Movies by Janusz Majewski

Devilish Education

Devilish Education

Gosia is a beautiful and innocent young maid on the catholic countryside tending the cattle. One summer day she is having a bath in the river naked as god created her. On the next day a stranger appears painting and painting all day long. As they talk the black dressed suddenly shows her a picture showing her naked in the river. At first she is very ashamed, but then she begins to forget her shyness.

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime

The Criminal Who Stole a Crime

A retired police captain, Siwy, tells a reporter about his latest action, carrying on his own investigation into the mysterious death of a Ewa Salm, a.k.a. Princess. She was a witness in a case where the defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Siwy doubts the defendant's guilt and risks his life to apprehend the real killer.

Lesson of a Dead Language

Lesson of a Dead Language

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.

The Boarded Window

The Boarded Window

An anxiety-riddled woman and her husband reside in a small, secluded house in the forest. They live a relatively peaceful life until one night when the woman appears to fall sick and die.

I Am Burning!

I Am Burning!

The story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settled in the castle in Samsonów to renovate a damaged building. However, he is disturbed by the ghost of the former owner.

Duel

Duel

"Duel" describes the clash of two athletes, shot putters David Davis and Alfred Sosgórnik.

An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill

An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill

Drama about historical figure Barbara Radziwiłł, her romance with King Sigismund II August, her death and her posthumous return to Vilnius.

First Pavilion

First Pavilion

A young scientist is kidnapped and taken to a mysterious house in which his former professor is conducting experiments to shrink people.

Hotel Pacific

Hotel Pacific

Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.

Salty Rose

Salty Rose

The Gorgon Case

The Gorgon Case

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect. Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on t...