Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Birth : 1928-04-10, Jasło, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Death : 2021-07-31

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Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Movies

Controlled Conversations
Music
Brilliantly funny comedy finds humor in what was otherwise a terrifying time, the outbreak of Martial Law in Poland in 1981.
Koniec sezonu na lody
Music
The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.
The Faithful River
Original Music Composer
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
Quiet Is the Night
Music
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. The police comissioner ends up tracing the clues to his own home, where he has an adolescent son he has not been able to communicate with.
I'm a Butterfly
Music Director
Funny adventures of Engineer Stefan Karwowski. One day he meet the famous star Irena Orska and fall in love. But there are three problems: his wife and two children. He must choice what is more importent for him - family or Irena.
Hotel Pacific
Original Music Composer
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.
It's Spring, Sergeant
Music
A Party for Ten, Plus Three
Music
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.
Man - Woman Wanted
Music
Falsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.
Journey for One Smile
Original Music Composer
The film is a cinema version of the popular TV series of the same title.
Kłopotliwy gość
Original Music Composer
Mały
Music
Heaven on Earth
Music
Nowy
Original Music Composer
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
Original Music Composer
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 soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Original Music Composer
After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Original Music Composer
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 crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
Jovita
Original Music Composer
Marek is a promising athlete sharing affairs with more than one women. One day at masquerade ball his loafing eyes witnessed the most beautiful pair of eyes disguised in black veil of Turkish dress and instantly get him ensnared by her enigma. He follows her, she knows it. She meets him and introduced her as Jowita and told him to wait for her outside the gate. The wait ended in frustration for him and he gets himself obsessed in search of her. Finally at another ball, he meets her again but she said she is Agnieszka and not Jowita, who is her best friend. They became friends and lovers but still those eyes of Jowita remain a mystery. Who is Jowita? An unattainable object of desire or unsolved enigma of subconscious?
This is Your New Son
Music
Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.
The Marriage of Convenience
Original Music Composer
Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.
Cooked Doves
Music
Beata
Music
No More Divorces
Original Music Composer
Three short segments about love.
Love at Twenty
Music
Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.
A Little Western
Music
The small western was the first film by Witold Giersz painted directly with a brush on a celluloid. Spilling patches of colors are arranged in the form of cowboys and horses, creating a surprising and brilliant parody of the western. Animation is also an intriguing self-comment: the viewer watches not only the struggle between good and evil, but also the process of creating a film world. Made in 1960, the award-winning Little Western is the first fully auteur movie in the history of Polish animation - the director and screenwriter in one person also took care of the visual development of the film.
Ostatni strzał
Original Music Composer
Gaudeamus
Music
A report from a student’s festival in Kraków. The history of this event dates back to the 15th century in Poland. Statues and knights at Wawel remain unmoved until they fall into the rhythm of joyful fun.
The Position
Music
Intrigues, tricks, brawls (and a social commentary) all of that for a free place on beach…