Movies: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

  • 1987
    Blind Chance

    Blind Chance (1987)

    Blind Chance

    7.61987HD

    Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life....

    Blind Chance
  • 1975
    The Promised Land

    The Promised Land (1975)

    The Promised Land

    7.21975HD

    In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town....

    The Promised Land
  • 1988
    A Short Film About Killing

    A Short Film About Killing (1988)

    A Short Film About Killing

    7.51988HD

    Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive....

    A Short Film About Killing
  • 1992
    Pigs

    Pigs (1992)

    Pigs

    7.11992HD

    In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all the privileges. Some, like Franz, are like ordinary police fig...

    Pigs
  • 1989
    Decalogue V

    Decalogue V (1989)

    Decalogue V

    7.81989HD

    Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into s...

    Decalogue V
  • 1998
    Demons of War

    Demons of War (1998)

    Demons of War

    6.41998HD

    A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica. The investigation is to be led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki and Major Kusz who will ...

    Demons of War
  • 1975
    The Story of Sin

    The Story of Sin (1975)

    The Story of Sin

    5.81975HD

    A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a variety of tragic adventures as the men around her try to fit her into their own selfish schemes....

    The Story of Sin
  • 1981
    From a Far Country

    From a Far Country (1981)

    From a Far Country

    3.91981HD

    This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qual...

    From a Far Country
  • 1977
    Camouflage

    Camouflage (1977)

    Camouflage

    6.71977HD

    A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp....

    Camouflage
  • 2000
    Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

    Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)

    Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

    72000HD

    Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the operating stage. Facing imminent death, he questions the beliefs he has held all his life and starts exp...

    Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
  • 1984
    A Year of the Quiet Sun

    A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)

    A Year of the Quiet Sun

    6.61984HD

    Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with th...

    A Year of the Quiet Sun
  • 1978
    Without Anesthesia

    Without Anesthesia (1978)

    Without Anesthesia

    6.61978HD

    A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away h...

    Without Anesthesia
  • 2007
    Hope

    Hope (2007)

    Hope

    5.42007HD

    Francis Ratay witnesses the theft of church painting "Angel with violin". The entire incident recorded by an amateur camera. The thief turns out to Benedict Weber, gallery owner and art connoisseur. Francis comes to his gallery. Blackmails him, that...

    Hope
  • 1979
    The Maids of Wilko

    The Maids of Wilko (1979)

    The Maids of Wilko

    6.51979HD

    Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved with a family of five women who had been in love with him at o...

    The Maids of Wilko
  • 2005
    Persona non grata

    Persona non grata (2005)

    Persona non grata

    4.82005HD

    A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife....

    Persona non grata
  • 1986
    The Deserters

    The Deserters (1986)

    The Deserters

    7.21986HD

    Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Ger...

    The Deserters
  • 2002
    The Supplement

    The Supplement (2002)

    The Supplement

    6.52002HD

    An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee....

    The Supplement
  • 1980
    The Contract

    The Contract (1980)

    The Contract

    5.31980HD

    Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balk...

    The Contract
  • 1977
    Akcja pod Arsenałem

    Akcja pod Arsenałem (1977)

    Akcja pod Arsenałem

    6.61977HD

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    Akcja pod Arsenałem
  • 1979
    Hospital of the Transfiguration

    Hospital of the Transfiguration (1979)

    Hospital of the Transfiguration

    6.21979HD

    Shortly after the beginning of World War 2 a young idealist doctor is employed in a psychiatric hospital, where his notions of proper care for the patients are challenged by staff and the German occupation....

    Hospital of the Transfiguration