Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.

300 Miles to Heaven

1989

Polish

7.1

♡ 13

Action

based on a true story

Maciej Dejczer Director

Wojciech Klata as Grzes

Wieslaw Komasa as Komornik

Stanislaw Jaskulka as Lekarz

Aleksander Bednarz as Teacher

Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland all the way to Sweden, hidden under a truck. In the movie, their destination has been changed to Denmark.

The Savage Peace

2015

English

7.6

♡ 7

concentration camp prisoner

Peter Molloy Director

Michael Pennington as Narrator

Joseph Stalin as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Meda Mládek as Self

How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully for centuries in Germany's neighboring countries, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. A heartbreaking story of revenge against innocent civilians, the story of acts as cruel as the Nazi occupation during the war years.

The Wolf

1983

Polish

5.9

♡ 7

Marek Piestrak Director

Andrzej Bielski as Butler

Leon Niemczyk as Count Wiktor Smorawinski

Ludmila Dabrowska as Julia's Mother

Krzysztof Jasinski as Kacper Wosinski

In 1848 Poland, Kacper Wosinski is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.

Demon

2015

Polish

6.1

♡ 15

92%

Marcin Wrona Director

Tomasz Schuchardt as 'Jasny'

Cezary Kosinski as Priest

Tomasz Zietek as Ronaldo

Agnieszka Zulewska as Zaneta

A bridegroom is possessed by an unquiet spirit in the midst of his own wedding celebration, in this clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk.

Irena's Vow

2023

English

6.7

♡ 31

86%

Louise Archambault Director

Eryk Kulm as Abram Klinger

Sophie Nélisse as Irena Gut Opdyke

Dougray Scott as Rugmer

Andrzej Seweryn as Schultz

19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.

Sophie's Choice

1982

English

7.5

♡ 42

74%

Alan J. Pakula Director

Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman

Kevin Kline as Nathan

Tobin Bell as Reporter

Meryl Streep as Sophie

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

The Constant Factor

1980

Polish

7.1

♡ 5

75%

Action

Drama

poland

Krzysztof Zanussi Director

Tom Alter as

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as (as E. Priwieziencew)

Tadeusz Bradecki as Witold

Jan Jurewicz as Zenek

A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.

The Partisan

2024

English

5.2

♡ 12

A Polish spy working for the British during World War II is betrayed and compromised in Warsaw, leaving her no other choice but to descend into a dangerous world of treachery and deception in order to survive.

Walesa: Man of Hope

2013

Polish

6.5

♡ 3

Andrzej Wajda Director

Mateusz Nedza as Cameraman

Robert Wieckiewicz as Lech Walesa

Cezary Kosinski as Majchrzak

Piotr Witkowski as Shipyard worker at the gate

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Ida

2013

Polish

7.4

♡ 21

95%

Pawel Pawlikowski Director

Piotr Sadul as Bass Player

Dawid Ogrodnik as Lis

Konstanty Szwemberg as Official

Joanna Kulig as Singer

In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.

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