Michal Waszynski
Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1904
Country: Poland
Biography: Director. With cinematography involved in the late '20s was one of the most important film directors of the 20th anniversary of the interwar. After the outbreak of war, he escaped to the areas occupied by the Russians. In 1941, he joined the Polish Army General Anders, with whom went to Iran, Palestine and Italy. After the war he worked on such films as Italian and American realized in Europe.
Total Credits at Criticker: 11 (Director)
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In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Soon after, one of them dies, and the wife of the other dies in childbirth... (imdb)
When teenage Krysia's father dies and her aristocratic, cold-hearted grandmother tries to force her to live with her, two well-natured tramps rescue her and take care of her the best they can.
Kult ciała (The Cult of the Body) is a 1930 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński. It is based on a novel by Mieczysław Srokowski and stars Victor Varconi.
In inaccessible, mysterious "eagle's Nest" hides with his men menacing and bloody sheikh Abdallah, a fanatical enemy of the unbelievers and terror hearse. Sergeant Clam, a young scout, a Pole, discovers his hiding place, but by carelessness falls into the hands of Sheikh. (filmpolski.pl)
A middle-aged woman takes a young lover, and leaves her husband and family to live with him. Her lover tires of her, and tosses her out and she wanders around pawning her jewelry in order to live. She makes a last visit to her family, planning suicide after she sees them. (imdb)
Gabriela gets an expensive gift, it is the Malczewski's painting "At the end of the road ...". Her husband, a professor Turwid, is working on a vaccine which heals inflammation of the brain. The results of the work, however, did not gain the recognition of the medical world. Convinced, wrongly, moreover, about the betrayal of his wife with much younger than himself a friend of the house, feigning death by injecting himself invented serum. (filmpolski.pl)
The plot spans from shortly before the outbreak of World War II to its end. In the city of Lwow (PL) in 1939 Adam and Irena fall in Love, but are separated by the outbreak of the war. Both are deported by the Soviets to Siberia, where they briefly meet again when signing up to the newly created Polish army. (imdb)
The Twelve Chairs is a classic satirical novel by the Odessan Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov. The novel has inspired twenty adaptations in Russia and abroad. The first cinema adaptation of the novel was the joint Polish-Czech film Dvanáct k?esel (1933). The original plot was considerably altered yet many following adaptations were primarily based on this film rather than on the novel itself.
A long-time captain, forced into inaction by the war, sets up a cooperative with some sailors, and begins work to recover and restore efficiency a cargo ship, submerged in the port. The work goes on beyond the expected, but the tenacity of the captain and the good will of his men overcome every obstacle: the ship is finally ready for the first voyage. (Cinematografo.it)
A renowned surgeon, abandoned by his wife and daughter, gets robbed and loses his memory. Wandering around the countryside, he becomes a village healer and performs operations.
Two friends, Szczepko and Tonko, are made unemployed in a toy factory where there was a ban on singing and they broke the rule. In a park they find a abandoned baby, and they take it into their care. Meanwhile, Wanda, owner of a toy shop, comes to Lwów with her uncle. He wants his niece to work for the director of this factory. By coincidence, the child is given to Wanda. Szczepko and Tonko look for him desperately. But the uncle is more and more happy about having the child.