Jerzy Domaradzki – Bestia AKA White Harvest (1979)
Adaptation of Tolstoi’s “The Devil”, featuring Krystyna Janda. Quote: This drama is an expressive portrayal of sexual obsession, which eventually breaks down the personality of a wise and hard-working...
View ArticleKrzysztof Gradowski – Podróze pana Kleksa AKA Travels of Mr. Kleks (1986)
Mr. Kleks visits at night, a boy who is a patient at the hospital. He decides to tell him a story, starting with the fact that Great Elektronik together with your robots conquered the island of...
View ArticleStanislaw Bareja – Drugie sumienie AKA The Second Conscience (1953)
Quote: Gendarme Hoppe is packing to leave for a long-awaited vacation in Germany. Before he can leave the post, however, a Jewish boy shows up. Hoppe must make a decision about the child’s life....
View ArticleAleksander Hertz – Szpieg AKA The Spy (1915)
Quote: “The film is set in Lodz, under Prussian rule, and abounds in strong topical moments against the background of life in the occupied city.” Other sources reported that the film’s plot was “set...
View ArticleJerzy Skolimowski – 30 Door Key aka Ferdydurke (1991)
Jerzy Skolimowski’s 1991 film, set in Warsaw in 1939, stars Crispin Glover as well as Iain Glen who as a 30-year-old suddenly starts being treated by those around him–his former professor, a nymphet,...
View ArticleFilip Bajon – Videokaseta AKA Videocassette (1976)
Quote: A film that uses animation as a tool to spastify the various stages of cinema development. It is a play with form and juggling of genres, with Zbigniew Rybczynski collaborating. The theme of...
View ArticlePaul Rosdy – Der letzte Jude von Drohobytsch AKA The Last Jew from Drohobych...
The Last Jew from Drohobych is the story of Alfred Schreyer, the only surviving pre-WWII Jewish resident in this Western Ukraine town. In the 1930s, he was a student of Bruno Schulz. During the Nazi...
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