Films and TV series which were watched by our grandparents, parents and by our generation.

Authors:Patrycja Kaczmarek and Magda ŁapickaII „B” Poland

EVA FEELS SLEEPYFeature filmProduction year: 1957Genres: Comedy

The film is about adventures of a naive girl who is looking for some place to sleep in an unreal city of stupidity and crime. A young girl comes a day before the beginning of a school year, however, she is not let in to

the dormitory. For the whole night Eva is looking for some place where she could sleep.

She meets a nice policeman, Piotr, and gets involved in half-real half-fantastic events, in which main roles are played by unusual

policemen, thieves, undertaker’s men and prostitutes.

Cast Film director: Tadeusz Chmielewski Script writer: Tadeusz Chmielewski, Andrzej Czekalski Music: Henryk Czyż Editing: Janina Niedźwiecka, Lena Deptuła Actors: Barbara Kwiatkowska (Ewa Bonecka),

Stanisław Mikulski (policeman Piotr Malewski), Stefan Bartik (chief constable, the boss of the 8th police station, Ludwik Benoit (Leon Pistynek "Ptuszko"), Maria Kaniewska (Helutka, barmaid in the "Pod Ślimakiem„ bar), Roman Kłosowski (Lulek, a candidate for a thief) and others.

Mr Anatol’s HatFeature filmProduction year: 1957 Genre: Comedy

„Mr Anatol’s Hat” is a mistake comedy with some criminal elements. Its main character, a good-hearted clerk from Warsaw, who is

henpecked, buys a new hat. This event which at the beginning seems to be so unimportant begins a series of unusual events. Mr Anatol, who gets to work by means of public transport, as many

times he puts his hand into his pocket, he finds different expensive things: watches, bracelets, etc. He is astonished,

worried and reports it to the police. However, he keeps finding precious things in his pocket.

Cast Film director: Jan Rybkowski Script writer: Zdzisław Skowroński, Jan Rybkowski Music: Jerzy Harald Montage: Czesław Raniszewski Actors: Tadeusz Fijewski (Anatol Ryszard Kowalski - a

cashier in the PZU), Helena Makowska (Maniuśka Kowalska - Anatol’s wife),Wieńczysław Gliński (Jerzy - Maniuśka’s boss), Aleksander Dzwonkowski (Feluś Piwko - collector of gang’s money), Stanisław Jaworski (a police inspector), Zygmunt Chmielewski (Jan Wolski - a director of a PZU branch) and others.

Mr ANATOL IS LOOKING FOR A MILLIONFeature filmProduction year: 1958 Genres: Comedy

Iwona, a beautiful student, who lives with her grandmother, wins a million. A happy girl tells about it some people met in the street. She thinks that she is reach and decides to do shopping. Some

curious people buy everything out on Iwona’s account. A gang of thieves takes also interest in the million won by Iwona. Mr Anatol,

who could be seen in a previous film entitled „Mr Anatol’s Hat” gets involved in a course of the events and decides to undertake

some actions.

Cast Film director: Jan Rybkowski Script writer: Zdzisław Skowroński, Jan Rybkowski Montage: Czesław Raniszewski Actors: Tadeusz Fijewski (Anatol Kowalski - cashier),

Barbara Kwiatkowska (Iwona Słowikowska), Helena Makowska (Maniuśka - Anatol’s wife), Maria Gella (Iwona’s grandmother), Andrzej Szczepkowski (a boss of

the gang) and others.

Whe were films about Mr Anatol’s so popular?

„A comedy at last!" – such screams could be heard when the film by Jan Rybkowski appeared.

At that time viewers could see only films which were tragic, full of dramatic conflicts, sad and hopeless. It seems to be the reason that films about Mr Anatol

were so popular and when one decided to go to the cinema to see it, it was very difficult to get a ticket

for the film.

FOUR ARMOURED AND A DOG

Feature film Production year: 1966 Genres: War film, Andventure film

A history of a team of a tank named "Rudy" and of a dog named Szarik, which was in the past extremely popular among cinema visitors and TV watchers.

