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 »
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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 »
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 »
Pierwszy dzien wolnosci / The First Day of Freedom (1964) Aleksander Ford, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tadeusz Fijewski, Drama, War
Freed Polish soldiers are trapped in a small town in Germany during the last days of World War II. Read More »
Serce na dloni / And a Warm Heart (2008) Krzysztof Zanussi, Bogdan Stupka, Szymon Bobrowski, Marek Kudelko, Drama, Comedy
Serce na Dloni (And a Warm Heart) is about two men with very different situations. One is a wealthy gangster named Konstanty (Bogdan Stupka). Read More »
Test pilota Pirxa / Pilot Pirx’s Inquest (1979) Marek Piestrak, Sergei Desnitsky, Boleslaw Abart, Vladimir Ivashov, Drama, Sci-Fi
This movie is about a rocket pilot named Pirx who is hired to go on a mission to evaluate some nonlinears (robots) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Read More »
Weiser (2001) Wojciech Marczewski, Marek Kondrat, Krystyna Janda, Juliane Köhler, Mystery, Drama
A man struggles to come to terms with a mystery that has haunted him throughout his adult life in this drama from Poland. Read More »
Jak daleko stad, jak blisko / How Far, How Near (1972) Tadeusz Konwicki, Andrzej Lapicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Maja Komorowska, Drama
A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way.
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