Direction: Wojciech Wiszniewski
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Wojciech Wiszniewski. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
TRACE (S)
1969 · Documentary · 6 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot A dilligent portrayal of the railway community depicts the mundanity of a pensioner's life set against lively scenes from his workplace, in the form of memories or dreams.
4.8
29 votes
4.8
29 votes
Heart Attack (S)
1967 · Movie · 7 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot One of his first and the most famous undergrad shorts, which seems to forshadow the director's death. A prize winner at a film festival in Oberhausen, it does not bear...
4.3
33 votes
4.3
33 votes
A Joiner (S)
1976 · Documentary · 13 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Cast Jan Himilsbach · Adolf Hitler · Józef Pilsudski · Joseph Stalin
Plot The film is reminiscent of "Gosciminska (uploaded here: link ) by virtue of both analogy and a reversal. Both films are based on a written text - a colloquially worded...
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WANDA GOSCIMINSKA, A TEXTI (S)
1975 · Documentary · 21 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Cast Wanda Gosciminska
Plot A film about a leader of socialist labour. This time, however, a protagonist is a female weaver from Lodz. As opposed to a film about Bugdol (see here:link ), which...
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ABC Book (S)
1976 · Documentary · 9 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot This extraordinary picture does not fit into any genre. It is a freak of nature, a acinematic oddity like no other. It took considerable bravery and imaginatio, or perhaps a...
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TOMORROW. 31 APRIL - 1 MAY 1970 (S)
1970 · Documentary · 9 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot There's no April 31 and May the 1st is a Labour Day - the most important communist holiday. A gritty morning in the city of Lodz seen through the eyes...
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A Story of a Man Who Filled 552% of the Quota
1973 · Documentary · 25 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Cast Bernard Bugdol
Plot A movie quintessential to Wiszniewski's artistic output. Its protagonist, Bernard Budgol, is a miner and a legendary leader of socialist labour in the 40s and 50s. Structured around a dissonance...
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A LOVE STORY
1974 · Movie · 52 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Cast Andrzej Mellin · Malgorzata Pritulak · Wanda Luczycka · Elzbieta Gorzycka
Plot The film was banned in Poland for seven years due to realistic depiction of the life in the suburbs of Lódz as well as portraying in it local authorities, who...
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FOREMAN ON A FARM (S)
1978 · Documentary · 12 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot Film about the story of a miner who decides to change his life by migrating to the countryside with his wife and childrens.
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Wilkasy 70 (S)
1971 · Documentary · 8 min. · Poland
Direction Wojciech Wiszniewski
Plot A reportage about a summer camp for art students, in which carefree youth in red ties break into song at solemn flag ceremonies and meetings. Commissioned by the Socialist Youth...
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