At those times almost each child played at „the armoured”, the name Szarik was given to almost each dog and girls were having plaits like Marusia. No one can count how many people watched the film on TV

and on videao cassettes. However, it was estimated that as many as 7 million people went to the cinema to watch the film. In 1995 a quiz

was organised to find out the most popular Polish TV series and „Four armoured and a dog” won.

Cast Script writer: Janusz Przymanowski Music: Adam Walaciński Montage: Roman Kolski Actors: Franciszek Pieczka (Gustlik Jeleń), Janusz Gajos

 (Janek Kos), Włodzimierz Press (Grigorij Saakaszwili), Helena Makowska-Fijewska, Roman Talarczyk and others.

SUMMER HOLIDAYSWITH GHOSTSFeature filmProduction year: 1970

A story full of misterious and funny adventures of a group of boys spending summer holidays in a forest hut. Main characters, as befits

their age, are boys having phantasy and crazy ideas. When some ghosts turn suddenly up in an old castle, it prompts them to examine

into the unusual case.

Cast Film director: Stanisław Jędryka Script writer: Adam Bahdaj Montage: Lidia Pacewicz Actors: Edward Dymek ("Mandaryn"), Henryk Gołębiewski

(Maniuś "Pikador"), Roman Mosior ("Perełka"), Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (Graf - a chairman of an Association

of Friends of the Castle) and others.

JOURNEY FOR ONE SMILEFeature seriesProduction year: 1971Genres: Adventure film, a film for children and teenagers

Poldek and Duduś are settling off for summer holidays to the Hel peninsula. They are to go with their aunt. Suddenly her

boyfried, Franek Szajba, appears and wants to take her to a lake. She refuses because she has to see off the boys to a

station. Poldek encourages his aunt to go with her boyfriend. So she does. Boys get some money for the tickets and from

this time on they have to paddle their own canoe. Surprisingly they forget to take the money (which is Duduś’s fault because he put on a book on the money). However, they are not going to come back home and they begin their trip to Hel by

hitchhike, which is a beginning of a fantastic adventure.

Cast Film director: Stanisław Jędryka Script writer: Adam Bahdaj Music: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz Montage: Halina Nawrocka Actors: Henryk Gołębiewski (Poldek Wanatowicz),

Filip Łobodziński (Janusz "Duduś" Fąferski - Poldek’s cousin) and others.

JANOSIKFeature filmProduction year: 1973Genres: Adventure film, Costume film

The TV series was made in the castle on the Pieskowa Skała (Dog’s Rock), near Ojców, in other areas of the Podkarpacki Voivodship and also in an atelier in Warsaw and in Praga. The script was written on the basis

of some legend about a robber living in the Tatra Mountains. The legend is not treated too seriously. In the film there is a lot of humour

and funny scenes. There are a lot of amazing battles, fool-hardy horse rides. There is even a fall off a rock. The series is divided into 13 episodes and each episode tells a suverrain story. As the whole they

create a story of adventures of a robbers’ band, to which Janosik belongs.

Cast Film director: Jerzy Passendorfer Script writer: Tadeusz Kwiatkowski Music: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz Montage: Jadwiga Zajicek Actors: Marek Perepeczko (Janosik), Ewa Lemańska

(Maryna), Bogusz Bilewski (Waluś Kwiczoł), Witold Pyrkosz (Jędruś Pyzdra), Marian Kociniak (Burgrave), Mieczysław Czechowicz (Earl Hortvath)

i inni.

I AM COUNTING ON TOLEK BANAN

Feature filmProduction year: 1973Genres: a film for children (teenagers)

Film characters – four boys and a girl at the age of 12 - 14 – don’t follow social norms of behaviour. It seems that for them one step is enough to start a life of hooligans. The film points out that teenagers need

authorities, ideals and patterns of behaviour. A romantic character of Tolek Banan is a dream. Soon one can observe a process of changing thanks to the imaginary character of Tolek Banan in the behaviour of those four teenagers. In a course of time they learn to be friends and

be honest, in the name of a rule „One for all, all for one”.

Cast Film director: Stanisław Jędryka Script writer: Adam Bahdaj Music: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz Montage: Lidia Pstrokońska Actors: Agata Siecińska (Krysia "Karioka"), 

Henryk Gołębiewski (Bolek Pabisz "Cegiełka"), Sergiusz Lach ("Filipek"), Filip Łobodziński (Julek Seratowicz) and others.

