Jan Świderski
1916 - 1988How I Unleashed World War II Part II: Following The Arms
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak, Piotr Fronczewski
After escaping across Europe from Stalag camp, Dolas's ride to Cyprus is stopped when his ship in sunk by an Italian submarine. Although he and some of his fellow sailors are rescued by an Allied ship, they find themselves conscripted into the French Foreign Legion in Beirut, Dolas becoming a cook.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part II: Following the Arms
Ósmy dzień tygodnia
Aleksander Ford
Sonja Ziemann, Zbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski and Sonja Ziemann play lovers struggling to find happiness and privacy in overcrowded Warsaw. The movie shows an honest picture of life in a war-damaged city, contrasting the characters' difficulties with their dreams of a better life. It was banned in Poland in 1958 and would not been seen anywhere until its European release one year later.
The Eighth Day of the Week
Dom bez okien
Stanisław Jędryka
Wiesław Gołas, Danuta Szaflarska
All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, and unless some new life is infused into its acts, its future does not look very rosy. Into this precarious situation comes a new mime with the uncanny ability to sap the confidence of his fellow performers. If he continues for long in this vein, no one will be able to believe they have any talent left at all.
The Impossible Goodbye
Pełnia
Andrzej Kondratiuk
Janusz Gajos, Tomasz Zaliwski
A ruminative, understated drama on the nature of overwork versus an "unachieving" life away from the city, Pelnia examines the experience of one man. After leaving his high-pressured existence as a successful architect, the newly resolved dropout goes to live in a small community of cabins and summer homes in a lake-filled region north of Warsaw. His interactions with the villagers, including a drunkard and other eccentrics, provide an informative background for what happens next. The ex-architect's wife is a professional singer who has not abandoned the city or her life -- and she soon arrives to spend some time with her very changed husband.
Full Moon
Spirala
Krzysztof Zanussi
Maja Komorowska, Jan Nowicki
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.
The Spiral
Pierwsze dni
Jan Rybkowski
Jan Ciecierski, Hanka Bielicka
Действие фильма происходит в Островце Свентокшиском. Старый мастер спасает от гитлеровцев ценные для металлургического завода машины. Об укрытии знает только сторож Плева.Завод в конце концов удаётся запустить, а Плева остаётся на нём сначала рабочим, а позже мастером.
Pierwsze dni
Miasto nieujarzmione - Robinson warszawski
Jerzy Zarzycki
Igor Śmiałowski, Jan Kurnakowicz
Unvanquished City (Polish: Robinson warszawski, Polish: Miasto nieujarzmione) is a 1950 Polish drama film directed by Jerzy Zarzycki. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Unvanquished City
Kariera
Jan Koecher
Jan Świderski, Adam Mularczyk
Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.
Career
Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową: Cz.1 - Ucieczka
Tadeusz Chmielewski
Marian Kociniak, Emil Karewicz
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
Niemcy
Jan Świderski
Andrzej Seweryn, Maja Komorowska
A wealthy German family is divided by the immorality of Nazi Germany, circa 1944. Former professional colleague, Joachim Peters, escapes from a Nazi concentration camp, and seeks refuge with his friends, the Sonnenbruchs. Torn between their duty as German citizens, and their greater humanitarian sensibilities, the family is divided in how to deal with Joachim's presence.
Niemcy
