
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, a generation of youth comes of age. Read More »
Tag Archives: Andrzej Wajda
Miss Nobody (1996) Andrzej Wajda, Anna Wielgucka

A devout Catholic peasant girl is corrupted by two new friends when her family moves to the city. Read More »
The Ashes (1965) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Read More »
Innocent Sorcerers / Niewinni czarodzieje (1960) Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces Read More »
Samson (1961) Andrzej Wajda, Serge Merlin

During the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail Read More »
Nastasya / Nastazja (1994) Andrzej Wajda, Tamasaburô Bandô, Toshiyuki Nagashima

Andrzej Wajda’s Japanese-language film based on the last chapter of Dostoevsky’s Idiot Read More »
Kanal (1957) They Loved Life – Andrzej Wajda

A symbolic depiction of hell on Earth, set in the last days of the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Read More »
Ashes and Diamonds / Popiól i diament (1958) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Cybulski, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski

Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader Read More »
Young Girls Of Wilko / Panny z Wilka (1979) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska

Set in the late ’20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. Read More »
Everything for Sale / Wszystko na sprzedaz (1969) Andrzej Wajda, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Andrzej Lapicki

The disappearance of the leading actor from the film’s set worries its director Andrzej. Read More »