In the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear. Read More »
Tag Archives: Poland
Field of Dogs (2014) Lech Majewski, Michael Tatarek, Elzbieta Okupska, Jacenty Jedrusik
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 »
Man of Iron (1981) Czlowiek z zelaza
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 »
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 »
Cztery noce z Anna / Four Nights With Anna (2008) Jerzy Skolimowski, Artur Steranko, Kinga Preis, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A worker, Leon, is deeply in love with Anna. (None of them are really young). During night time Leon will enter an open window and merely be sitting and looking at the sleeping Anna. Read More »
Quo Vadis (2001) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Pawel Delag, Magdalena Mielcarz, Boguslaw Linda, Drama
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn’t want anything to do with him. Read More »