Artur Młodnicki
1911 - 1972Ashes and Diamonds
Andrzej Wajda
Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska
A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.
Ashes and Diamonds
How to Be Loved
Wojciech Has
Barbara Krafftówna, Zbigniew Cybulski
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.
How to Be Loved
Giuseppe in Warsaw
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Elżbieta Czyżewska, Antonio Cifariello
The Italian soldier Giuseppe Santucci, on his way home from the Russian front, during World War II (in 1943), has his machine gun stolen in Warsaw. Afraid of consequences, he stays in Warsaw and occupies a flat of the Polish girl Maria, whom he suspects of stealing weapon. Maria indeed is an active member of the Polish resistance, contrary to her brother, Staszek, a painter, who only wants a calm living. In a course of funny events, Giuseppe falls in love, and, along with Staszek, becomes a hero of the Polish resistance.
Giuseppe in Warsaw
The Wedding
Andrzej Wajda
Marek Walczewski, Izabela Olszewska
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
The Wedding
Lalka
Wojciech Has
Beata Tyszkiewicz, Mariusz Dmochowski
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
The Doll
Die gefrorenen Blitze
János Veiczi
Alfred Müller, Leon Niemczyk
In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But the British doubt the authenticity of the so called "Oslo report". Thus, the Germans continue their experiments unimpeded. At the same time, resistance groups from France, England, Poland, and Germany try to find and to sabotage the secret Nazi research base. When the first "V 2" rocket is successfully launched, the Allied commanders finally become interested in the "Oslo report".
Frozen Flashes
Pamiętnik pani Hanki
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Lucyna Winnicka, Andrzej Łapicki
The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs. (telemagazyn.pl)
Mrs. Hanka's Diary
Historia jednego myśliwca
Hubert Drapella
Bogusz Bilewski, Włodzimierz Skoczylas
О судьбе одного польского летчика, воевавшего против гитлеровцев на стороне англичан. Подбитый над территорией Франции поручик Стефан Заремба был подобран французскими патриотами. С риском для жизни французский врач оперировал его. За летчиком заботливо ухаживали и помогли ему вернуться в Англию.
Historia jednego myśliwca
