Wirgiliusz Gryń
Know for: Acting
Born: 1928-06-09
Place of birth: Mydlice (obecnie Dąbrowa Górnicza), Polska
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A Round Week (1977)
Gustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.
Wizja lokalna 1901 (1981)
More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish...
Hasło (1977)
Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
Klejnot wolnego sumienia (1983)
The Republic of Poland of the 16th century. During the period of religious tolerance, the Sieniawski and Bielecki families compete with each other.
Sąd nad Braćmi Polskimi (1984)
A docu-fiction movie portraying the Polish Brethren religious group over the years.
Koty to dranie (1978)
Retired Sypniewski stands before a bizarre task - he must drown kittens.
Wyłap (1984)
A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape (1970)
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly...
Diabelskie szczęście (1985)
Franciszek Mazur is a famous actor. One day, while returning from a holiday in the countryside, a serious accident occurs. Mazur's wife is seriously...
Niedziela pewnego małżeństwa w mieście przemysłowym średniej wielkości (1977)
The Milewskis are a middle-aged couple. Witold and Magda, both occupied with careers in managerial positions, create a solid, well-matched...
Daimler-Benz Limousine (1983)
Two brothers living in 1939 Poland decide on a whim to steal the limousine of a German consul. The seemingly small act of youthful rebellion will...
The Peasants (1973)
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman...
The Refuge (1978)
In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common...
Na tropach Bartka (1984)
Friends, with the help of the gamekeeper and forester, try to catch the poacher.
Julia, Anna, Genowefa... (1968)
25-year-old Anna works in the laboratory of the Lodz textile factory. She lives with her mother and recently married husband. Her life collapses when...
Aria for an Athlete (1979)
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling...
"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa) (1980)
A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series
The Dancing Hawk (1978)
"The Dancing Hawk" refers to the son of a peasant who senses he can climb to the job in troubled times by playing his cards right. His slavery to...
Where the Water Is Pure and the Grass Is Green (1977)
The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata...
Moon (1969)
The action takes place during the revolution in Russia. A young officer - a White Guard - is sentenced to death by the Red Army soldiers and on a...
Pastorale heroica (1984)
War film directed by Henryk Bielski.
The Housemaster (1980)
A small village during the period of agricultural reforms in 1945. The two protagonists, a terminally ill count and his housemaster, engage in a...
Where is the General? (1964)
Wacław Orzeszko is unlucky soldier, who one day decides to desert his platoon and hide out in a castle, where he meets a Red Army soldier...
Tender Spots (1981)
The year is 1998 and the world is in an ecological cataclysm: there is shortage of water, environment is polluted and being outside brings high...
The Deluge (1974)
During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and...
How Far, How Near (1972)
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much...
Beata (1965)
Teenaged Beata, disgusted with hypocrisy around her runs away from home.
The End of Our World (1964)
Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it
Ultimatum (1984)
Based on actual events in 1982, the film recreates a hostage-taking in Switzerland. Four men storm the Polish embassy: a criminal, a crazed killer, a...
Bohun and Kmicic (1984)
A unit of the People's Army celebrates the moment of liberation of the country. They remember the times of occupation, the actions they took, and...
The Wedding (1973)
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by...
Muffin (1973)
A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city.
Nos (1971)
An ambitious civil servant's career dreams are shattered when his nose falls off. All the worse, the nose starts living its own life and achieves the...
Levin's Mill (1980)
In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as neighbors. One night Johann, a German mill-owner,...
„Anna” i wampir (1981)
A reconstruction of the capture of Polish serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki – the Vampire from Zagłębie.
Południk zero (1971)
Shortly after World War 2 a militiaman with the help of two Union of Young Struggle members wages war on a local gang terrorising a small Masurian...
Umarli rzucają cień (1979)
Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes...
Operation "Himmler" (1979)
A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.
The Epidemic (1972)
Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being...
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends (1970)
Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi...
Pułapka (1971)
Shortly after World War 2 a conflict between cousins, a Polish major and a former SS soldier arises on the Recovered Territories.
Convicted (1976)
A man is tried in court for failing to help his brother to avoid suicide.
The Nest (1974)
Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's...
Matthew's Days (1968)
A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his...
Wściekły (1980)
Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with...
All and Nobody (1978)
City Bieszczady Mountains, 1946. Seven soldiers stop in a small town where should take place a wedding...