Lucek (Andrzej Chyra) is a shrewd but soulless debt collector who callously Read More »
Tag Archives: polish
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 »
Squint Your Eyes AKA Zmruz oczy (2002) Andrzej Jakimowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Olga Prószynska, Rafal Guzniczak
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town Read More »
33 Scenes from Life AKA 33 sceny z zycia (2008) Malgorzata Szumowska, Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr
A successful artist, married to a famous composer, must suddenly deal with a number of crises Read More »
The Game AKA Gra (1969) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Gustaw Holoubek, Helena Bystrzanowska
A bourgeois married couple of 12 years are going through an existential crisis. Read More »
Horizontal Landscape AKA Pejzaz horyzontalny (1978) Janusz Kidawa, Mieczyslaw Hryniewicz, Jaroslaw Kopaczewski, Wieslaw Wójcik
After the construction foreman is fired in Communist-era Poland Read More »
Crows AKA Wrony (1994) Dorota Kedzierzawska, Karolina Ostrozna, Katarzyna Szczepanik, Malgorzata Hajewska
A thin child of about 10, nicknamed “Crow” because she mimics the bird, has no friends Read More »
Jack Strong (2014) Wladyslaw Pasikowski, Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson
This gripping spy thriller tells the true story of a man who dares to challenge the Soviet empire. Read More »
Medium (1985) Jacek Koprowicz, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Michal Bajor, Jerzy Zelnik
In the early 1930s the parapsychologist Wagner uses his telepathic sister to psychically uncover the presence of a nearby medium. Read More »
Cellulose AKA Celuloza (1954) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Józef Nowak, Stanislaw Milski, Zbigniew Skowronski
A common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life Read More »
Unvanquished City AKA Robinson warszawski (1950) Jerzy Zarzycki, Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska, Igor Smialowski
The story of those who stayed in the ruins and rubbles of Warsaw after the failure of the 1944 uprising. Read More »
Jasminum (2006) Jan Jakub Kolski, Justyna Bartoszewicz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Marta Dabrowska
The peaceful world of a monastery, in a small town Jasmine, is destroyed by the arrival of monument restorers Read More »
Citizen AKA Obywatel (2014) Jerzy Stuhr, Maciej Stuhr, Sonia Bohosiewicz
The film begins with the protagonist’s tragic accident that happens before his entering television building Read More »
A Woman’s Decision AKA Bilans kwartalny (1975) Krzysztof Zanussi, Maja Komorowska, Piotr Fronczewski, Marek Piwowski
The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life Read More »