A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed. Read More »
Tag Archives: Poland
Ayka (2018) Sergei Dvortsevoy, Samal Yeslyamova, Zhipara Abdilaeva, Sergey Mazur
A poor migrant woman in Moscow struggles with her life. Read More »
Pills for Aurelia AKA Pigulki dla Aurelii (1958) Stanislaw Lenartowicz, Jerzy Adamczak, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jaroslaw Kuszewski
Action drama that takes place in Poland during World War 2. Soldiers of the Polish underground Read More »
The Underneath AKA Pod powierzchnia (2006) Marek Gajczak, Zbigniew Kaleta, Beata Kozikowska, Tomasz Karolak
Two couples are at an isolated lakeside cabin and the tragic psycho-sexual Read More »
Pan Tadeusz: The Last Foray in Lithuania AKA Pan Tadeusz (1999) Andrzej Wajda, Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska
In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia’s client state of Lithuania, think independence will come Read More »
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 »
Alice AKA Alicja (1982) Jacek Bromski, Jerzy Gruza, Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Susannah York
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. 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 »
Refugiado (2014) Diego Lerman, Julieta Díaz, Sebastián Molinaro, Marta Lubos
Eight year old Matias and his newly pregnant mother Laura find themselves forced to hurriedly abandon Read More »