Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, “Scherzo alla polacca” Read More »
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Piatka z ulicy Barskiej / Five from Barska Street (1954) Aleksander Ford, Aleksandra Slaska, Tadeusz Janczar, Andrzej Kozak
In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing Read More »
Osmy dzien tygodnia / The Eight Day of the Week (1958) Aleksander Ford, Sonja Ziemann, Zbigniew Cybulski, Barbara Polomska
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 »
Walkower / Walkover (1965) Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski’s second feature (and first full-length narrative) cemented his status as a one-man Polish New Wave Read More »
The Contract (1980) Krzysztof Zanussi, Leslie Caron
The events take place in a villa of a wealthy doctor on the occasion of the family wedding. Read More »
Miss Nobody (1996) Andrzej Wajda, Anna Wielgucka
A devout Catholic peasant girl is corrupted by two new friends when her family moves to the city. Read More »
The Ashes (1965) Andrzej Wajda, Daniel Olbrychski
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski
Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior Read More »
Woman of… / Kobieta z… (2023) Michal Englert, Malgorzata Szumowska, Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Mateusz Wieclawek
Aniela has lived the first half of her life as a man: with an office job, a wife, and two children. Read More »
Zezowate szczescie / Bad Luck (1960) Andrzej Munk, Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska
The story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. Read More »