Jazzman Fabian comes back to Poland from England and sets up a swing big band in his hometown. He soon falls for singer Modesta, the mysterious sensual femme fatale.Read More »
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Janusz Majewski – Excentrycy, czyli po slonecznej stronie ulicy (2015)
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Jan Batory – Spotkanie ze szpiegiem AKA Rendezvous with a Spy (1964)
1961-1970CrimeJan BatoryPolandThrillerQuote:
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Krzysztof Zanussi – Rewizyta AKA Revisited (2009)
Krzysztof Zanussi2001-2010DramaPolandQuote:
“Rewizyta” is a film about the further fate of the protagonists of Krzysztof Zanussi’s films from the 1970s: “Family Life” (1970), “Camouflage” (1976) and “The Constant Factor” (1980). What happened to them? Where are they? How did they survive the decades that separate us from those times? The film takes the form of an interview conducted in the present day by a would-be suicide, the protagonist of “And A Warm Heart,” who, on the recommendation of a therapist, investigates whether human life can be successful. The interview scenes are juxtaposed with film excerpts. Years later, the same actors appear before the camera and answer the man’s questions.Read More » -
Walerian Borowczyk – Dzieje Grzechu AKA The Story of Sin (1975)
Walerian Borowczyk1971-1980DramaPolandSynopsis:
The life of a beautiful, young and pious woman is thrown into chaos when her parents takes in a dashingly handsome lodger. Having embarked on a torrid affair, the lodger goes off to Rome to seek a divorce from his estranged wife.Unable to live apart from her beloved, our hero leaves home only to fall prey to the infatuations and lusts of a band of noble admirers, unsavoury criminals and utopian do-gooders…Read More »
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Franciszka Themerson & Stefan Themerson – Europa (1931)
1931-1940ExperimentalFranciszka ThemersonPolandShort FilmStefan ThemersonEuropa is a 12-minute anti-fascist film made in 1931 in Warsaw, Poland by surrealists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. The film is based on Anatol Stern’s 1925 futurist poem Europa. It uses collages and photograms, and articulates the sense of horror and moral decline its makers were witnessing. The film, while long thought to have been lost, is considered an avant-garde masterpiece.Read More »
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Wojciech Has – Moje miasto AKA My City (1950)
Wojciech Has1941-1950ArchitectureDocumentaryPolandShort FilmA personal and lyrical vision of Cracow presented by Wojciech Jerzy Has. The nostalgic tone of the narrator/protagonist talks about a city he regrets having to leave.Read More »
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Lech Majewski – Mlyn i krzyz AKA The Mill and the Cross (2011)
2011-2020ArthouseDramaLech MajewskiPolandThis movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel’s painting. The theme of Christ’s suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.Read More »
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Jerzy Skolimowski – Bariera AKA Barrier (1966)
1961-1970ArthouseDramaJerzy SkolimowskiPolandA student abandons his way of life and wanders, suitcase in hand, seeking a place in life, literally and metaphorically. Two attitudes clash in this character – resignation and a readiness to adjust to life according to the generally accepted pattern (“little stabilization”), and the remnants of youthful rebellion, refusal to accept a boring life centred around making money. (Awards: 1966 – Bergamo, International Art Film Festival – Grand Prix; 1968 – Valladolid, IFF – Jury Special Prize).Read More »
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Ewa Petelska & Czeslaw Petelski – Urodziny mlodego warszawiaka AKA The Birthday (1980) (HD)
Ewa Petelska1971-1980Czeslaw PetelskiDramaPolandWarQuote:
The content of the film is the experiences of the titular “young Varsovian”, Jerzy Bielecki. Through the story of his successive birthdays, a typical biography of a member of the “Columbus generation” is shown. Jerzy’s maturation is combined with his generational experiences – military service in the pre-war army, participation in the September campaign, fighting in the underground and the Warsaw Uprising. The hero’s wartime experiences are combined with his love for Teresa, who takes part in underground activities with him.Read More »