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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 »
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 »
Under the Phrygian Star AKA Pod gwiazda frygijska (1954) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Józef Nowak, Lucyna Winnicka, Halina Przybylska
Based on the writings of Igor Newerly, Kawalerowicz’s epic chronicles the romance between Szczesny Read More »
The Phantom AKA Widziadlo (1984) Marek Nowicki, Roman Wilhelmi, Marzena Trybala, Hanna Mikuc
Set in the early years of the century. A story of a country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. Read More »
Write and Fight AKA Pismak (1985) Wojciech Has, Wojciech Wysocki, Gustaw Holoubek, Janusz Michalowski
Set during the World War I in a prison cell. A newspaper satirist, a safecracker and a clerical murderer have been loaded Read More »
Hands Up! AKA Rece do góry (1981) Jerzy Skolimowski, Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Censored by the Polish authorities, this film was reedited and new footage added. Read More »
Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema AKA Ucieczka z kina ‘Wolnosc’ (1990) Wojciech Marczewski, Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska
The film is set just before Poland’s communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos) Read More »
March Caresses AKA Marcowe migdaly (1990) Radoslaw Piwowarski, Monika Bolly, Stanislaw Brudny, Magdalena Curyk
Young people living in Poland in the late 1960s had to face difficult times and make tough choices. Read More »
The Shadow Line AKA Smuga cienia (1976) Andrzej Wajda, Marek Kondrat, Graham Lines, Tom Wilkinson
From Joseph Conrad’s great novel comes the story of a young seaman trying to helm a damaged boat to Singapore Read More »
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 »