A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier’s niece. Read More »
Tag Archives: Poland
Pokolenie / A Generation (1955) Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Drama, War
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, a generation of youth comes of age. Stach and his friends start with spontaneous acts of defiance, which can prove deadly, but have no organized purpose. Read More »
Na wylot / Through and Through (1973) Grzegorz Królikiewicz, Franciszek Trzeciak, Anna Nieborowska, Irena Ladosiówna, Crime
Based on a pre-war murder case of the Malisz couple. They end up committing a petty robbery and a sordid murder. Read More »
Ewa chce spac / Eva Wants to Sleep (1958) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Barbara Lass, Stanislaw Mikulski, Stefan Bartik, Comedy
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Read More »
Uciekinier / The Runaway (2007) Marek Tomasz Pawlowski, Kazimierz Piechowski, Documentary
It tells the extraordinary life story of Kazimierz Piechowski, former Auschwitz prisoner no. 918, who organized one of the most amazing escapes from the camp. Read More »
Korczak (1990) Andrzej Wajda, Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Biography, Drama
Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Read More »
Abel, twój brat / Abel, Your Brother (1970) Janusz Nasfeter, Filip Lobodzinski, Edward Dymek, Henryk Golebiewski, Drama
Karol is a newcomer to the class and instantly called “sissy”. He makes himself disliked by correcting his classmates and eating sandwiches, while everybody else eats dry bread and onions. Read More »
Tatarak / Sweet Rush (2009) Andrzej Wajda, Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda, Jan Englert, Drama
An aging woman married to a workaholic doctor meets a young man who makes her feel young again. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski, Drama
Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior to the global conflict, fall deeply in love, and get married. Read More »
Wieczór przedswiateczny / Christmas Eve (1966) Helena Amiradzibi-Stawinska, Jerzy Stefan Stawinski, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Ryszard Barycz, Krzysztof Chamiec, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
The third movie ,that Stawinski created with his wife Helene Amiradzibi had to be dreamy story about human loneliness, oscillating between realism and surrealism. Read More »