Stanisław Bareja

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.

Works

Zmiennicy
7.8

Zmiennicy

Zmiennicy is a Polish sitcom completed in 1986 and aired in 1987. Many famous Polish actors appear in Zmiennicy.

Release Date:1987-10-17

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:15

Vote Count:10

Alternatywy 4
8.4

Alternatywy 4

Alternatywy 4 was a Polish comedy TV series that was finished in 1983. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in Alternatywy 4 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.

Release Date:1986-09-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:dzielnicowy Parys

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:23

7.9

Teddy Bear

En route to London, Bear discovers at the border checkpoint that his passport is missing a few pages, which may prevent him from traveling to the city with the sports team he manages.

Release Date:1981-05-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:88

Dom
7.5

Dom

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Release Date:1980-11-09

Character:reżyser "Zakazanych piosenek"

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

7.4

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.

Release Date:1978-12-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Newton's Wife / Man running to the Train Station (uncredited)

Vote Count:42

7.1

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.

Release Date:1976-10-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Drunk (uncredited)

Vote Count:38

7.0

Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek

Release Date:1975-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8

7.0

A Jungle Book of Regulations

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.

Release Date:1974-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:32

7.7

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 has to work for some time, of course, as a woman. He gets a job as a domestic helper. However, he has no luck with employers.

Release Date:1973-04-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Man chasing Rochowicz's car (uncredited)

Vote Count:67

5.3

Adventure with a Song

Przygoda z piosenką (Pol. Adventure with song) is a Polish film musical comedy from 1969 directed by Stanisław Bareja.

Release Date:1969-06-27

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Paris Pedestrian (uncredited)

Vote Count:6

5.9

The Marriage of Convenience

Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.

Release Date:1967-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:Man Buying a Jacket (uncredited)

Vote Count:9

Kapitan Sowa na tropie
7.0

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.

Release Date:1965-12-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:mężczyzna przy skrzynce pocztowej (nie występuje w napisach)

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:5

6.3

Wife for an Australian

A Polish-born Australian businessman arrives in Poland to find a wife for himself.

Release Date:1964-06-16

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

6.5

Gangsters and Philantropists

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

Release Date:1963-02-15

Character:Man in the Restaurant ("Alcoholmeter") (uncredited)

Vote Count:10

5.7

The Touch of the Night

Roman Jacenko, a local photographer tries to turn his fortunes around and rob a bank transport.

Release Date:1962-01-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

6.2

Husband of His Wife

Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.

Release Date:1961-04-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8

6.0

Miasteczko

A young couple wants to break free of the antagonistic nature of their home village.

Release Date:1960-03-17

Character:Magda's Husband

Vote Count:1

5.9

Inspekcja pana Anatola

PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.

Release Date:1959-08-31

Department:Directing

Job:Co-Director

Character:Photographer

Vote Count:7

6.8

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.

Release Date:1959-02-07

Character:Cook (uncredited)

Vote Count:6

A Little Sunshine

A short documentary by Stanisław Bareja showing the beauty of Masurian Lakes.

Release Date:1958-08-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

6.9

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.

Release Date:1958-01-04

Character:Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Vote Count:23

Szkice węglem

The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her husband from military service), the woman dies at the hands of her jealous husband.

Release Date:1957-11-25

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Character:Jasiek

6.9

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.

Release Date:1957-11-11

Character:Bus Conductor (uncredited)

Vote Count:8

5.5

Winter Twilight

Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.

Release Date:1957-02-01

Character:Malinowski's Helper

Vote Count:4

4.7

Nikodem Dyzma

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

Release Date:1956-10-29

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Character:Kunicki's Butler (uncredited)

Vote Count:5

Warszawska syrena

Release Date:1956-07-20

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Trzy starty

Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.

Release Date:1955-10-25

Character:Overweight Cyclist (uncredited)

5.7

The Hours of Hope

In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.

Release Date:1955-05-09

Department:Directing

Job:Assistant Director

Vote Count:3

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