5 Movies Starring Jakub Gierszal

All That I Love

All That I Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-15

Languages:

Polish

Countries:

Poland

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1137 Reviews)

Director:

Jacek Borcuch

Fullplot:

Follows four friends in their quest to form a punk band. As workers protests sweep across the country, Janek and Staszek, the sons of a navy man, the rebellious Kazik, and the affluent Diabel gel as a band, but their disparate lives are touched by social turmoil and outside perceptions.

Yuma

Yuma

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-08-10

Languages:

Polish, German

Countries:

Poland, Czech Republic

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (644 Reviews)

Director:

Piotr Mularuk

Cast:

Writer:

Wojciech Gajewicz

Piotr Mularuk

Fullplot:

YUMA is a gripping drama about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster. When, after transformation to capitalism, poverty and humiliation rule on his side of the border, he crosses to the other side of the river, where the Germans seem to have it all, and literally reaches out for the symbols of a better life. Back home, handing out stolen Adidas and Ray Bans makes him a Robin Hood of his community. Before he realizes what is happening, money and power overtake his naive dreams of a better life and things spiral out of control. It seems Zyga is destined for the fate of Macbeth, a man doomed by ambition and a betrayed moral code...

Suicide Room

Suicide Room

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-03-04

Languages:

Polish, English

Countries:

Poland

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (5173 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Komasa

Fullplot:

Dominik is an above-average high school boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes, but one innocent orgasm with a mate changes everything. Humiliated, he begins to isolate himself from the outside world. Spending all his time on his computer, he meets an anonymous girl who introduces him to the "suicide room", a place from which there is no escape. Caught in a trap woven of his own emotions, Dominik becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and gradually loses what he cherishes most.

Finsterworld

Finsterworld

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-17

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1101 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Frauke Finsterwalder

Christian Kracht

Fullplot:

A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways, and all of them have dark sides which may shock us to the core.

Lasting

Lasting

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-08

Languages:

Polish, Spanish

Countries:

Poland, Spain

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (319 Reviews)

Director:

Jacek Borcuch

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

LASTING is an emotional love story about Michal and Karina, a pair of Polish students who meet and fall in love with each other while working summer jobs in Spain. An unexpected nightmare brutally breaks into their carefree time in the heavenly landscape and throws their lives into chaos.

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