
Konrad Tom
Directing
Biography
Konrad Tom was born on April 9, 1887 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire as Konrad Runowiecki. He was a writer and actor, known for Ksiazatko (1937), Ada! To nie wypada! (1936) and Mamele (1938). He was married to Zula Pogorzelska. He died on August 9, 1957 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Known For

After becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski.
Is Lucyna a Girl?

Ada Dziewanowska, a spirited landowner’s daughter, is sent to a Kraków boarding school to be “tamed,” where she secretly appears in an operetta and unexpectedly falls in love with Fred Orzelski, ironically the very suitor her parents had long planned for her.
Ada, Don't Do That!

After his business partner Otto vanishes with the company’s funds, Roman Tarski tells his wife Stefie he must work secretly by night as a waiter at the club “Alhambra.” Stefie grows suspicious of his exhaustion and odd behavior, and when she finds him drunk with the maid Kazia and her fiancé Walery, she enlists Baron Carolescu’s help to expose Roman’s deception and uncover the truth about the missing money.
What Does My Husband Do at Night?

A wanted Pole arrives in Tsarist Russia and assumes the identity of a Police Chief.
Antek policmajster

Mamele embraces the entire gamut of interwar Jewish life in Lodz--tenements and unemployed Jews, nightclubs and gangsters, religious Jews celebrating sukkot--but the film belongs to Molly Picon who romps undaunted through her dutiful daughter role saving siblings, keeping the family intact, singing and acting her way through the stages of a woman's life from childhood to old age.
Mamele

Subiekt Jurek accidentally ends up at a ball held in the salons of the bankrupt industrialist Porecki. He is taken for Chelmonski's counselor. Ania's parents want to marry her off to the rich Kracht, who turns out to be a hoaxer. Jurek, who is in love with Ania with reciprocity, exposes him. The director of the department store gives Jurek five times his salary. Jurek soon becomes the Poreckis' son-in-law.
Ekscelencja Jurek
When Professor Horski learns that his wife has published a volume of novellas under his name entitled "Wife" he feels compromised and is angered at her. But as he reads them, he finds that they are great. Also, he reads in them a warning to himself: one should not neglect one's wife for the sake of academic work. The film is considered to be lost.
Kiedy kobieta zdradza męża

Wincenty Poziomka tries to earn his living and falls in love.
ABC miłości

Music teacher Geniuś and a rich man Tosio compete for the love of beautiful Gama. Lost film.
Rywale

Lieutenant Niko’s family insists he marry a chosen fiancée, but he falls for a beautiful baroness and travels to meet “his betrothed” disguised as his orderly, who impersonates him, only to discover that the baroness is in fact the intended bride. Meanwhile, the baroness and her maid swap identities in turn, leading to a cascade of mistaken identities and a lighthearted resolution when true matches are revealed.
Love Manoeuvres

The story of two friends Adam and Zygmunt, serving in the floatplanes escadrille of the Polish Navy.
Rhapsody of the Baltic Sea

Helenka Roliczówna is the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer and a boarder at the Institute for Girls' Further Education. There she meets Stefan Frankiewicz, who has decided to visit his uncle, a music teacher at the school. The young people quickly take a liking to each other.
Zapomniana melodia

A landowner meets a cabaret dancer in Warsaw who unexpectedly accompanies him to his rural estate, shocking his household. When his son arrives with his fiancée, the dancer is hidden in the gamekeeper’s cottage, sparking suitors among the gamekeeper’s son and later the landowner’s own son.
The Toy

A pair of Poles deported to Siberia are taken to the army formed by General Anders and along the battle trail.
The Great Way

During World War I in 1916, Austrian soldier Dodek Wędzonka is mistaken for a Russian lieutenant and freed by a Russian patrol, only to be quartered at the seized Majewo estate - home of his own superior, Lieutenant Majewski.
Dymsza na wojnie

The action takes place in a fictional country. One day the head of the Ministry of Public Morality is Susan, whose greatest misfortune is to have a twin sister. Twin sister is actress and cabaret revue, which performance and behavior discredits the minister.
Pani minister tańczy

Staying at a fancy resort, Wladyslawa Majewska is mistaken as a male guest when she is dressed in a skiing outfit. The manager offers her, thinking she is a he, a job as a dancer to entertain the unescorted ladies who frequent the hotel. Wladyslawa goes along with the offer, and keeps the old ladies dancing but falls in love with the best-looking male guest in the process, who thinks she is a man.
The Little Prince

Pharmacy trainee Władzio is a shy young man with a good heart, in love with lovely Loda.
Love, Cherish, Respect

It is 1809, and the Austro-Polish War is raging. Returning from a reconnaissance mission, Lieutenant Andrzej Zadora and his squad of lancers stop for a rest in Serock, a small Galician town. They spend the night at the "Pod Gwiazdą" inn, where the innkeeper is the young and beautiful Kasia. A passionate feeling develops between the young people. Soon the soldiers leave, and Prince Józef Poniatowski, commander-in-chief of the army, who is in the area inspecting troops, arrives at the inn...
The Uhlan of Duke Joseph
Commander Korski, head of the Gdynia port, invites his police-commander daughter Marysia from Warsaw in hopes she will become engaged to Lieutenant Kotowicz, who is returning from America.