Blind Chance 1987  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec, Marzena Trybala, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski, Monika Gozdzik, Zygmunt Hubner, Irena Byrska, Adam Ferency
As Witek (Boguslaw Linda) chases after a train, three events are played out: (1) he catches the train and becomes a Communist; (2) he bumps into a guard, is sent to prison, and becomes a militant; and (3) he misses the train, falls in love, and stays out of politics.
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The Deluge 1974 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jerzy Hoffman
Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Kazimierz Wichniarz, Wladyslaw Hancza, Leszek Teleszynski, Ryszard Filipski, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Leslaw Janicki
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and based on a novel by Nobel prize-winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz, this saga is set during the Polish-Swedish war in the 17th century. A warrior (Daniel Olbrychski) fights not only for Poland but for the heart of Olenka (Malgorzata Braunek). Nicely photographed, even to the use of old Polish castles as subjects.
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Innocent Sorcerers 1960  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Zbigniew Cybulski, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik, Teresa Szmigielowna, Roman Polanski, Andrzej Nowakowski, Jerzy Skolimowski
Although he is not interested in them, women are very attracted to Dr. Andrzej Bazyli (Tadeusz Lomnicki), and he is getting tired of all the attention. Then, Pelagia (Krystyna Stypulkowska) appears on the scene, and his life picks up as they begin a battle of wits that finally dissolves Bazyli's indifference–at least for awhile.
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Man of Marble 1977  N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Michal Tarkowski, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Piotr Cieslak, Wieslaw Wojcik, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Magda Teresa Wojcik, Boguslaw Sobczuk
This is an excellent story about Mateusz Birkut's rise from bricklayer to Poland's champion of the people in the 1950s. Communist authorities disallowed the showing of the film's finale.
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Pan Wolodyjowski 1969 N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Colonel Wolodyjowski
Director: Jerzy Hoffman
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Jan Nowicki, Mariusz Dmochowski, Barbara Brylska, Irena Karel, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka, Marek Perepeczko
Based on a historical novel by Henry Sienkiewicz, this is the story of the Turkish invasion of Poland's Eastern frontier in the mid-17th century.
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Pokolenie 1955 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: A Generation
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Tadeusz Fijewski, Ryszard Kotys, Roman Polanski, Zbigniew Cybulski, Janusz Paluszkiewicz, Zofia Czerwinska, Ludwik Benoit, Zygmunt Hobot, Cezary Julski, Bronislaw Kassowski, Jerzy Krasowski, August Kowalczyk
In this film–the first entry in Andrzej Wajda's World War II trilogy ("Kanal" and "Ashes and Diamonds" followed it)–a generation of Polish youths comes of age under Nazi occupation. The story centers on Stach (Tadeusz Lomnicki) who joins Dorota's (Urzsula Modrzynska) "Fighting Youth" group, falls in love with her, and recruits others to help with the Communist cause and ridding Poland of Nazis.
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| 1. Blind Chance (1987)
2. The Deluge (1974)
3. Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
4. Man of Marble (1977)
5. Pan Wolodyjowski (1969)
aka: Colonel Wolodyjowski
6. Pokolenie (1955)
aka: A Generation
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