Películas de Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of...

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends...

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show...

A detachment of the Polish IFOR forces in Bosnia is led by Major Keller, who is being investigated for insubordination during a patrol in Srebrenica....

In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment...

Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the...

Friedrich is a wealthy, handsome German soldier fighting in World War II. His unit is stationed in Poland and occupies the estate of Countess...

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...

A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a...

Accomplished playwright supervises the stage rehearsals for his new play away from home. He rents a room at a private house, which is owned by mother...

A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw,...

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...

Francis Ratay witnesses the theft of church painting "Angel with violin". The entire incident recorded by an amateur camera. The thief turns out to...

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt...

In a border town two sons of the local commander using stolen arms take hostages of eighteen girls in a dormitory, because they want to go West by...

Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human...

Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982's Imperative. The story...

A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.

Pawel Markowicz suffers from Stendhal syndrome and it is to Dr.Giordano that he tells his secret.

Andrzej and Grzegorz are students of Warsaw Conservatory and preparing for the International Piano Competition. Eva - a beautiful Grzegorz's...

A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife.

Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally...

An idealistic scientist is encouraged by his wife to use his good looks to get ahead, but his new job carries with it temptations and traps.

In this mixture of fiction and documentary Krzysztof Zanussi invites a number of Poland’s great actors—Maja Komorowowska, Daniel...

An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee.

The film is set in 1905, in a time of feverish revolutionary underground activity in Poland partitioned between three neighbours. All the characters...

A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled...

A man is tried in court for failing to help his brother to avoid suicide.

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both...

The film is set toward the beginning of World War II, at a psychiatric hospital in the country. But this is an unusual hospital: there are several...

Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all...

Raised by the monks, Stanisław gets involved in a scheme to murder the king.

1846. Edward Dembowski takes part in the Krakow Uprising.

Matylda reflects on her life on her 30th birthday.

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for...

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each...

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young...

In 1969 a young writer decides to write an essay on a well known Polish writer, who had to leave the country in the 50's, later living, working and...

Laura is personnel manager in a hospital. Her father-in-law was a high ranking cadre, her mother-in-law is an influential functionary, it is only her...

A story of high-ranking party members from the 1970s embroiled in political deception.

An adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The Trial"

On a single day the fate of three couples are joined and some of them sealed.

A documentary in which a picture of pre-war Poznan is reconstructed with the help of archival materials from regional collections and staging. The...

Strange human-shaped phenomenon appeared in Piotrowski's new flat and he approaches all available institutions to help him get rid of it.

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.

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

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland.

A famous opera singer comes to his hometown in Poland, where he loses his voice.

The protagonists of the film are three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje. The brothers live from the cultivation of the family land. Eino works from dawn...

A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.

The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing...

A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.