Father ploughs a supermarket with oxen, the plough ripping the tiles. A forest full of dead and Niagara falling onto a cathedral altar. Read More »
Tag Archives: Poland
Man of Iron (1981) Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
A worker becomes a “man of iron” forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love Read More »
Yiddle With His Fiddle (1936) Joseph Green, Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Molly Picon, Max Bozyk, Leon Liebgold, Comedy, Musical, Romance
This is the timeless folk humor about a guy and his daughter that, penniless, decide to become travel musicians. Read More »
Prisoner of Rio (1988) Lech Majewski, Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Biography, Drama, Thriller
In 1981, Ronald Biggs was kidnapped by agents from Scotland Yard from his Brazilian hideout for his participation in the 1964 British train robbery. Read More »
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) Wojciech Has, Rafal Wieczynski, Michael Lonsdale, Adrianna Biedrzynska, Drama
A dream-like odyssey of a young man across plague-ridden 16th century Germany. Read More »
Good Bye, Till Tomorrow (1960) Janusz Morgenstern, Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszynska, Grazyna Muszynska, Drama, Romance
Jacek is a handsome young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful daughter of the French consul, and immediately falls for her. Read More »
Rewers / Reverse (2009) Borys Lankosz, Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda, Anna Polony, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Read More »
Der Dibuk / The Dybbuk (1937) Michal Waszynski, Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Drama, Fantasy
In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Read More »
The Double Life of Veronique (1991) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. Read More »
Osmy dzien tygodnia / The Eight Day of the Week (1958) Aleksander Ford, Sonja Ziemann, Zbigniew Cybulski, Barbara Polomska, Drama, Romance
A young couple in love hopes to have some privacy but the widespread housing problems don’t allow them to find any place to stay. Read More »