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How to Be Loved AKA Jak byc kochana (1963) Wojciech Has, Barbara Krafftówna, Zbigniew Cybulski, Artur Mlodnicki
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. Read More »
Angel in the Wardrobe AKA Aniol w szafie (1987) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Jerzy Trela, Grazyna Barszczewska, Maria Czubasiewicz
Angel In The Wardrobe is a film about responsibility, the duty to yourself and to the others. Read More »
Gold Dreams AKA Zloto (1962) Wojciech Has, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Krzysztof Chamiec, Barbara Krafftówna
The inability of a truck driver to relate to normal life after an accident for which he feels himself responsible. Read More »
Doll AKA Papusza (2013) Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze, Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Antoni Pawlicki
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs Read More »
Lynx: The Smile of the Evil Eye AKA Rys (1982) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Piotr Bajor
Set during the German occupation of Poland during the WWII. Read More »
Farewells AKA Pozegnania (1958) Wojciech Has, Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek
The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family Read More »
All Soul’s Day AKA Zaduszki (1961) Tadeusz Konwicki, Ewa Krzyzewska, Edmund Fetting, Elzbieta Czyzewska
A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. Read More »
White Marriage AKA Biale malzenstwo (1992) Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, Jolanta Fraszynska, Agata Piotrowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
Evening. Two contemporary teenage girls, Blanca and Pauline, living in an old manor house Read More »
Fanciful AKA Piate: Nie odchodz (2014) Katarzyna Jungowska, Michalina Olszanska, Lukasz Simlat, Grazyna Szapolowska
After her mother’s death 15-year-old Roma falls ill with a strange disease. Read More »
Hustawka (2010) Tomasz Lewkowicz, Wojciech Zielinski, Joanna Orleanska, Karolina Gorczyca
35-year-old Michal (Wojciech Zielinski) has a beautiful wife, Anna (Joanna of Orleans) and daughter Justine. Read More »
Never In My Life AKA Nigdy w zyciu! (2004) Ryszard Zatorski, Danuta Stenka, Joanna Brodzik, Jan Frycz
The superb romantic comedy tells the story of Judyta’s life. Read More »
I Hate Mondays AKA Nie lubie poniedzialku (1971) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw Read More »
The Devil from Seventh Grade AKA Szatan z siódmej klasy (1960) Maria Kaniewska, Józef Skwark, Stanislaw Milski, Pola Raksa
Adventures of Adam Cisowski – very smart boy- who is looking a big treasure hidden by Napoleon’s Soldier in XIX century. Read More »
The Promised Land AKA Ziemia obiecana (1975) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles Read More »