
Witold Lesiewicz
Directing
Biography
Witold Lesiewicz was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 24 films between 1949 and 1979. He completed the work on the 1963 film Passenger after the death of director Andrzej Munk.
Known For

Christopher Lee hosts this horror anthology series from Poland with stories from various classic authors.
Theatre Macabre

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
Passenger

1944. Communist militiaman take a post in a little town in the east of Poland. He has to stand against his own men that are not happy with new authorities.
Rok pierwszy

The story of the ups and downs of the magistrate Franciszek Murek. After losing his state job, the protagonist assumes the identity of a foreigner Franz Klamma and makes a career in the aristocratic salons of Warsaw as a master of occultism.
Doktor Murek

Selected episodes from a television series of thrilling stories based on works of world literature classics.
Świat grozy

Three short films about the future of Switzerland.
Swissmade

The wealthy Lord Artur Savile learns from a palm reader that he's destined to become a murderer. Obsessed with the prophecy, he decides to commit the deed as quickly as possible.
Zbrodnia lorda Artura Savile'a

A small fishing village between the sea and the lake. One day, when all the men went out to catch, a viper bitten Grandpa Filip and little Madzia was severely injured by a misfire. Holidaymakers with a motorboat refuse to help. Filip decides to take the girl to the doctor himself.
Między brzegami

Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.
April
Wacław Urbin joins an exclusive club, learning the secrets of its members.
Klub szachistów

The year 1953 ends. Mines that failed to fulfil the plan are not allowed to light their star. Socialist realism treated seriously – with the memory of the mining tradition, with respect for the work of the old, with hope for the young.
The Stars Must Burn

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.
The Unknown

Portrays the power struggle between the king of Poland, Bolesław the Bold, and the Bishop of Kraków, Stanisław Szczepanowski.
Bolesław Śmiały

The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.
Miejsce dla jednego

A Pole incorporated into the Wehrmacht deserts, hiding in a coal mine ...
Dezerter
Tom arrives in a strange city, where he meets casino owners who are hiding a secret.