Movies: Jan Himilsbach

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen ...

A study of the psyche of a sick, aging man who loses faith in the meaning of life....

A stowaway sneaks aboard a ship departing on a cruise down the Vistula River. The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work at manipulating the passengers ...

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a ...

A dramatization of problems faced by a young couple in 1970's Poland - job uncertainty, conflicts with parents, living together, unfaithfulness....

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland....

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, wh...

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A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way....

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens....

A coming of age story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love....

A young, well-off engineer decides to leave his current life and seek what he deems a "manly" adventure....

After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality....

The marriage struggling with financial problems decides to impress visiting relatives....

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia....

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure buried by the participants of the ceremony. The film, completed in 1972 was shelved by the censors and bel...

Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself....

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house....

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This 50-minutes long TV production, Wiszniewski's only feature film, is the story of a young worker, who is given a flat by his union commission on condition that he gets married....