Gustaw Holoubek
1923 - 2008
Sanatorium pod klepsydrą
Wojciech Has
Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat
A young man named Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob. On his arrival, a sinister doctor informs him that his father had stopped breathing but hasn't died yet, perhaps due to Josef's arrival which may have halted time in the sanatorium. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.
The Hourglass Sanatorium
The Law and the Fist
Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman
Gustaw Holoubek, Zofia Mrozowska
At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.
The Law and the Fist
Szpital przemienienia
Edward Zebrowski
Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Bińczycki
The film is set toward the beginning of World War II, at a psychiatric hospital in the country. But this is an unusual hospital: there are several incurable schizophrenic cases, staff is bit strange and a writer has voluntarily entered the clinic because he is "peculiar" and a drug addict. Then, the occupying forces arrive...
Hospital of the Transfiguration
Colonel Wolodyjowski
Jerzy Hoffman
Tadeusz Łomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka
In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
Colonel Wolodyjowski
Pożegnania
Wojciech Has
Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar
The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
Farewells
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Konrad Wolf
Donatas Banionis, Olivera Katarina
As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents him with a dilemma.
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
