Janusz Zaorski
Know for: Directing
Born: 1947-09-19
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Escape to the Silver Globe (2021)
A documentary project about what the filmmakers claim to be the greatest, unfulfilled dream of Polish cinema, the 1970s science fiction epic "On the...
Soccer Poker (1989)
Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international...
Man of Iron (1981)
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly...
Screen Tests (1977)
Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first...
Night Silence (2024)
Lucjan, a retired and prestigious actor about to turn 80, is admitted by his son to a nursing home. It is supposed to be temporary, while he carries...
Goodnight (1971)
Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.
The Finger of God (1973)
The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams to the state acting school and has a nervous...
Hacker (2002)
Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of...
E=mc² (2002)
The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong,...
The Smaller Sky (1981)
A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to...
Soccer Poker (1989)
Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international...
Happy New York (1997)
The story of six Polish emigrants living in New York City, who try to live their American Dream and cope with the realities of the Big Apple.
Soccer Poker (1989)
Laguna was once a great soccer player whose career was interrupted by an injury. He spent years climbing the ranks to become an international...
Hacker (2002)
Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of...
Saved by a Miracle (2004)
The 1960s in Masuria. Mikołaj Biesaga, seriously injured during the war, swore that if he survived, he would build a chapel to the Blessed...
Happy New York (1997)
The story of six Polish emigrants living in New York City, who try to live their American Dream and cope with the realities of the Big Apple.
Sons and Comrades (1986)
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He...
Sons and Comrades (1986)
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He...
Childish Questions (1981)
A young architect is locked up in prison. He recalls his uncompromising youth and gradual sliding into the moral swamp of compromises. He was not...
Who Is Joe Louis? (1992)
The story of Finnish boxer Joni, who brings up a son Simppa from his relationship with Polish girlfriend Eva. The mother left them years ago and...
Siberian Exile (2013)
An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to...
The Mother of the Kings (1987)
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their...
Goodnight (1971)
Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.
A Room with a View on the Sea (1978)
Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.
A Room with a View on the Sea (1978)
Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.
Pokolenia (2017)
The history of Poland told through fragments of movies produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych.
Pokolenia (2017)
The history of Poland told through fragments of movies produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych.
Do domu (1990)
A deserter returns to his hometown and, with the help of his father, hides in the mountains.
Do domu (1990)
A deserter returns to his hometown and, with the help of his father, hides in the mountains.
Goodnight (1971)
Two neighbours living in one block of flats share the same dreams at night - they murder each another.
Baryton (1985)
A famous opera singer comes to his hometown in Poland, where he loses his voice.
Tree Doctor (2005)
Szymon discovers a naked woman and takes her to his secluded house where, over the next few days, she tells contradictory stories about her life. But...
Tree Doctor (2005)
Szymon discovers a naked woman and takes her to his secluded house where, over the next few days, she tells contradictory stories about her life. But...
Tree Doctor (2005)
Szymon discovers a naked woman and takes her to his secluded house where, over the next few days, she tells contradictory stories about her life. But...
Point of View (1980)
In 1974 a group of students declares what they plan to be in 1980, and the series follows their lives during those six years.
Hacker (2002)
Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of...
The Mother of the Kings (1987)
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their...
Promotion (1975)
After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to persuade its inhabitants to modernize their surroundings
A Partite for a Woodwind Instrument (1976)
The owner of sawmill receives a order from a german lieutenant to make forty gallows
A Partite for a Woodwind Instrument (1976)
The owner of sawmill receives a order from a german lieutenant to make forty gallows