A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces Read More »
Tag Archives: Poland
Man on the Tracks (1957) Andrzej Munk, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. Read More »
Samson (1961) Andrzej Wajda, Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska
During the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail Read More »
The Sun Rises Once a Day AKA Slonce wschodzi raz na dzien (1972) Henryk Kluba, Franciszek Pieczka, Ryszard Filipski, Stanislaw Gronkowski
After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. Read More »
Beyond Words (2017) Urszula Antoniak, Andrzej Chyra, Jakub Gierszal, Christian Löber
A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly Read More »
Cross of Valor AKA Krzyz Walecznych (1959) Kazimierz Kutz, Jerzy Turek, Aleksander Fogiel, Bronislaw Pawlik
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village Read More »
I Shall Always Stand Guard AKA Na strazy swej stac bede (1984) Kazimierz Kutz, Krzysztof Kolberger, Iwona Swietochowska, Lidia Maksymowicz
Set during World War II. The story follows a young officer returning home Read More »
The Collector AKA Komornik (2005) Feliks Falk, Andrzej Chyra, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Kinga Preis
Lucek (Andrzej Chyra) is a shrewd but soulless debt collector who callously Read More »
Lullaby AKA Kolysanka (2010) Juliusz Machulski, Robert Wieckiewicz, Malgorzata Buczkowska, Janusz Chabior
Black comedy. A weird family named Makarewicz moves into a house recently abandoned by owner Read More »
Ga, Ga – Glory To The Heroes AKA Ga, Ga – Chwala bohaterom (1986) Piotr Szulkin, Daniel Olbrychski, Jerzy Stuhr, Katarzyna Figura
Our main character lands on a supposedly uninhabited strange new world Read More »