Jan Himilsbach Movies

A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the...

After moving from the countryside to the city, an old man cannot find himself in the new reality.

A dramatization of problems faced by a young couple in 1970's Poland - job uncertainty, conflicts with parents, living together, unfaithfulness.

Zdzicho leaves prison and tries to get his share from his former partners.

A film adaptation of six short stories by Marek Nowakowski from the collection Mizerykordia.

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to...

Two ambitious men - one a self-described director, another a self-described writer, meet on a train to Zakopane and decide to make a movie together.

Three young friends travel round Poland, making a living by acting out religious scenes at fairs and selling photographs. Problems arise when a...

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure...

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.

More and more mourners join a queue for the stonemason. He is played by Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988), an untrained actor, ("Rejs" 1970) and prose...

Professor tries to explain his patients's mental anomalies.

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland.

The life of Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988) - stonemason, docker, sailor, actor, screenwriter and writer - is a collection of anecdotes on the one hand,...

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam...