Wyszynski - zemsta czy przebaczenie

2021

Polish

4.6

♡ 4

Tadeusz Syka Director

Adam Fidusiewicz as Corporal Officer Cadet 'Brzoza'

Wojciech Sukiennik as Lieutenant Dr. Kazimierz Cebertowicz 'Swierk'

Dominik Chmielewski as Priest Jerzy Baszkiewicz 'Radwan II'

Mariusz Drezek as Wounded German soldier

This film tells the story of lieutenant Stefan Wyszynski (Ksawery Szlenkier) - the future Primate of Poland, unknown to a wider audience. It is 1944, in the heat of war, we meet a young priest Wyszynski, who has recently been appointed chaplain of the branch in the Kampinos Forest. It is also active in the insurgent hospital. Everyone knows him there under the pseudonym "Radwan III". The reality of the war is for Fr. Wyszynski, a forge of character, a fight for hope and love, especially against enemies. How are we to forgive in everyday warfare? The hero asks, turning to the Source of his vocation.

Eroica

1958

Polish

7.3

♡ 9

82%

Andrzej Munk Director

Edward Dziewonski as Dzidzius Gorkiewicz

Zofia Czerwinska as Jogodka

Leon Niemczyk as Lt. Istvan Kolya

Roman Wilhelmi as Polish Soldier

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.

Warsaw: A City Divided

2019

Polish

7.4

♡ 4

Documentary

History

holocaust (shoah)

holocaust (shoah) survivor

Eric Bednarski Director

Adam Bauman as Lectour

Justyna Gardzinska as Lectour

Jaroslaw Lukomski as Lectour

The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.

Kanal

1957

Polish

7.9

♡ 13

traveling through a sewer

War

warsaw uprising

Andrzej Wajda Director

Roman Polanski as Crawling Insurgent

Ewa Wisniewska as Girl giving water

Vladek Sheybal as Michal 'Ogromny', the composer

Wladyslaw Kowalski as Polish Soldier

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

Rose

2011

Polish

7.6

♡ 3

Wojciech Smarzowski Director

Kinga Preis as Amelia

Marian Dziedziel as Mateusz

Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Pastor

Marcin Dorocinski as Tadeusz

This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.

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Eroica

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