Piotr Szulkin – Oczy uroczne AKA Bewitching Eyes (1977)
Quote:Szulkin based his script on the themes of a folk parable. In a gloomy castle lived alone its owner, whose gaze had a strange and terrible power – it brought death. One day an old nobleman and...
View ArticleBohdan Kosinski – Bieg AKA The Race (1969)
Quote:The race does not begin at the start line, it does not end at the finish line either. The camera observes the participants of the Polish 4×100 metres relay team, getting ready for the race and...
View ArticleWladyslaw Pasikowski – Psy AKA Pigs (1992)
Quote:Franz (B. Linda), a former officer of the Security Service disbanded in 1990, after verification, joins the police together with his colleagues. Abandoned by his wife, the daughter of a former...
View ArticleLech Majewski – Rycerz AKA The Knight (1980)
Quote:THE KNIGHT (RYCERZ), 1980. Poland.With Piotr Skarga, Daniel Olbrychski. A haunting, austere ballad about a knight’s quest for a gold-stringed harp whose sound is said to bring peace and harmony....
View ArticleKuba Mikurda – Love Express. Zaginiecie Waleriana Borowczyka AKA Love...
Quote:How does a filmmaker go from creating cutting-edge work and competing in Cannes to being labelled a failed erotic filmmaker? The debut documentary feature from Polish critic and academic Kuba...
View ArticleWojciech Has – Pismak AKA Write and Fight (1985)
Set during the World War I in a prison cell. A newspaper satirist, a safecracker and a clerical murderer have been loaded into a common cell until the investigation into their supposed crimes has been...
View ArticleMichal Krzywicki – Dzien, w którym znalazlem w smieciach dziewczyne AKA The...
In the near future, the indifferent activist announces that he will commit suicide at midnight on New Year’s Eve in protest against the reigning slavery in Poland. His plan is questioned when he finds...
View ArticleFilip Bajon – Magnat AKA Magnate (1987)
Quote:Film traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. In 1900 Prince Hans von Teuss entertains Emperor Wilhelm II with a bison hunt at his palatial residence. He finds...
View ArticleJanusz Kijowski – Kung-fu (1979)
“Kung-fu”. One of the genre-defining works of the cinema of moral concern. A group of friends, who drifted apart after March 1968, gets back together again to help of them, after he gets in trouble...
View ArticleWojciech Has – Pozegnania AKA Farewells (1958)
Quote:Pawel and Lidka are from different worlds but they somehow meet each other in a night club. He’s a young lad from a wealthy family, she’s an attractive dancer. They fall in love and go out of...
View ArticleJerzy Skolimowski – Rece do góry! AKA Hands Up! (1981)
PLOT: HANDS UP! is a Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It is the fourth of a series of semi-autobiographical films in which Skolimowski himself plays his alter ego, Andrzej Leszczyc....
View ArticleAndrzej Wajda – Umarla klasa (1977)
The Dead Class (1975), by Tadeusz Kantor and the Cricot 2 company, is considered one of the most innovative and influential works of twentieth-century theatre. The breakthrough first version of the...
View ArticleTomasz Wasilewski – W sypialni AKA In the Bedroom (2012)
Forty-year-old Edyta is in crisis. She sleeps at hotels, and when her money runs out she uses the internet to find men who are looking for sex. Edyta spends nights in the homes of the nameless men...
View ArticleJerzy Skolimowski – Rysopis AKA Identification Marks: None (1965)
A day in the life of student Andrzej who, between the morning and late afternoon, gives up on his studies, breaks up with his partner, and decides to join the army. Before his departure, Andrzej tries...
View ArticleMarcel Lozinski – Krol AKA The King (1974)
A Polish tailor and WW2 veteran tells about his life and personal philosophy. Krol.AKA.The.King.1974.XviD.avi General Container: AVI Runtime: 5mn 56s Size: 82.8 MiB Video Codec: XviD Resolution:...
View ArticleMarek Piestrak – Test pilota Pirxa AKA Pilot Pirx’s Inquest (1979) (HD)
The movie is about “finite nonlinears,” robots that closely resemble human beings but are even more perfect than humans. They are intended to eventually replace human beings in space flights. Somewhat...
View ArticleWojciech Marczewski – Dreszcze AKA Shivers (1981)
Quote:Shives is a coming-of-age story set in the 1950s at a Stalinist youth camp. 13 year old Tomek is sent to a camp where he falls under the spell of a an idealistic but manipulative young woman....
View ArticleMarcel Lozinski – Egzamin dojrzalosci AKA Matriculation (1979)
Quote:SynopsisA Matura exam in civics and history takes place in one of Warsaw’s high schools. Students speak about the Polish United Workers’ Party in front of the committee and discuss questions...
View ArticleAndrzej Munk – Niedzielny poranek AKA One Sunday Morning (1955) (HD)
Quote:An impressionistic image of Warsaw rebuilt after the war and its residents. A kind of lyrical film version of a feature article, full of warm humour and enriched with observations of everyday...
View ArticleJuliusz Gardan – Wyrok zycia AKA Life Sentence (1933)
Quote:A young girl, Jadzia, is sentenced to death for the murder of her child. Shocked by her fate, lawyer Krystyna decides to defend her in the court of second instance. She learns the story of a...
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