Agnieszka Holland – Goraczka AKA Fever (1981)
This undeservedly obscure film directed by Agnieszka Holland was her second feature, coming between the better-known Aktorzy Prowincyonalni (Provincial Actors) that launched her career and Kobieta...
View ArticleStanislaw Bareja – Mis AKA Teddy Bear (1981)
The main character, nicknamed Miś / Teddy Bear, is the manager of a sports club. One day he is detained at the border, just as his team is about to leave for a tournament – somebody has torn out a few...
View ArticleAndrzej Domalik – Zygfryd (1986)
Quote: Set in 1936 in Poland. Zygfryd, a handsome, orphaned young circus acrobat with an introspective temperament, is under the protection of circus owner, Waldo, and his wife. A rich intellectual...
View ArticleJanusz Majewski – Lokis aka The Bear (1970)
Synopsis: Lokis is a dark Gothic romance, a faithful (though expanded) adaptation of Prosper Merimee’s famous story, and the creme de la creme of the small horror niche dealing with the Eastern...
View ArticleAndrzej Wajda – Czlowiek z marmuru aka Man of Marble (1977)
Plot: The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s two “Solidarity” films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek Z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national...
View ArticleOlga Chajdas – Nina (2018)
After twenty years, Nina’s marriage to Wojtek is going nowhere, partly because of their failed attempts to have children. When they meet a young woman, Magda, they decide to propose that she become a...
View ArticleAntoni Bednarczyk – Dla ciebie, Polsko aka For You, Poland (1920)
Quote: The film’s plot is set during the war between Poland and the Soviet Russia (1919 – 1921). Wartime brutally encroaches on the life of a couple in love – Franek and Hanka. The Bolshevik troops...
View ArticlePawel Pawlikowski – Zimna wojna AKA Cold War (2018)
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. 4.37GB | 1h 28mn | 960×720 |...
View ArticleLech Majewski – Angelus (2000)
From The Lumiere Reader: THIS frankly marvelous film by Polish/American director Lech Majewski concerns a real-life cult of Polish working-class painters who were given three Fátima-like prophecies...
View ArticleBohdan Kosinski – Lubelska Starówka AKA Lublin’s Old Town (1956)
About this movie: One of the most interesting films in the black series, describing reality in strongly, ironic and sarcastic manner. The aim is not only to intervene, but to expose the method of...
View ArticleKrzysztof Zanussi – Za sciana (1971)
Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, whose entire life is dedicated to study and advancement to full professorship. Anna is an unsuccesful science writer who turns to Jan...
View ArticleKrzysztof Zanussi – Serce na dloni aka And A Warm Heart (2008)
AMG: In this moral fable from Poland, Konstanty (Bohdan Stupka) is a wealthy and amoral man who has made his fortune running a chain of supermarkets and has both the bank account and the lack of...
View ArticleJerzy Kawalerowicz – Matka Joanna od aniolów AKA Mother Joan of the Angels...
SynopsisThe film script is based on the famous story by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. The action is set during the 18th century at a remote convent in the Smolenszczyzna region. The nuns together with their...
View ArticleWojciech Has – Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie aka The Saragossa Manuscript...
Quote:During the Napoleonic Wars a young French officer seeks shelter in an abandoned building in the town of Saragossa. In this building he discovers a rather odd book, and when an enemy officer...
View ArticleJanusz Majewski – Czarna suknia aka Black Dress (1967)
Two handed chamber piece about a middle aged woman who returns from the camps after WWII and meets the mother of her deceased husband. Unable to explain the truth about her husband’s death, Joanna...
View ArticleRenata Gasiorowska – Cipka AKA Pussy (2016)
A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan. 216MB | 8 min 42 s | 1920×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleJerzy Skolimowski – Essential Killing (2010)
allmovie wrote:A pair of American security operatives (Zach Cohen and Iftach Ofir) are on patrol in Afghanistan when they stumble upon a Taliban fighter (Vincent Gallo), who kills them despite his...
View ArticleAndrzej Wajda – Popiól i diament aka Ashes and Diamonds [+Extras] (1958)
Quote:On the last day of World War Two in a small town somewhere in Poland, Polish exiles of war and the occupying Soviet forces confront the beginning of a new day and a new Poland. In this...
View ArticleVarious – Dekalog 89+ AKA Decalogue 89+ [Official Dekalog Remake] (2010)
This is a very rare and obscure official remake of Kieslowski’s Decalogue. Episodes:I: The Scent of Flowers Does Not Blow Against the Wind (You shall have no other gods before me)II: Newbie (You shall...
View ArticleRoman Polanski – Gdy spadaja anioly AKA When Angels Fall (1959)
Quote:A woman working in the municipal toilet recalls her youth. Colourful images of life in the countryside, first love, lancers intertwine with a gloomy image of reality. The film is the diploma...
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