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Tag Archives: Poland
Kanal (1957) Andrzej Wajda, Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski
A symbolic depiction of hell on Earth, set in the last days of the Warsaw uprising in 1944. Read More »
Keep Away from the Window AKA Daleko od okna (2000) Jan Jakub Kolski, Dorota Landowska, Dominika Ostalowska, Bartosz Opania
Second World War. In a small village a couple fails to conceive. Read More »
Forbidden Songs AKA Zakazane piosenki (1947) Leonard Buczkowski, Danuta Szaflarska, Janina Ordezanka, Jerzy Duszynski
A Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity – setting up a street orchestra Read More »
Les Milles (1995) Sébastien Grall, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler
A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism Read More »
Emergency Exit AKA Wyjscie awaryjne (1982) Roman Zaluski, Bozena Dykiel, Jerzy Michotek, Maria Gladkowska
When her daughter unexpectedly gets pregnant, authoritative mother Jadwiga Read More »
Nights and Days AKA Noce i dnie (1975) Jerzy Antczak, Jadwiga Baranska, Jerzy Binczycki, Emir Buczacki
An epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman’s perspective. Read More »
Ashes and Diamonds AKA Popiól i diament (1958) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Cybulski, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader Read More »
The Farewell AKA Abschied – Brechts letzter Sommer (2000) Jan Schütte, Josef Bierbichler, Monica Bleibtreu, Jeanette Hain
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Read More »
Young Girls Of Wilko AKA Panny z Wilka (1979) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska
Set in the late ’20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. Read More »
Taboo AKA Tabu (1988) Andrzej Baranski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Bernadetta Machala-Krzeminska, Krzysztof Gosztyla
Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daughter and a farmhand Read More »
Leaves Have Fallen AKA Opadly liscie z drzew (1975) Stanislaw Rózewicz, Mieczyslaw Hryniewicz, Maria Klejdysz, Tadeusz Cygler
Henryk looks back at the last year of war and reminiscences the friends Read More »
Princess Cosel AKA Hrabina Cosel (1968) Jerzy Antczak, Jadwiga Baranska, Mariusz Dmochowski, Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz
“The Countess Cosel” is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia von Brockdorff Read More »
The Depot of the Dead AKA Baza ludzi umarlych (1959) Czeslaw Petelski, Zygmunt Kestowicz, Emil Karewicz, Teresa Izewska
Because of the danger involved and the harsh conditions, wood transport drivers Read More »
Farewell to Autumn AKA Pozegnanie jesieni (1990) Mariusz Trelinski, Jan Frycz, Maria Pakulnis, Grazyna Trela
Decadence, homosexuality, excess wealth, infidelity Read More »