"For me, the most important thing is the story. I'm telling the story. And I'm not speculating on what it means more than it is. It's a story. And of course, one can always find some additional interpretation and some theoretical sightseeing into it."
FEATURE FILMOGRAPHY
- Identification Marks: None (Rysopis, 1964) - IMDB
Blu-ray and DVD: included in Hands Up!/Identification Marks None: Two Films by Jerzy Skolimowski (BFI, region coding TBC)
Telewizja Kinopolska's barebones, analogue SD-sourced DVD is now redundant.
Walkover (Walkower, 1965) - IMDB
Blu-ray: a barebones disc is included in the second volume of Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, but Second Run's Blu-ray edition (June 2023) will have far more curatorial context.
Telewizja Kinopolska's barebones, analogue SD-sourced DVD is now redundant.
Barrier (Bariera, 1966) - IMDB
Blu-ray: to be released by Second Run in June 2023, hopefully with improved subtitles on the below.
Telewizja Kinopolska's barebones, analogue SD-sourced DVD is now redundant.
Le Départ (1967) - IMDB
As of April 2023, available on Netflix.
Hands Up! (Ręce do góry, 1967/81) - IMDB
Blu-ray and DVD: included in Hands Up!/Identification Marks None: Two Films by Jerzy Skolimowski (BFI, region coding TBC)
Telewizja Kinopolska's barebones, analogue SD-sourced DVD is now redundant.
Note that the above only includes the revised 1981 version; the 1967 version was included on Malavida's long-OOP DVD Haut les mains! (with French subtitles)
Deep End (1970) - IMDB
Blu-ray/DVD: BFI Flipside edition (region-free)
The Adventures of Gerard (1970) - IMDB
King, Queen, Knave (Herzbube, 1972) - IMDB
The Shout (1978) - IMDB
DVD: Network (Region 2 PAL). An earlier British DVD release on Prism is vastly inferior - the Network disc contains a decent transfer (reproducing the artistically crucial Dolby Stereo effect), a commentary and a substantial PDF section including the complete script.
Blu-ray: Network (Region B)
Moonlighting (1982) - IMDB
DVD: Trinity Entertainment (Region 1 NTSC)
Blu-ray: Screenbound
Success Is The Best Revenge (1984) - IMDB
DVD: Reputedly out in Greece
The Lightship (1985) - IMDB
DVD: Paramount (Region 1 NTSC)
Torrents of Spring (Acque di primavera, 1989) - IMDB
DVD: Miramax (Region 1 NTSC)
30 Door Key (Ferdydurke, 1991) - IMDB
DVD: Vision (Region 0 PAL, in English)
Four Nights With Anna (Cztery noce z Anną…, 2008) - IMDB
DVD: Gutek Film (Region 0 PAL, Polish with optional English subtitles)
Essential Killing (2010)
Separate Blu-ray/DVD releases from TiM Film Studio (Poland). English subtitles claimed but not verified (though the film has so little spoken content that this may not matter).
11 Minutes (2015)
DVD:
EO (2022)
Blu-ray: BFI/Criterion
- The Menacing Eye (Oko wykol, 1960) - IMDB
Little Hamlet (Hamles, 1960) - IMDB
Available on YouTube (doesn't need subtitles).
Erotic (Erotyk, 1960) - IMDB
Available on YouTube (in unsubtitled Polish).
Your Money Or Your Life (Pieniądze albo życie, 1961) - IMDB
Sculpture (Rzezba, 1961)
Boxing (Boks, 1962) - IMDB
Dialogue (Dialóg 20-40-60, 1968) - IMDB
Skolimowski directed the first segment (The 20-Year-Olds of this three-part portmanteau film.
- Con Bravura (aka The Nun/Zakonnika, d. Andrzej Munk, 1958)
Skolimowski played a small acting role.
Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni czarodzieje, d. Andrzej Wajda, 1960)
Skolimowski co-wrote the screenplay and played a small role as an ineffectual boxer named Hamlet.
DVDs: Polart (Region 0 NTSC, Polish with English subtitles)
Tariff Two (Drufa taryfa, d. MichaŁ Elster, 1962)
Skolimowski co-wrote the screenplay.
Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie, d. Roman Polanski, 1962) - IMDB
Skolimowski co-wrote the screenplay.
DVDs: Criterion (Region 1 NTSC, Polish with English subtitles), Anchor Bay (Region 2 PAL, Polish with English subtitles)
A Frame of Mind (Sposób bycia, d. Jan Rybkowski, 1967)
Skolimowski played Leopold.
A Slip-Up (Poslizg, d. Jan Łomnicki, 1972) - IMDB
Skolimowski wrote the screenplay and played the garage owner.
Circle of Deceit (Die Fälschung, d. Volker Schlöndorff, 1981) - IMDB
Skolimowski played Hoffmann.
Mesmerized (d. Michael Laughlin, 1984) - IMDB
Skolimowski co-wrote the screenplay
White Nights (d. Taylor Hackford, 1985) - IMDB
Skolimowski played Colonel Chaiko.
Big Shots (d. Robert Mandel, 1987) - IMDB
Skolimowski played Doc.
The Hollow Men (Motyw cienia, d. Joseph Kay/Michael Lyndon, 1993) - IMDB
Skolimowski produced the film (directed by his sons)
Mars Attacks! (d. Tim Burton, 1996) - IMDB
Skolimowski played Dr. Ziegler.
LA Without A Map (d. Mika Kaurismäki, 1998) - IMDB
Skolimowski played the Minister.
Operacja samum (d. Władysław Pasikowski, 1999)
Skolimowski played Hayes (the CIA chief)
Before Night Falls (d. Julian Schnabel, 2000) - IMDB
Skolimowski played the Professor.
Eastern Promises (d. David Cronenberg, 2007) - IMDB
Skolimowski played Uncle Stepan.
- Jerzy Skolimowski (general}
Barrier (Second Run)
Hands Up! (Second Run)
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