Jan Lenica

Adam 2

Jan Lenica

Russ Dodson

Jan Lenica's semi-autobiographical movie about a life of a man under the number "44". He experiences bureaucracy, abusive step-parents, and oppression from the government and society. In the end, he tries to get away to the "lost paradise".

Labirynt

Jan Lenica

A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.

Die Nashörner

Jan Lenica

Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film waning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses.

Ubu et la grande Gidouille

Jan Lenica

Michel Poujade, Janine Grillon

An extraordinary cut-out-and-move adaptation of all three of Jarry's Ubu plays. The characters are caricatured almost to abstraction- in the opening scene Ma Ubu is even depicted as a bug, Pa Ubu has a massive jaw and a microcephalic brain case.

A

Jan Lenica

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

Sztandar Młodych

Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.

Nowy Janko muzykant

Jan Lenica

In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.

Nagrodzone uczucie

Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk

About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.

Był sobie raz...

Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk

An oddball pair try to find their identity and place in an abstract world.

Dom

Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk

Ligia Branice

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

Monsieur Tête

Jan Lenica, Henri Gruel

Eugène Ionesco

Fantorro, le dernier justicier

Jan Lenica

Parody of fictional heroes such as Fantomas and Zorro, told through still photographs.

Nagrodzone Uczucia

Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk

One of Borowczyk and Lenica's earliest collaborations. Somewhat removed from the style of their other works together, the film is composed from a series of paintings, the energy stemming from the dynamic editing and movement of the camera within the tableaux. (kg)

Wyspa R.O.

Jan Lenica

Piotr Dumała, Jerzy Nowak

"Wyspa R.O" is a highly personal story about freedom, fate and love as well as Lenica's personal creative testament. The allegorical story, full of symbols and the author's quotes, tells of a secret corner of the world which was once inhabited by convicts, where only one lonely guard remains. Lenica was one of the most important creators of Polish poster art and his films have been honored at many international festivals.