The film is set just before Poland’s communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos) Read More »
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The Taste of the Black Earth AKA Sól ziemi czarnej (1970) Kazimierz Kutz, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Jerzy Binczycki
During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part Read More »
Hotel Pacific AKA Zaklete rewiry (1975) Janusz Majewski, Marek Kondrat, Roman Wilhelmi, Roman Skamene
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Read More »
Jovita AKA Jowita (1967) Janusz Morgenstern, Daniel Olbrychski, Barbara Lass, Kalina Jedrusik
Marek is a young athlete involved with too many women until the day he met Jowita, an enigmatic and beautiful woman. Read More »
A Woman Alone AKA Kobieta samotna (1987) Agnieszka Holland, Maria Chwalibóg, Boguslaw Linda, Pawel Witczak
A story of a middle-aged woman, Irena, living alone on the outskirts of Wroclaw with her 8-year old son. Read More »
1939: Battle of Westerplatte AKA Tajemnica Westerplatte (2013) Pawel Chochlew, Michal Zebrowski, Robert Zoledziewski, Jan Englert
On the morning of September 1, 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein fired Read More »
Warsaw AKA Warszawa (2003) Dariusz Gajewski, Agnieszka Grochowska, Lukasz Garlicki, Dominika Ostalowska
On an ordinary winter’s day, various people from outside Warsaw come to the Polish capital city for different reasons. Read More »
Man, Chicks Are Just Different AKA Baby sa jakies inne (2011) Marek Koterski, Adam Woronowicz, Robert Wieckiewicz, Malgorzata Bogdanska
Two middle-aged male friends are travelling together by car and expressing their thoughts and emotions connected with women. Read More »
The Debt AKA Dlug (1999) Krzysztof Krauze, Robert Gonera, Jacek Borcuch, Andrzej Chyra
The Debt is a gripping thriller about two entrepreneurs who become tangled in the web of a ruthless gangster. Read More »
First Love AKA Pierwsza milosc (1974) Krzysztof Kieslowski
After the doctor’s refusal to perform abortion on a 17-year old girl 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 »
The Magnate AKA Magnat (1987) Filip Bajon, Jan Nowicki, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert
Film traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. Read More »
She-Shaman AKA Szamanka (1996) Andrzej Zulawski, Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica
Classmates called her “Italian” … She is extremely beautiful and radiates a certain primitive, dangerous sexuality Read More »
Issa Valley AKA Dolina Issy (1982) Tadeusz Konwicki, Anna Dymna, Maria Pakulnis, Danuta Szaflarska
The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. 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 »