Włodzimierz Boruński

The Promised Land

Andrzej Wajda

Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

Zaklęte rewiry

Janusz Majewski

Marek Kondrat, Roman Wilhelmi

Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Loosely based on the novel by Henryk Worcell.

Salto

Tadeusz Konwicki

Zbigniew Cybulski, Jerzy Block

A man jumps off a moving train and goes to a small town to face its inhabitants, who seem familiar, but odd.

The Gorgon Case

Janusz Majewski

Ewa Dałkowska, Aleksander Bardini

In 1931, just before the New Year, in a house of architect Henryk Zaremba scream rips the night. The daughter of Zaremba is found killed in her bedroom, obviously killed with a pickaxe. The police arrives and starts the investigation. Rita Gorgonova, the governess of the girl and also lover of Zaremba becomes the main suspect. Film based on real events - investigation and court trials of the most famous pre-war Polish murder case. Despite being historically accurate the movie is both involving and entertaining since the case was simple on the surface, but very complicated in details.

Przechodzień

Andrzej Titkow

Tadeusz Konwicki, Maciej Szary

The protagonist of "Passerby" is writer and filmmaker Tadeusz Konwicki. His story, which reflects the paradoxes of the 20th century history, is commented by means of fragments of his films, documentary newsreels and stage productions.

Niekochana

Janusz Nasfeter

Elżbieta Czyżewska, Janusz Guttner

The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.

Personel

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Juliusz Machulski, Michał Tarkowski

Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague, Sowa, is pressured to make a costume for an overbearing soloist.

Wedle wyroków twoich...

Jerzy Hoffman

Anna Dymna, Jerzy Trela

As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.

Czułe miejsca

Piotr Andrejew

Marek Barbasiewicz, Włodzimierz Boruński

The year is 1998 and the world is in an ecological cataclysm: there is shortage of water, environment is polluted and being outside brings high risks. The main character is a tv technician, Jan, an individualist, who is harassed by the conformists. Jan loves Ewa, a ballet student, who in turn is in a liaison with Allan, a successful and powerful man.

Zaduszki

Tadeusz Konwicki

Ewa Krzyżewska, Edmund Fetting

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up.

Zazdrość i medycyna

Janusz Majewski

Ewa Krzyżewska, Mariusz Dmochowski

In 1930s, a doctor has an affair with the wife of a wealthy industrialist in Poland.

Markiza de Pompadour

Józef Hen

Anna Milewska, Wienczysław Gliński

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

Klakier

Janusz Kondratiuk

Leszek Teleszyński, Michal Bajor