Stanisław Bareja
Directing
Biography
Stanisław Sylwester Bareja (5 December 1929 – 14 June 1987) was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films (mostly comedies) have reached cult status in Poland. His most famous film is Teddy Bear (Miś), filmed in 1980. His last work was Zmiennicy, a TV series completed in 1986 and aired in 1987. On 21 September 2006 Bareja was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczyński and in 2005, a street in Warsaw was named after Stanisław Bareja.
Born: December 5, 1929
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Poland
Known For
4 Alternative Street
4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.
Man - Woman Wanted
Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he takes jobs as a maid for a variety of colorful characters.
What Will You Do When You Catch Me?
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Dom
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.
Kapitan Sowa na tropie
Kapitan Sowa na tropie is a Polish series from 1965 directed by Stanisław Bareja. It was the first Polish criminal series made after World War II.
Eroica
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
Brunet Will Call
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Kapelusz pana Anatola
Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.
Eagle
Based on a true story of Polish submarine "Orzel" (The Eagle): September 1939, "Orzel" is coming to Estonian neutral harbor in Tallin. Under pressure from Germany Estonians have intern the ship. Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea, without any maps that has been confiscated and with only small amount of fuel on board.
Filmography
as dzielnicowy Parys
as reżyser "Zakazanych piosenek"
as Newton's Wife / Man running to the Train Station (uncredited)
as Drunk (uncredited)
as Man Chasing Rochowicz (uncredited)
as Paris Pedestrian (uncredited)
as Man Buying a Jacket (uncredited)
as mężczyzna przy skrzynce pocztowej (nie występuje w napisach)
as Mężczyzna przy skrzynce pocztowej (niewymieniony w czołówce)
as Man in the Restaurant ("Alcoholmeter") (uncredited)
as Magda's Husband
as Photographer
as Cook (uncredited)
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Bus Conductor (uncredited)
as Malinowski's Helper
as Kunicki's Butler (uncredited)
as Overweight Cyclist (uncredited)