Movie | Drama, Romance | Poland | Polish, Portuguese
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cast
Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska
Plot
A naive inexperienced young man spies on a woman who lives across the courtyard, and falls in love with her. He starts using tricks which he hopes will lead to them meeting.
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevi...
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski
Plot
As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Plot
In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel
Plot
Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censo...
The main character is the manager of a sport club, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament - somebody has torn out a few pages fro...
Wieslaw Michnikowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Plot
Two scientists are placed into a 3-year hibernation, but when they wake up, it turns out to have been 50 years, and they are the only two males in a new underground society composed exclusively of women.
Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska
Plot
Upon finding a book that relates his grandfather's story, an officer ventures through Spain meeting a wide array of characters, most of whom have a story of their own to tell.
The famous safecracker Kwinto, after leaving prison, decided to quit. But the news of the death of a friend abruptly changes his plans. He decides to "take" Kramer's bank. And, of course, he takes. Elegant, fun and twisted.
Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielawna
Plot
Jerzy enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something, as does the strange woman with whom he must share a sleeping compartment.
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Tadeusz Konwicki, Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast
Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska
Plot
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Roman Wilhelmi, Bozena Dykiel, Stanislawa Celinska
Plot
The families from various backgrounds move to a newly built block of flats in the suburbs of Warsaw. They have to face the totalitarian methods applied by the block caretaker Stanislaw Aniol.
Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Plot
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
Movie | Adventure, Comedy | Poland | Polish, Serbo-Croatian
Director
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Writer
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Cast
Marian Kociniak, Janina Boronska, Adam Cyprian
Plot
The adventures of unlucky Polish soldier Franek Dolas during world war II. In September he escapes from Stalag and goes to France. After that he fights in Africa and Europe.
Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.
A team of astronauts land on an inhabitable planet and form a society. Many years later, a single astronaut is sent to the planet and becomes a messiah.
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz, Jacek Fuksiewicz, Jerzy Hoffman
Cast
Jerzy Binczycki, Anna Dymna, Tomasz Stockinger
Plot
Abandoned by his wife and daughter, a famous surgeon starts drinking, hurts his head and loses his memory. His medical knowledge gradually resurfaces and he becomes a village healer, not remembering who he is.
Cezary Pazura, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Jerzy Stuhr
Plot
An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.
Józef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.
Marcin Baczynski, Mariusz Kuczewski, Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz
Cast
Leszek Lichota, Maria Kowalska, Ignacy Liss
Plot
A once-respected surgeon professor Rafal Wilczur who's lost his family and his memory gets a chance at redemption when he reconnects with someone from his forgotten past who can help him find the answers he needs.
Movie | Adventure, History | Poland, Russia | Polish
Director
Jerzy Hoffman
Writer
Jerzy Hoffman, Adam Kersten, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Cast
Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Plot
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
The mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Jan Kreczmar
Plot
While aboard a transatlantic passenger ship, a German woman, Liza, notices someone who looks like Marta, a former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be a guard.
In the good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from the secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to a new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all privileges. Some, like Franz, ar...
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
Plot
A few years after the events of Man of Marble (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
Danuta Szaflarska, Janina Ordezanka, Jerzy Duszynski
Plot
A Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity - setting up a street orchestra and taking part in the anti-German resistance movement.
Emanuel Schlechter, Ludwik Starski, Eugeniusz Bodo
Cast
Eugeniusz Bodo, Jazef Orwid, Helena Grossawna
Plot
Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man ...
Tomasz Kot, Piotr Glowacki, Szymon Piotr Warszawski
Plot
The early career of cardiac surgeon Zbigniew Religa. Despite the harsh reality of 1980s Poland, he successfully leads a team of doctors to the country's first human heart transplantation.
Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra Slaska, Teresa Szmigielawna
Plot
One day in the life of an alcohol addict. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. But when she's at work, Kuba is home alone, and it becomes hard not to resist the temptation.
Two men emerge from the sea onto the beach carrying a large wooden wardrobe with a mirror on its front. After the two men clean up and rejoice being in this new environment, they proceed to enter the nearby town, they carrying the...
Jagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.
A wealthy small-town wiseguy organizes the wedding party for his daughter. As the party begins, unexpected events start to occur and disturb the party for the hosts and guests alike.
This comedy follows a young scientist in the contemporary world, who actually came from the world of dwarves, thanks to a magic potion, held by the Big Eater, ruler of the dwarves. The dwarf kingdom, Shuflandia, exists in a cellar...
Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Andrzej Zarnecki
Plot
Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.
Despite being in love with a Ukrainian boy from the same village, Polish girl named Zosia is forced into marrying a wealthy widower. Soon World War II begins and ethnic tensions arise. Amidst the war chaos Zosia tries to survive.
Movie | Adventure, Drama | Poland, Russia | Polish
Director
Jerzy Hoffman
Writer
Jerzy Hoffman, Jerzy Lutowski, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Cast
Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski
Plot
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska
Plot
A young doctor and jazz drummer, is also a womanizer who meets one night another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of appearances, both unable to confess their lov...
Aleksander Ford, Leon Kruczkowski, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Cast
Urszula Modrzynska, Grazyna Staniszewska, Andrzej Szalawski
Plot
In the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.
Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska
Plot
The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. It shows his attempts to cope with a changing world which seems to have no place for him. He has no consciousness of any kind but is always on the verge of tu...
Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki
Plot
Set during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some German soldiers slaughter a woman, her son, and mother-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The husband decides to join the resistance but ...
Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski
Plot
Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. He initially tries to avoid un...
Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski
Plot
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Movie | Documentary, Biography | Poland, USA | English
Director
Ireneusz Dobrowolski
Writer
Stephen Cooper, Ireneusz Dobrowolski
Cast
Stanislav Szukalski, Glenn Bray, Robert Williams
Plot
This documentary chronicles the life of Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski (1893-1987) from his early years in Chicago, to his time in Poland and Los Angeles, and his artistic and political contributions to the world.
The main characters are the same two quarreling pesant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have...
A zootechnician visits a remote farm, developing relationships with tragic consequences, and 1982 during Martial Law, as investigators reconstruct the 1978 crime scene to solve a multiple murder case involving the zootechnician.
Leszek Teleszynski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Malgorzata Braunek
Plot
Young Polish noble Jakub, freed during 1793 Prussian invasion, experiences father's death, betrayal. Traumatized, he follows his savior, committing brutal murders across the country.
Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel
Plot
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, the station master, believes Orzechowski wa...
Massimo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura is a sales director. She does not expect that on a trip to Sicily trying to save her relationship, Massimo will kidnap her and give her 365 days to fall in love with him.
Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bronislaw Pawlik, Stanislaw Tym
Plot
What Will You Do When You Catch Me? is a parody of comunist times in Poland. A state-owned company director is having an afair during his delegation. Later on, his mistress turns out to be the daughter of a Communist party bigwig ...
A church bell chimes. An old woman stops to feed pidgins on her way to work in the men's lavatory in the basement of a public building. She sits all day by the lavatory door as little dramas play out -- of illness, assignation, an...
Bumbling film director Adam Miauczynski's calamity-ridden life sees his career and relationships suffering due to his lack of common sense, leaving him clueless on how to fix things.
Arkadiusz Jakubik, Robert Wieckiewicz, Jacek Braciak
Plot
Three Catholic priests meet to celebrate the anniversary of an event which could have taken their lives. Their experiences and motivations to serve as priests are extremely different, and soon each of them will have to face new ch...
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. There are noises, too: a cuckoo clock chirps the workday's end. The artisan c...
A man searches for survival after nuclear war forces people into an underground bunker. The inhabitants await rescue while their refuge decays around them.
Jerzy Braun, Stanislaw Przybyszewski, Andrzej Strug
Cast
Gregori Chmara, Agnes Kuck, Julian Krzewinski
Plot
Journalist Henryk Bielecki is not very talented but he desperately wants to become a famous writer. Nothing will stop him from making his dreams come true.
Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul
Plot
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to student...
Krzysztof Kowalewski, Wojciech Pokora, Janina Traczykawna
Plot
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening ti...
A man hops off a train by the small town where he claims he was before. His presence allows to bring out the inner feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants. A man who has hidden through all of the war because he looked Jewish, even...
Because of the danger involved and the harsh conditions, wood transport drivers, working in the forests of south-east Poland, are going to quit their jobs. A party activist arrives to make them change their minds.
