Bad Luck

Bad Luck 1960

6.70

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

1960

Colonel Wolodyjowski

Colonel Wolodyjowski 1969

7.10

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, 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.

1969

Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty 1962

6.70

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

1962

Passenger

Passenger 1963

7.30

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

1963

The Saragossa Manuscript

The Saragossa Manuscript 1966

7.90

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

1966

Barrier

Barrier 1966

6.80

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

1966

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water 1962

7.30

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.

1962

How to Be Loved

How to Be Loved 1963

7.50

An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.

1963

April

April 1961

1

Set at the end of the war. A hot-headed colonel tries to force his men on to heroics although the war is almost over. A war-weary lieutenant tries to muffle his efforts but he keeps on with his men and is killed fighting in the front lines, all his men decide to get his body.

1961

Gangsters and Philantropists

Gangsters and Philantropists 1963

6.50

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

1963

Penguin

Penguin 1965

5.80

A shy student falls in love and is involved in a kidnapping plot.

1965

The Doll

The Doll 1968

6.30

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.

1968

One Room Tenants

One Room Tenants 1960

5.90

A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.

1960

Everything for Sale

Everything for Sale 1969

5.90

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.

1969

Wycieczka w nieznane

Wycieczka w nieznane 1968

6.00

A visit to Auschwitz changes the life of a young unambitious writer.

1968

Goodbye to the Past

Goodbye to the Past 1961

6.60

An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.

1961

Markiza de Pompadour

Markiza de Pompadour 1966

5.30

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

1966

Świat grozy

Świat grozy 1968

1

Three comedy-horror TV movies released together theatrically.

1968