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Tag Archives: Poland
Katyn (2007) Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Artur Zmijewski
When the Soviet Union on 17 September 1939 invades Poland, Anna Aleksandrowna leaves her home in Krakow Read More »
Quiet Is the Night AKA Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Antonina Barczewska, Henryk Bista, Jerzy Bonczak
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. Read More »
Hi, Tereska AKA Czesc Tereska (2001) Robert Glinski, Aleksandra Gietner, Karolina Sobczak, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Teenager Tereska comes from poor family and has to face difficult world and mean people around her. Read More »
The Mighty Angel AKA Pod mocnym aniolem (2014) Wojciech Smarzowski, Robert Wieckiewicz, Julia Kijowska, Adam Woronowicz
Jerzy is a writer and a chronic alcoholic. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. Read More »
From a Far Country (1981) Krzysztof Zanussi, Sam Neill, Christopher Cazenove, Lisa Harrow
The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtyla was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Read More »
Crime and Punishment (2002) Menahem Golan, Crispin Glover, Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed. Read More »
Ayka (2018) Sergei Dvortsevoy, Samal Yeslyamova, Zhipara Abdilaeva, Sergey Mazur
A poor migrant woman in Moscow struggles with her life. Read More »
Pills for Aurelia AKA Pigulki dla Aurelii (1958) Stanislaw Lenartowicz, Jerzy Adamczak, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jaroslaw Kuszewski
Action drama that takes place in Poland during World War 2. Soldiers of the Polish underground Read More »
The Underneath AKA Pod powierzchnia (2006) Marek Gajczak, Zbigniew Kaleta, Beata Kozikowska, Tomasz Karolak
Two couples are at an isolated lakeside cabin and the tragic psycho-sexual Read More »
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania AKA Pan Tadeusz (1999) Andrzej Wajda, Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska
In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia’s client state of Lithuania, think independence will come Read More »
Provincial Actors AKA Aktorzy prowincjonalni (1979) Agnieszka Holland, Halina Labonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka
In reality, the comedy-drama can be read as a commentary on the contemporary Polish scene in politics and society. Read More »
One Room Tenants AKA Wspólny pokój (1960) Wojciech Has, Halina Buyno-Loza, Boguslaw Danielewski, Krystyna Feldman
The lives of several one room tenants in Warsaw’s Old Town. All the young roommates – a poet, a student Read More »
Alice AKA Alicja (1982) Jacek Bromski, Jerzy Gruza, Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Susannah York
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. Read More »
Holy Week AKA Wielki tydzien (1995) Andrzej Wajda, Beata Fudalej, Wojciech Malajkat, Magdalena Warzecha
During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto Read More »