on the roof of the terminal - where he sees the sunlight in the "smaller sky." From there, he must decide what to do to end this unexpected and unwanted pursuit. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Aria Dla Atlety is an engrossing drama based on the lives of three actual wrestlers and set at the turn of the 20th century. The story begins as a young boy joins the circus, enthralled by the wrestling skills of the Abs brothers. The child eventually grows into a proficient and talented wrestler on his own but is thrown out of the circus when he defeats a well-known wrestler. He does not mind leaving because the two circus wrestlers cruelly tormented him at every chance. As the young lad becomes one of the most famous, successful, and wealthiest wrestlers in Poland, his reputation gets him into trouble. It seems one of the Abs brothers is anxious to tackle him in the ring and plans on using all the dirty tricks he knows to defeat him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

The staff at a big, fancy European restaurant have a hierarchy and social order every bit as subtle and complex as can be found in the most convoluted military organization. In this Polish film, based on the 1936 novel by former waiter Henryk Worcell, Roman Borcyczko (Marek Kondrat) survives the lengthy period of hazing and initiatory trials to become accepted as a waiter. When he finally makes it to his goal, he quits; the indignities have ultimately been too much to endure. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Stasiek is a young man who has just been released from prison, and Bronka is the young woman with a pronounced limp who loves him. Stasiek agrees to marry her if she can convince her father to give some farmland as a dowry. Bronka eventually convinces her father to give them the land, but Stasiek has taken up with a former flame by the time the deal is done. Broken-hearted and angry, Bronka takes a knife after the man she had hoped would become her husband in this depressing drama. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide