After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. Read More »
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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 »
Johnnie Waterman (1993) Jan Jakub Kolski, Franciszek Pieczka, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska, Boguslaw Linda
The old man Johnnie lives a peaceful but eccentric rural life with his young wife Veronica. Read More »
The Mother of Kings (1987) Janusz Zaorski, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. Read More »
Austeria / The Inn (1982) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Drama, War
Austeria takes place during the opening days of World War I, in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. Tag (Franciszek Pieczka) is a Jewish innkeeper whose inn (austeria means inn in the local Polish dialect) is located near the border with Russia. War has broken out and local civilians are fleeing the advancing Russian Army, and several groups of refugees have taken shelter in Tag’s inn for the night. A group of Hassidic jews from the neighboring village arrive, followed by an Austrian baroness on and a Hungarian hussar cut off from his unit…
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