Top Polish Movies 1987
The best and the most popular Polish movies of 1987
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- DirectorJanusz ZaorskiStarsMagda Teresa WójcikZbigniew ZapasiewiczFranciszek PieczkaStory opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
- DirectorZbigniew KuzminskiStarsIwona Katarzyna PawlakAdam MarjanskiMarta Lipinska1880s, Korczyn on the Nemunas. The nobility and peasants are trying to adapt to the new post-uprising reality. Justyna Orzelska meets Jan Bohatyrowicz, who shows her how valuable work is.
- DirectorMarek KoterskiStarsWojciech WysockiJoanna SienkiewiczMaria ProboszA grumpy, dislikable neurotic living in a high-rise apartment building cannot stand anything that surrounds him, people included. Most of all he hates his wife.
- DirectorFeliks FalkStarsJerzy StuhrMieczyslaw FranaszekKatarzyna KozakFollow up of the "Top Dog" (Wodzirej). Jerzy Stuhr reappears as Ludwik Danielak, smooth-talking hustler with a spreading waistline. He got sacked from his tv job in 1981 and now he is ready for comeback. His idea is the program called "Hero of the Year". His first star is to be Zbigniew Tataj (Mieczyslaw Franaszek), a quiet storekeeper, who saved an apartment building by alerting people about the gas leak. Danielak takes Tataj on a nationwide tour. It becomes clear, however, that he will not be allowed to speak frankly to the people but rather to read a prepared statement instead. Finally, at a hyped-up concert he walks off the stage, leaving Danielak in total surprise.
- DirectorRadoslaw PiwowarskiStarsKatarzyna FiguraPiotr SiwkiewiczRafal WegrzyniakA young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind. They become friends sharing their dreams of going to Hollywood. One day she finds a goldfish trapped in a beer bottle: she sets her free and makes three wishes, not for herself but for her friends. To her surprise all of them come true. As a reward she gets a long awaited call from Billy Wilder.
- DirectorZbigniew KuzminskiStarsJacek ChmielnikHenryk BistaKatarzyna Gniewkowska"Between the Cup and the Lip" is a beautiful polish turn century drama, which is basen on Maria Rodziewiczowna's novel. The action takes place in Berlin, where we meet Count Wentzel, who falls for a beautiful unknown lady. Since then he tries to get close to her, but as we know, a lot of things can happen 'between the cup and the lip'.
- DirectorTadeusz ChmielewskiStarsMalgorzata PieczynskaOlgierd LukaszewiczFranciszek PieczkaSet during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
- DirectorWaldemar DzikiStarsRusty JedwabNatasza MaraszekEdward GarsonA 12-year boy feels left out by his classmates because he wasn't given ice time in the big hockey game. He finally discovers his calling when his parents take him to a magic show. Picked by the magician to be his helper during a trick he is drawn into the world of magic and wants to learn more. He becomes proficient in tricks and also discovers his telekinetic powers. Unfortunately that further alienates him from his peers and his parents are afraid of his powers. Things change when a national emergency arises and the government asks him to help. After success he becomes a hero and is accepted by all.
- DirectorFilip BajonStarsJan NowickiOlgierd LukaszewiczJan EnglertFilm traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. In 1900 Prince Hans von Teuss entertains Emperor Wilhelm II with a bison hunt at his palatial residence. He finds out many years later that his wife was emperor's lover and divorces her. In the '20s, during the Silesian uprisings, Prince's son Konrad befriends foreman's son. In 1932, the Prince, now married to younger Marisca, becomes paralyzed and confined to wheelchair. His diabolical elder son takes over the ruined estate and unknown to his father becomes associated with Hitler's supporters.
- DirectorJerzy GruzaStarsKatarzyna FiguraStefan KazuroKatarzyna CyganIn the kingdom of Paflaggia, King Valorozo is ruling, who illegally took the throne due to his nephew, Prince Giglio. Giglio loves himself in the daughter of King, Angelika. Angelika wears an enchanted ring on her finger that gives her beauty. During an argument with Giglio, he throws the ring out the window. At this moment, he loses all the charm and the prince stops loving her... "The Ring and the Rose" - a film tale directed by Jerzy Gruza, based on the novel by William Thackeray of the same title.
- DirectorJerzy DomaradzkiStarsGrazyna TrelaJerzy StuhrHenryk BistaMaryska Miechowska's husband departs to the front. Upon hearing news of his death, she engages in successive romances.
- DirectorJanusz RzeszewskiStarsKrzysztof KowalewskiDorota KaminskaAgata RzeszewskaIn 1943, a drunk cook is mistaken for a secret agent and sent on a special mission from London to Nazi-occupied Poland.
- DirectorWojciech WójcikStarsRoman WilhelmiJan PeszekJanusz BukowskiRafal's wife and two children get killed on the road by a drunk truck driver. When police can't find the killer, Rafal starts to work on his own to punish the perpetrator.
- DirectorJerzy DomaradzkiJanusz MorgensternStarsChristopher LloydDee WallaceAllison BalsonA satire of Cold War politics, where Red bureaucrats meet U.S. corporate greed, and a witch and a dragon.