Janusz Majewski

  • Janusz Majewski – Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy (2015)

    2011-2020ComedyJanusz MajewskiPoland
    Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy (2015)
    Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy (2015)

    Jazzman Fabian comes back to Poland from England and sets up a swing big band in his hometown. He soon falls for singer Modesta, the mysterious sensual femme fatale.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Czarny Mercedes AKA Black Mercedes (2019)

    2011-2020DramaJanusz MajewskiPolandWar

    The story of the investigation to unravel the mysterious death of a beautiful young woman in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. She is not Krystyna Holzer, as stated in her kennkarte (German-issued identity document), but a Jewess kept hidden by a Pole – a polonized Saxon – attorney Karol Karlzer. Before the outbreak of war, the woman was his student as well as the object of his unrequited love. The case is assigned to Detective Chief Inspector Rafal Król, an officer of the so- -called Blue Police under the control of the German occupiers, but also a soldier of the Polish underground, sworn to execute his orders. It is a suspenseful story set in the faithfully-recreated reality of occupied Warsaw and Zakopane.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Diabelska edukacja AKA Devilish Education (1995)

    1991-2000ArthouseJanusz MajewskiPolandShort Film

    Once upon a time, back at the turn of the century, the milkmaid Gosia is caring for her cows on an idyllic rural countryside. The afternoon is hot, so she bathes naked in the river. The next day, a stranger-in-black appears on the scene and shows her a painting he had done of her in the nude. Embarrassed, but hardly offended, she makes his acquaintance and is soon introduced to the secret pleasures of life: love-making, the beauty of art, the music of Mozart, the delights of the dining table. The meadow becomes a natural backdrop for her lessons in life’s mysteries, in contrast to the moral concerns of her mother, the puritanical ethics of the church, and the puzzling medical diagnosis of the country doctor. “Maybe it’s something the devil told her,” they conclude. (Ziegler Film)Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Sublokator AKA The Lodger (1966)

    1961-1970ComedyJanusz MajewskiPoland

    Synopsis:
    A young scientist looking for a peaceful place to live rents a room in a house inhabited only by women. Soon he discovers their unusual passions and obsessions.

    Awards:
    Chicago International Film Festival (1967) – Best Feature Nominee, Best Actress Winner
    Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1966) – FIPRESCI Prize WinnerRead More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Opus jazz (1963)

    Janusz Majewski1961-1970DocumentaryPerformancePoland

    Quote:
    A rehearsal of the Andrzej Kurylewicz quintet is underway in the radio recording studio. The lineup includes: Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Andrzej Dąbrowski, Wojciech Karolak, Roman Dylag. A well-arranged whole begins to emerge from the polyphony of voices and sounds.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Sprawa Gorgonowej aka The Gorgon Case (1977)

    1971-1980CrimeJanusz MajewskiMysteryPoland

    Dramatic reconstruction of the case of a Polish woman named Emilia Margerita Gorgonowa who was tried for the murder of Elzbieta Zarembianka, the sixteen year old daughter of a successful architect in Lvov at the beginning of the 1930’s. Based on material in the Cracow archives, pertaining to the two trials as well as the diaries and notes of people closely connected to the case. The film attempts to discover why Gorgonowa was vilified and condemned by the public which had an effect on the outcome of the trial. It aims to present a faithful and documented picture of the events accompanying both trials.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Ja gore! (1968)

    1961-1970ComedyFantasyJanusz MajewskiPoland

    Ja gore! / I Am Burning 1967. Part of TV anthology: Opowiesci Niezwykle (The Amazing Stories). Written and directed by Janusz Majewski. Based on Henryk Rzewuski’s short story.HDTVRip 720p (TVP1 HD broadcast).

    Awards: Brazowy Lajkonik in the feature film category at the Cracow Short Feature Festival, 1968.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – System (1972)

    1971-1980HorrorJanusz MajewskiPolandTV

    It features a young man and a lady friend driving to an insane asylum whose overseers the woman knows. Weirdness is evident before they even reach the place, in the form of a ranting maniac in a tree. More crazies are found freely wandering the grounds of the asylum, they being participants in an apparently revolutionary new system instituted by the asylum’s director. But the director seems just as nutty in his own way as the patients, and it turns out there’s a good reason for this: he is one of the patients, having taken over the asylum and locked up its overseers.Read More »

  • Janusz Majewski – Markheim (1972)

    1971-1980HorrorJanusz MajewskiPolandTV

    Janusz Majewski is one of Poland’s most durable and prolific filmmakers. In a career that spans half a century Majewski has directed a variety of films, with comedies and period pieces predominating. He also made LOKIS, one of Poland’s most famous horror features, and a wealth of horror-themed shorts that comprise a significant body of work in their own right. In fact, I’d argue that Majewski can be counted as the foremost director of Polish horror movies (his only real competition in this regard are his fellow countrymen Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski and Andrzej Zulawski, all of whom have made the majority of their films outside Poland).Read More »

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