Antoni Jurasz

Perla w koronie

Kazimierz Kutz

Lucja Kowolik, Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920s. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.

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.

Cień

Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Zygmunt Kęstowicz, Adolf Chronicki

A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.

Doktor Judym

Włodzimierz Haupe

Jan Englert, Anna Nehrebecka

A young doctor from the lower classes is helped in his career by a rich woman. When he comes back from study in Paris he takes a job at a watering spa. He comes up against the owners when he tries to help the poor.

Cierpkie głogi

Barbara Krafftówna, Ryszard Filipski

Latarnik

Zygmunt Skonieczny

Stanisław Michalski, Józef Pieracki

A Polish soldier settles on a small island, where he operates a lighthouse. Absorbed by reading, he does not fulfill his duties.

Próba ognia

Marek Wortman

Mieczysław Grąbka, Małgorzata Pritulak

Operacja Himmler

Zbigniew Chmielewski

Eugeniusz Kujawski, Stanisław Frąckowiak

A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.