The Promised Land

The Promised Land 1975

7.20

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

1975

The Ashes

The Ashes 1965

6.40

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

1965

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober 1988

6.80

Story about the young Balthazar thrown from one remarkable event to the other. On his way through a plague hit the landscape, he meets the Kabbalists, priests - and himself.

1988

Republika nadziei

Republika nadziei 1988

1

The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.

1988

Young Chopin

Young Chopin 1952

5.70

Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.

1952

Kazimierz Wielki

Kazimierz Wielki 1976

6.20

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.

1976

Memoirs of a Sinner

Memoirs of a Sinner 1986

6.80

A recently resurrected corpse recounts his life story, focusing on his strange relationship with a murderous alter-ego.

1986

Mr. Blot in Space

Mr. Blot in Space 1988

5.50

It's Christmas, and children at an orphanage in Maliszewo receive a computer that was given to them by another orphan who used to live there many years ago. During the night, the computer awakes itself and tells the children a story that will happen in 25 years...

1988

Jeśli serce masz bijące

Jeśli serce masz bijące 1981

1

A group of Polish boys is opposed to a German teacher who aims to Germanise the young men.

1981

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema 1990

6.10

The screening of a movie "Daybreak" at the "Liberty" Cinema is interrupted by an unusual event - actors come to life on the screen, start conversations among themselves, draw the audience into them. Crowds gather around the cinema, the relevant authorities and services wonder what to do in this complicated situation. Also arriving is the censor, a man reaching his fifties, a one-time literary critic and journalist. The line between fiction and reality begins to blur.

1990

Zemsta

Zemsta 1957

5.50

Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry.

1957

Powrót do Polski

Powrót do Polski 1988

1

Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.

1988

Pełnia nad głowami

Pełnia nad głowami 1983

6.00

Set in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an impersonated devil appears in its place. The local leader and priest try to make him go away by different ways.

1983

A Jungle Book of Regulations

A Jungle Book of Regulations 1974

7.00

Janek and Wanda live in a small room in a villa, while other rooms are occupied by offices of various institutions. Janek often stays at work after hours, just to avoid returning to the cramped apartment too early. One day, a man named Malinowski, who once lived in the same small room, visits the couple. He proposes to exchange their room for a new, two-room apartment that he has just received. Janek and Wanda are initially distrustful, but eventually, the exchange takes place. It turns out that Wanda's ex-husband, Jerzy, already lives in the new apartment. Despite the divorce, as he is registered with Wanda, he has the right to continue living in her apartment. Janek tries to find a way to get rid of the intruder.

1974

Write and Fight

Write and Fight 1985

6.60

A young journalist is arrested for freethinking ideas and placed in a cell with a famous safe-breaker and a former cleric, who murdered his mistress' husband.

1985

Adventure in Marienstadt

Adventure in Marienstadt 1954

6.30

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. She returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women can work as hard as men

1954

Janka - Orły i Wilki

Janka - Orły i Wilki 1993

1

A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The first of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.

1993

The Twenties, the Thirties

The Twenties, the Thirties 1984

6.10

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.

1984