KARINOFeature filmProduction year: 1974

The film presents adventures of a young vet who begins a job in the stud farm and takes care of animals. One of the animals to take care of is a

beautiful stallion Karino...

Cast Film director: Jan Batory Script writer: Jan Batory, Jan Dobraczyński, 

Marek T. Nowakowski Montage: Alina Faflik Actors: Claudia Rieschel (Grażyna Barska), 

Tadeusz Schmidt (Klimczak – stud chairman), Karol Strasburger (Andrzej Stolarek - trainer), Zdzisław Maklakiewicz (Małecki), Stefan Czyżewski (Frankowski - doctor), Zygmunt Kęstowicz (Malinowski – the chairman of the Służewiec), Zdzisław Kuźniar (equerry), Kazimierz Wichniarz (chairman of the culture department), Janusz Gajos (Janczar) and others.

THE LEŚNIEWSCY FAMILYFeature filmProduction year: 1980Genras: Film for children (teenagers)

It is a TV series telling a story of a nice the Leśniewscys family. The family consists of parents and four nice children: Agnieszka (15), Leszek (4)

and twins called Tots (7). The children have to handle everything when their mother decides to study.

Cast Film director: Janusz Łęski Script writer: Krystyna Boglar, Janusz Łęski Montag: Janina Niedźwiecka, Teresa Miziołek Actors: Krystyna Sienkiewicz (mother Jadwiga

Leśniewska), Krzysztof Kowalewski (father Andrzej Leśniewski), Wanda Majerówna (aunt Tosia), Wojciech Siemion (professor Zbigniew Radosz), Józef Pieracki (Mr Arek, neighbour), Tadeusz Kwinta („Strange", neighbour), Wojciech Młynarski (driver), Agata Młynarska (Agnieszka Leśniewska), Maciej Strojny (Leszek Leśniewski), Magdalena Scholl (Beata „Tot" Leśniewska), Tomasz Brzeziński (Paweł „Tot" Leśniewski), Bogdan Baer (professor Skubiszewski) and others.

Rodzinka.plComedy seriesProduction year: 2011

It is a warm comedy story of an exceptional family. This TV series shows challenges posed against the temporary family. Some moments of misunderstanding, quarrels

about tiny things and fundamental matters mix up with moving moments of warmth, love and understanding.

Starring:

Tomasz Karolak - Ludwik Boski Małgorzata Kożuchowska - Natalia Boska Adam Zdrójkowski - Kuba Boski Mateusz Pawłowski - Kacper Boski Maciej Musiał - Tomek Boski

Harry Potter and a philosophical stoneFantasy filmProduction year: 2001

It is the first part of a series about a young magician.Harry is the only person who managed to survive a meeting with an evil

magician – Lord Voldemort.However, his parents die during this meeting. As becomes an orphan and

his aunt Petunia and his uncle Vernon take care of hime. During his 11th birthday he finds out that he inherited magical pawers from his

parents. Soon he is admitted to a school of magicians – Hogwart. He is introduced into the secrets of a play named guidditcha – an

extraordinary sport, learns to fly on the broom, meets unicorns and centaurs. And above all, he faces the powers of the evil.

Starring:

Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley Emma Watson - Hermiona Granger Richard Harris - Albus Dumbledore Maggie Smith - Minerva McGonagall

Avengers

Science–fiction filmProduction year: 2012

Nick Fury is a chef of an international agency named S.H.I.E.L.D, which is in charge of the safety of the whole world. In the face of some global endanger he faces a task to create a team which will manage to deal

with the most improbable tasks. Into his team he recruits some extraordinary cababilities, e.g. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America,

Falcon’s Eye and Black Widow. In such a team consisting of such individualities it will not be easy to get on well with. Fury is aware of

the fact that only cooperation can save the world from the destruction.

Starring:

Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark / Iron Man Tom Hiddleston - Loki Chris Evans - Steve Rogers / Captain America Mark Buffalo - Bruce Banner / Hulk Chris Hemsworth - Thor Scarlett Johansson - Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton / Falcon’s Eye Clark Gregg - Agent Phil Coulson

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