The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. Read More »
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Sanatorium pod klepsydra AKA The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) Wojciech Has, Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska
The film depicts its protagonist, Joseph (Jan Nowicki), traveling through a dream-like world Read More »
Concert of Wishes AKA Koncert zyczen (1967) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ryszard Dembinski, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Ewa Konarska
A young couple leave a lake campsite on motorbike at the same time as a bus full of youths. Read More »
Zycie za zycie. Maksymilian Kolbe AKA Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991) Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Zentara, Christoph Waltz, Artur Barcis
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place Read More »
It’s Spring, Sergeant AKA Wiosna, panie sierzancie (1974) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Józef Nowak, Malgorzata Pritulak, Tadeusz Fijewski
While their beloved policeman prepares for exams, small town’s people Read More »
Innocent Sorcerers AKA Niewinni czarodzieje (1960) Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska
A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces Read More »
Man on the Tracks (1957) Andrzej Munk, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. Read More »
Samson (1961) Andrzej Wajda, Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elzbieta Kepinska
During the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail Read More »
The Sun Rises Once a Day AKA Slonce wschodzi raz na dzien (1972) Henryk Kluba, Franciszek Pieczka, Ryszard Filipski, Stanislaw Gronkowski
After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. Read More »
Beyond Words (2017) Urszula Antoniak, Andrzej Chyra, Jakub Gierszal, Christian Löber
A young Polish-born, Berlin-based lawyer working on refugee cases is unexpectedly Read More »