In the year 1939, a man named Joseph (Józef) travels to the dilapidated sanatorium where his father is confined. As Joseph explores the mysterious world of the sanatorium, he encounters various surreal and absurd situations that challenge his understanding of reality. The film explores themes of memory, time, and the meaning of life.
A Generation is a gripping drama set in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War Two. It follows the story of a teenage boy who becomes involved in the underground resistance movement against the Nazi occupation. As he navigates the dangerous world of the Polish resistance, he finds love and faces the challenges of growing up during wartime. Based on a novel, this black-and-white film explores themes of communism, love, and the fight for freedom.
Ewa, a schoolgirl, wants to sleep but finds herself caught up in a series of surreal adventures and encounters with various characters.
Axiliad is a drama movie set in a village surrounded by woods. The film explores the relationships between the characters, focusing on a young woman. She becomes entangled in a complicated love affair while also having vivid dreams. The story is based on a novel and touches on themes of longing, loneliness, and personal growth. The village is also home to a library where the characters gather and share their experiences. Throughout the movie, the beauty of the winter landscape and the majestic trees in the woods serve as visual metaphors for the characters' emotional journeys.
The life of the great Bolshevik leader before the Russian revolution is chronicled in this bio-pic. Much of the tale centers on his exile in Poland where Lenin becomes friends with two peasants. The little girl has a strong belief in the nationalist cause. Later Lenin hears she was killed for withholding information about him.
Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery.
PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.
A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
Roksana is the editor of the heart advice section of a widely read magazine. Her problem is the handsome and loving husband Bogumił. The man was taken to the hospital, where he is looked after by his sister Krystyna.
Two friends think that they've discovered a dangerous spy hiding in a mine shaft.
Kolysanka (1986) is a powerful movie that takes place during the Holocaust. It tells the gripping story of survival, love, and friendship amidst the horrors of war.
International Critics’ Week - Cannes Festival 1985
Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.
The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
TV series based on William Thackeray's novel.
WWII. Zyga, one of the Resistance soldiers in Kraków is arrested by Gestapo. Soon later the Germans make a number of other arrests and Zyga is accused of being an informer.