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Barbara Sass – Rajska jablon AKA Apple Tree of Paradise (1986)
Quote:The novels “Dziewczęta z Nowolipek” and “Rajska jabłoń” by Pola Gojawiczyńska were published in the middle of the 1930s. The author, using her own experience and memories, described the...
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Janusz Majewski – Sprawa Gorgonowej aka The Gorgon Case (1977)
Dramatic reconstruction of the case of a Polish woman named Emilia Margerita Gorgonowa who was tried for the murder of Elzbieta Zarembianka, the sixteen year old daughter of a successful architect in...
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Grzegorz Królikiewicz – Na wylot AKA Through and Through (1973)
Quote:“Through and Through” is a legendary feature focusing on radicalization of cinematic language. The film transgresses traditional methods of narrative construction, which is characteristic of its...
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Stanislaw Rózewicz – Westerplatte (1967)
Synopsis:Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdansk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig/Gdansk. Its crew consisted of...
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Jerzy Bossak & Waclaw Kazmierczak – Requiem dla 500 tysiecy AKA Requiem for...
A short documentary made in 1963 by soviet propagandist Jerzy Bossak and Wacław Kaźmierczak featuring unique archival footage of the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. The Warsaw Ghetto (pol. “Getto...
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Barbara Sass – Historia Niemoralna AKA Immoral Story (1990)
Quote:Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing...
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Michal Rosa – Co slonko widzialo AKA What the Sun Has Seen (2006)
Three strangers living in Silesia – a 12-year-old half-orphan, a musically talented girl and a middle-aged unemployed ex-miner – are all desperate to get money to make their small dreams come true....
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Juliusz Machulski – Ambassada AKA Embassy (2013)
Ambassada is a Polish science fiction comedy film written and directed by Juliusz Machulski, about a young couple who move into a new apartment building, only to find that the building’s elevator is...
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Jan Jakub Kolski – Historia kina w Popielawach AKA History of Cinema in...
Jan Jakub Kolski has earned himself a strange reputation. His mystical and folklorish films stand apart from the general flow of Central European cinema. Critics have found him to have more in common...
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Bohdan Kosinski – Jak wiele dróg (1979)
Quote:It is 1969. Wiesiek has long hair, pants with patches, colored shirt and necklace beads. It is important for him to demonstrate rebellion.10 years later. Wiesiek lives in the Bieszczady...
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Natalia Chojna – Historia polskiego filmu dokumentalnego AKA History of...
Quote:History of Polish documentary 1896-2016 is a collection of lectures by renowned experts, richly illustrated with film examples and curiosities, which presents the history of Polish non-fictional...
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Witold Leszczynski – Konopielka (1982)
Quote:An adaptation of a novel by Edward Redlinski and a grotesque on country life. A peasant called Kaziuk leaves one morning to collect brushwood. When he comes back everything seems to be radically...
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Andrzej Zakrzewski – Szach i mat! (1967)
Short polish TV film made in 1967 by Andrzej Zakrzewski upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title. It was a part of the “Opowiesci niezwykle” (Incredible Stories).It tells a story of...
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Stanislaw Bareja – Poszukiwany, poszukiwana AKA Man – Woman Wanted (1973)
Quote:Stanisław, a worker at an art museum in Warsaw, is accused of stealing a painting from the store room. His boss gives Stanisław a 24-hour deadline to return it, or face a jail sentence. Since he...
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Stanislaw Bareja – Brunet wieczorowa pora AKA Brunet Will Call (1976)
Quote:Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made...
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Jerzy Stuhr – Duze zwierze AKA Big Animal (2000)
Quote:Mr. Zygmunt Sawicki is a bank employee, who finds a camel in his yard one day. He decides to take charge of it and he and his wife Marysia take care of it. However, problems arise for both his...
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Krzysztof Zanussi – Serce na dloni aka And A Warm Heart (2008)
Quote: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...
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Marek Piestrak – Klatwa Doliny Wezy AKA Curse of Snakes Valley (1987)
An ex marine (Traven), a Polish professor (Tarnas) and a French journalist (Christine) are on the hunt for a treasure in this great Polish b-movie flick. Actually most of the contemporary Polish...
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Agnieszka Holland – Europa Europa (1990)
Quote:As World War II splits Europe, sixteen-year-old German Jew Salomon (Marco Hofschneider) is separated from his family after fleeing with them to Poland, and finds himself reluctantly assuming...
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Marcin Wrona – Czlowiek magnes AKA Magnet Man (2001)
Quote:The film is inspired by the director’s unusual family history, which evokes childhood memories marked by specific relationships with parents. Quote:A true story about the filmmaker’s father, a...
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