In 1918, a group of soldiers of various nationalities conspires to desert the imperial Austro-Hungarian army. Read More »
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At Full Gallop AKA Cwal (1996) Krzysztof Zanussi, Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda
In the early 1950s, a 10-year-old boy moves to Warsaw to stay with his bourgeois aunt. Read More »
Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was God AKA Stara basn. Kiedy slonce bylo bogiem (2003) Jerzy Hoffman, Michal Zebrowski, Marina Aleksandrova, Malgorzata Foremniak
Polish historical action fantasy based on a novel by Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski. Read More »
The Artillery Sergeant Kalen AKA Ogniomistrz Kalen (1961) Ewa Petelska, Czeslaw Petelski, Wieslaw Golas, Zofia Slaboszowska, Leon Niemczyk
Set in the closing days of World War II, film recounts the adventures of a Polish soldier Read More »
To Siberia AKA Na Sybir (1930) Henryk Szaro, Adam Brodzisz, Jadwiga Smosarska, Mieczyslaw Frenkiel
A rebel fights against the early 20th century occupation of Poland by the Russian Czar, and is sentenced to Siberia. 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 »
It’s Spring, Sergeant AKA Wiosna, panie sierzancie (1974) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Józef Nowak, Malgorzata Pritulak, Tadeusz Fijewski
While their beloved policeman prepares for exams, small town’s people Read More »
The Deluge AKA Potop (1974) Jerzy Hoffman, Daniel Olbrychski, Malgorzata Braunek, Tadeusz Lomnicki
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 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 »
Big Animal AKA Duze zwierze (2000) Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dymna, Dominika Bednarczyk
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Read More »
Killer AKA Kiler (1997) Juliusz Machulski, Cezary Pazura, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Jerzy Stuhr
An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Read More »
Hubal (1973) Bohdan Poreba, Ryszard Filipski, Malgorzata Potocka, Tadeusz Janczar
Based on a true story. After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939 Read More »
Konopielka (1982) Witold Leszczynski, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Anna Seniuk, Joanna Sienkiewicz
Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. Read More »
Foreign Body AKA Obce cialo (2014) Krzysztof Zanussi, Riccardo Leonelli, Agnieszka Grochowska, Agata Buzek
Angelo and Kasia met in Italy in the Focolare Movement where their love Read More »
The Last Stage AKA Ostatni etap (1948) Wanda Jakubowska, Tatjana Gorecka, Antonina Gordon-Górecka, Barbara Drapinska
Martha Weiss, a Jew, is sent to Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. Read More »