Jan Nowicki — Actor (18)

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Siegfried (1987)
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Andrzej Domalik actor: Gustaw Holoubek / Tomasz Hudziec …
other title: Zygfryd
The eponymous Zygfryd is a reclusive young circus acrobat. Professor Drawicz is overwhelmed by Zygfryd's circus act and tries to make the world of art accessible to him - with tragic consequences.

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Big Shar (1983)
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Sylwester Chęciński actor: Jan Nowicki / Andrzej Pieczyński …
other title: Der große Spieler / Wielki Szu
Fresh out of prison, a seasoned poker hustler finds himself teaching the trade to a young cab driver chasing his first big win.

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The Spiral (1978)
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Krzysztof Zanussi actor: Jan Nowicki / Maja Komorowska …
other title: La spirale / Spirale …
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.

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A Hole in the Ground (1970)
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Andrzej Kondratiuk actor: Jan Nowicki / Roman Kłosowski …
other title: Dziura w ziemi / Die schwarze Fontäne
An ambitious, enthusiastic young geologist is entangled in bureaucratic red tape when he tries to drill for oil. Frustrated with the situation, he torches an abandoned mill, ignores his girlfriend, and fights with his friends who do not share his exuberance about the project.

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Lava (1989)
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Tadeusz Konwicki actor: Gustaw Holoubek / Jolanta Piętek-Górecka …
other title: Lawa: Opowieść o "Dziadach" Adama Mickiewicza / A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve' …
On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.

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Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986)
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Piotr Szulkin actor: Daniel Olbrychski / Jerzy Stuhr …
other title: Ga-ga: Gloria a los héroes / Ga, Ga. Chwała bohaterom …
Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that any one man can stomach. But as his new caretakers push him towards even more heinous and deplorable acts, Scope finds that his freedom comes with a high price; his own violent demise, broadcast live for the viewing pleasure of Australia 458's inhabitants.

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Notes on Love (1989)
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Jørgen Leth actor: Claus Nissen / Stina Ekblad …
other title: Notater om kærligheden
Poet-filmmaker Jørgen Leth taps his own earliest inspirational veins by free-floating through a camera/microscope-enhanced set of poems with love as their first and final subject. For example, how a tropical island woman prepares for a meeting with her lover. The film was shot partly in the South Pacific with more than a nod to social anthropoliogist B. Malinowski's historical work The Sexual Life of Savages.

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In Broad Daylight (1981)
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Edward Żebrowski actor: Michał Bajor / Krystyna Janda …
other title: W biały dzień
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 the love of a woman. The young student murders a Russian spy and is afterwards arrested by the police. Much to his surprise he is released after a session with the traitor-judge, hinting at some leaks in the organisation. Student reports his suspicions back to the organisation, but in response is given a new hit mission.

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Golem (1980)
Golem
Piotr Szulkin actor: Marek Walczewski / Krystyna Janda …
other title: Golem (1979) / 假人 …
In this futuristic sci-fi film, based on the legends of the Golem, insane scientists have invented technology that give them total control over the half-human, half-android population of Earth. Trouble ensues when one of the creatures begins showing independent will. He must be destroyed lest he influence the rest. They pursue him, but somehow he continues to elude the evil doctors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Bye bye chaperon rouge (1989)
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Márta Mészáros actor: Fanny Lauzier / Margit Makay …
other title: 再见,小红帽! / Goodbye, Red Riding Hood …
Also known as Red Riding Hood, Year 2000, this Hungarian/Canadian co-production is not for children. Director Marta Meszaros again dwells upon the travails of women trapped in oppressive society. This time, the Red Riding Hood legend is used metaphorically within the framework of a quasi-futuristic storyline. The "wolves" are of the human variety, and "friendly hunters" few and far between. This is a weird and sometimes disturbing take-off on the beloved fairy tale. In this one, the main girl is far more whiny and petulant. She has a boyfriend (who is somehow able to come and go into the forest from the city with no visible means of transport) and she is able to communicate telepathically with the wolf. There is a sub-plot about the girl's divorced parents which doesn't really make sense and the film features a very odd development towards the end. The forest scenery is gorgeous and the film is professionally made but it's hard to tell if this was made for kids or not as it contains so many odd and questionable elements. It's definitely not the story that most people grew up with.

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The Third Part of the Night (1972)
Trzecia część nocy
Andrzej Żuławski actor: Leszek Teleszyński / Małgorzata Braunek …
other title: La terza parte della notte / Ein Drittel der Nacht …
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, in which Michał witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child. He is hurled into a life that literally is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes. It also tells the true untold story of a vaccine laboratory where Jews and members of the resistance were employed as feeders for parasites infected with typhus.

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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (1985)
O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji
other title: O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji / O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji …
The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a shepherd for the last remnants of humanity who have gathered together as they await rescue from a mysterious craft known only as 'The Ark.' He wanders among the masses, performing his regular daily tasks; keeping morale from plummeting, wooing prostitutes, squashing rebellions, and sometimes feeding the hungry. But as the true and sinister nature of 'The Dome' comes to light, Soft must ask himself if humanity is worth saving...

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The Five Obstructions (2003)
De fem benspænd
Jørgen Leth / Lars von Trier actor: Jørgen Leth / Lars von Trier …
other title: Le cinque variazioni / De Fem Benspænd …
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.

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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą
Wojciech Jerzy Has actor: Jan Nowicki / Tadeusz Kondrat …
other title: La clessidra / O Sanatório de Clepsidra …
Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.