Danuta Szaflarska — Actor (11)

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How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh? (2008)
Ile waży koń trojański? WikiData IMDb
other title: Quanto pesa um Cavalo de Tróia? / 特洛伊木馬有多重 …
At 40, Zosia has a happy second marriage, a well-adjusted daughter, a good career, and a comfortable home in Warsaw. But as she and her family usher in the year 2000, she wishes some things in her youth had happened differently, and she's magically transported back to 1987, when she was still married to her womanizing first husband, Darek and lived in the People's Republic of Poland.

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The People from the Train (1961)
Ludzie z pociągu WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: 夜车 / Ludzie z pociągu …
A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station they find a gun. They then threaten to execute every fifth person unless someone claims it.

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A Week in the Life of a Man (1999)
Tydzień z życia mężczyzny WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: Tydzień z życia mężczyzny / 一個人的生命 …
Jerzy Stuhr wrote, directed, and starred in this drama about a man sworn to uphold the law who applies a very different moral code to himself than he does to others. As Adam Borowski, Stuhr plays a government lawyer prosecuting a variety of cases, including smuggling, theft, child abandonment, and racially motivated assault. However, Adam's own life is hardly a model by which to live. He's overextended himself financially and is trying to figure out how to avoid paying the hospital bills for his terminally ill mother. Adam is married, but he's been having an affair for some time, and, while he breaks off his relationship with his mistress, he's easily tempted into other liaisons. His wife wants to adopt a handicapped child; Adam would prefer not to have another child in the house, and he uses his influence to slow up the paperwork. And in order to reduce his tax bill, Adam has involved himself in a charitable donation scheme of dubious legality.

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Janosik (2009)
Janosik. Prawdziwa historia WikiData IMDb TMDB
other title: 자노식 / O Rei dos Ladrões …
The story of Janosik, a legendary "Central European Robin Hood", based on real XVIII century documents and a romantic legend. Young Janosik, burnt out by war experiences and disappointment in love, joins a team of brigands. Soon after he becomes the troop's leader and is recognized as a brave and honorable commander, he never kills anyone he robs. Along with the fame he starts enjoying popularity among women. But Janosik's success raises jealousy in one of the troop's members, greedy and brutal Huncaga.

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The Impossible Goodbye (1962)
Dom bez okien WikiData IMDb TMDB
Stanisław Jędryka actor: Wiesław Gołas / Danuta Szaflarska …
other title: L'impossible adieu / Dom bez okien …
All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unless some new life is infused into its acts, its future does not look very rosy. Into this precarious situation comes a new mime with the uncanny ability to sap the confidence of his fellow performers. If he continues for long in this vein, no one will be able to believe they have any talent left at all.

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The Voice from Beyond (1962)
Głos z tamtego świata WikiData IMDb TMDB
Stanisław Różewicz actor: Kazimierz Rudzki / Wanda Łuczycka …
other title: Głos z tamtego świata / Glos z tamtego swiata …
A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the authorities begin showing in these quacks.

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Valley of the Issa (1982)
Dolina Issy WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
塔德乌什·孔维茨基 actor: Anna Dymna / Maria Pakulnis …
other title: 伊萨谷 / Dolina Issy …
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. He, however, is captivated by a paradise surrounding him, the forest, and his fantasies.