A rebel fights against the early 20th century occupation of Poland by the Russian Czar, and is sentenced to Siberia. Read More »
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March Caresses / Marcowe migdaly (1990) Radoslaw Piwowarski, Monika Bolly, Stanislaw Brudny, Magdalena Curyk
Young people living in Poland in the late 1960s had to face difficult times and make tough choices. Read More »
Big Animal / Duze zwierze (2000) Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dymna, Dominika Bednarczyk
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Read More »
Killer / Kiler (1997) Juliusz Machulski, Cezary Pazura, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Jerzy Stuhr
An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Read More »
Hubal (1973) Bohdan Poreba, Ryszard Filipski, Malgorzata Potocka, Tadeusz Janczar
Based on a true story. After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939 Read More »
Konopielka (1982) Witold Leszczynski, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Anna Seniuk, Joanna Sienkiewicz
Kaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. Read More »
Foreign Body / Obce cialo (2014) Krzysztof Zanussi, Riccardo Leonelli, Agnieszka Grochowska, Agata Buzek
Angelo and Kasia met in Italy in the Focolare Movement where their love Read More »
The Last Stage / Ostatni etap (1948) Wanda Jakubowska, Tatjana Gorecka, Antonina Gordon-Górecka, Barbara Drapinska
Martha Weiss, a Jew, is sent to Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. Read More »
Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema / Ucieczka z kina ‘Wolnosc’ (1990) Wojciech Marczewski, Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska
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 »
The Taste of the Black Earth / Sól ziemi czarnej (1970) Kazimierz Kutz, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Jerzy Binczycki
During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part Read More »