Movies by Witold Pyrkosz

Rok pierwszy

Rok pierwszy

1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.

The Birthday

The Birthday

The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.

Nagrody i odznaczenia

Nagrody i odznaczenia

1944. Three wounded officers from both sides of political conflict meet in the hospital where the staff is politically divided too.

Hazardziści

Hazardziści

Only the Dead Can Answer

Only the Dead Can Answer

Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.

Zejście do piekła

Zejście do piekła

Etnographers travelling through the Amazon jungle find an enclosed colony ran by former Nazi Germany officials.