Malgorzata Braunek

  • Barbara Sass – Wejscie w nurt (1978)

    1971-1980Barbara SassDramaPolandTV

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    Anna is a teacher and her husband Marek is an engineer. They both face moral dilemmas at work: Marek’s boss wants him to help get rid of a renowned engineer from their company; Anna refuses to support the false accusation of her student.Read More »

  • Andrzej Wajda – Polowanie na muchy AKA Hunting Flies (1969)

    1961-1970Andrzej WajdaComedyPoland

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    The authors decidedly refute the myth of the woman – guardian of the hearth. Their heroine is a modern and an energetic girl who demands her partners to be successful in every field. A beginning writer and translator, running from his wife and mother-in-law, falls into her trap. What happens to a sensitive man in an encounter with overwhelming female force?Read More »

  • Binka Zhelyazkova – Golyamoto noshtno kapane AKA The Big Night Bathe (1980)

    1971-1980Binka ZhelyazkovaBulgariaCrimeDrama

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    Friends of different generations, practicing different professions, spend together their summer holidays at the seaside every year. It is sunny; they look carefree and happy. They know each other very well, they are used to each other. To such an extent, that bore becomes inevitable. It is boredom that incites them to play a dangerous game. The end is dramatic: a young boy gets killed. It is the moment to draw the bottom line. The question is: Isn’t the death of the spirit worse than of the body?Read More »

  • Wladyslaw Slesicki – Ruchome piaski AKA Shifting Sands (1969)

    1961-1970ArthousePolandRomanceWladyslaw Slesicki

    Autotranslated from Filmpolski:
    A lyrical story about a holiday adventure of a man camping with his son at a lake: the unexpected appearance of a girl shatters the previously carefree mood. Father and son are vacationing on a deserted beach. The appearance of the girl shatters their peace and harmony. The father becomes more and more interested and affectionate towards the girl..Read More »

  • Andrzej Zulawski – Diabel AKA The Devil (1972)

    1971-1980Andrzej ZulawskiArthouseHorrorPoland

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    At the climax of Harold Pinter’s vaguely allegorical but wholly chilling play The Birthday Party, the broken hero is being taken away by strangers, no doubt to a bad place. The locals, who have no idea what sort of political act of terror is being committed, stand by helplessly, but one of them rises and says, “Stan, don’t let them tell you what to do!” Even though Pinter never makes a specific point of reference as to what deplorable regime is imposing its will, the viewer intuitively understands the message. So it is with Andrzej Zulawski’s The Devil. International audiences unfamiliar with Polish politics might not know or care that his horror film was based on actual events from the turbulent 1960s, during which communist authorities provoked a group of Warsaw students into staging anti-censorship protests. Read More »

  • Jerzy Hoffman – Potop AKA The Deluge (1974)

    1971-1980EpicJerzy HoffmanPolandWar

    Nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1974, this follow-up to WITH FIRE AND SWORD is set in the 17th century during the Swedish invasion and occupation of Poland, known as The Deluge, which left the country in ruins.
    Based on a novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Deluge follows the romance between a violent soldier and the young woman who tries to tame him.Read More »

  • Matjaz Klopcic – Oxygen (1970)

    1961-1970DramaMatjaz KlopcicSci-FiYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Synopsis
    In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the Mainland. A journalist who came to the Island to make a report about political summit that takes place there gets involved in the clash between young rebels and establishment.Read More »

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