Jan Himilsbach Movies

Seven stories based on unusual court cases from Poland.

Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself.

Stefan Pulman, a lonely Varsovian, spends his vacation every year in a quiet guesthouse. He makes very real marriage plans. The object of his sighs...

Poetically shown story of love, passion, loyalty, betrayal of trust, and death. Three young friends travel round Poland and do the living acting out...

An unexpected guest shows at the door of an apartment of a working-class family, at first asking just for a glass of water.

Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.

Zdzicho leaves prison and tries to get his share from his former partners.

More and more mourners join a queue for the stonemason. He is played by Jan Himilsbach (1931-1988), an untrained actor, ("Rejs" 1970) and prose...

Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.

By a twist of fate, a Warsaw crook becomes a translator at a reunion of high school graduates in a small town. There he learns about a treasure...

A study of the psyche of a sick, aging man who loses faith in the meaning of life.