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

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

Barrier

Barrier 1966

6.80

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

1966

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

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

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 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

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

The Codes

The Codes 1966

6.60

An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.

1966

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

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

The Law and the Fist

The Law and the Fist 1964

7.10

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.

1964

The Road West

The Road West 1961

7.00

In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.

1961

Penguin

Penguin 1965

5.80

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

1965

Roly Poly

Roly Poly 1968

6.80

Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris). The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?

1968

Wycieczka w nieznane

Wycieczka w nieznane 1968

6.00

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

1968

Avatar: The Exchange of Souls

Avatar: The Exchange of Souls 1964

5.60

Count Olgierd Łabiński lives with his beloved wife in Paris in a beautiful palace. The Countess recalls her stay in Florence and her insistent admirer Octavius ​​de Saville. Soon, Octavius, arrives in Paris and calls for the famous Dr. Cherbonneau, suspected of being a charlatan. Citing the teachings of the East, Cherbonneau offers the patient an "avatar", a reincarnation of the soul, which takes a different body...

1964

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

Przeraźliwe łoże

Przeraźliwe łoże 1968

5.50

Tom arrives in a strange city, where he meets casino owners who are hiding a secret.

1968

Blue Room

Blue Room 1965

1

In the nineteenth century, a young couple head to the countryside to spend the weekend together. On the train they encounter a mysterious Englishman heading for the same destination. Suspicious of this individual, they take the room next to his - the titular Blue Room - and a mystery ensues...

1965