Screenplay: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Pharaoh
1966 · Movie · 145 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Jerzy Zelnik · Andrzej Girtler · Krystyna Mikolajewska · Piotr Pawlowski
Plot In this historical drama, Pharoah Ramses XIII (George Zelnik, aka Jerzy Zelnik) defies tradition when his father dies by assuming command of the military, a post usually occupied by priests....
7.4
2K votes
7.4
2K votes
Night Train
1959 · Movie · 93 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Lucyna Winnicka · Leon Niemczyk · Teresa Szmigielówna · Zbigniew Cybulski
Plot Originally titled Pociag, this Polish Hitchcock homage stars Lucyna Winnicka and Leon Niemczyk. A mysterious young man (Niemczyk), claiming to be a doctor, boards the night train. Overcrowded conditions compels...
7.1
399 votes
7.1
399 votes
The Inn
1983 · Movie · 109 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Franciszek Pieczka · Wojciech Pszoniak · Jan Szurmiej · Ewa Domanska
Plot Set in the Polish Galicia in 1914, on the eve of World War I. Three nationalities are living in the area: Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish. The country inn (Austeria in...
6.1
49 votes
6.1
49 votes
Quo Vadis?
2001 · Movie · 170 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Pawel Delag · Magdalena Mielcarz · Boguslaw Linda · Michal Bajor
Plot Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her...
5.6
211 votes
5.6
211 votes
Spotkanie na Atlantyku
1980 · Movie · 120 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska · Malgorzata Niemirska · Ignacy Gogolewski · Marek Walczewski
Plot Takes place on an ocean liner from Canada to Poland. It is a story of several people with pasts and problems stemming from uncomfortable confrontations. The main confrontation is between...
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The Hostage of Europe
1989 · Movie · 124 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Roland Blanche · Vernon Dobtcheff · François Berléand · Didier Flamand
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The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Movie · 89 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Lucyna Winnicka · Roland Glowacki · Andrzej Szalawski · Janina Sokolowska
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Celullose
1954 · Movie · 120 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Józef Nowak · Stanislaw Milski · Zbigniew Skowronski · Teresa Szmigielówna
Plot Master filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz made his solo directorial debut with this uncompromising drama based on an Igor Newerly novel. Celuloza follows the inner journey of a peasant's son, who becomes...
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Under the Phrygian Star
1954 · Movie · 111 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Józef Nowak · Lucyna Winnicka · Halina Przybylska · Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz
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Death of a President
1977 · Movie · 144 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Zdzislaw Mrozewski · Marek Walczewski · Henryk Bista · Czeslaw Byszewski
Plot Set at the historic moment of rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter public...
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The Game
1969 · Movie · 91 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Daniel Bargielowski · Malgorzata Braunek · Helena Bystrzanowska · Józef Duriasz
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Maddalena
1971 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast Lisa Gastoni · Eric Woofe · Ivo Garrani · Nando Gazzolo
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