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    A Hole in the Head 2018 POSTER

    A Hole in the Head

    2018

    Polish

    6.0

    5

    Drama

    dying mother

    family drama

    poland

    psychological stress

    Piotr Subbotko Piotr Subbotko Director Piotr Fede Piotr Fede as Hanna Winiarska Hanna Winiarska as Bartlomiej Topa Bartlomiej Topa as Actor 'Chudy' Piotr Skiba Piotr Skiba as Pop
    After a particularly embarrassing performance, a struggling Polish actor chooses to quit his acting troupe. In desperation, he returns home, only to find his dying mother has replaced him with a farm hand from a nearby mental institution. Alienated and depressed, he attempts to find his place in the world by driving out his replacement as completely as possible.
    Moonlighting 1982 POSTER

    Moonlighting

    1982

    English

    7.3

    14

    100%

    80%

    Action

    construction worker

    Drama

    london, england

    poland

    unrest

    Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski Director Eugene Lipinski Eugene Lipinski as Banaszak Trevor Cooper Trevor Cooper as Hire Shop Man Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons as Nowak Kenny Ireland Kenny Ireland as Timber Man
    A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
    Escape from Sobibor 1987 POSTER

    Escape from Sobibor

    1987

    English

    7.3

    32

    82%

    82%

    Action

    brutality

    concentration camp

    Drama

    History

    mine field

    poland

    smoke

    War

    world war ii

    Jack Gold Jack Gold Director Rutger Hauer Rutger Hauer as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky Alan Arkin Alan Arkin as Leon Feldhendler Joanna Pacula Joanna Pacula as Luka Hartmut Becker Hartmut Becker as Sgt. Gustav Wagner
    The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
    Birth Certificate 1961 POSTER

    Birth Certificate

    1961

    Polish

    7.5

    6

    Drama

    girls in tights

    luck show

    poland

    survival

    three stories

    War

    young girls

    Stanislaw Rózewicz Stanislaw Rózewicz Director Józef Zbiróg Józef Zbiróg as Banschutz Mieczyslaw Stoor Mieczyslaw Stoor as German Motocyclist Józef Nalberczak Józef Nalberczak as Prisoner of War Janusz Paluszkiewicz Janusz Paluszkiewicz as (segment "Kropla krwi")
    Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
    Talking Heads 1980 POSTER

    Talking Heads

    1980

    Polish

    8.0

    11

    Action

    Biography

    Documentary

    documentary short

    interview

    poland

    polish people

    Krzysztof Kieslowski Krzysztof Kieslowski Director
    People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
    Lesson of a Dead Language 1979 POSTER

    Lesson of a Dead Language

    1979

    Polish

    6.4

    1

    Action

    Drama

    poland

    War

    Janusz Majewski Janusz Majewski Director Marek Kondrat Marek Kondrat as Lt. von Traut Eugeniusz Priwieziencew Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as Miron Ewa Dalkowska Ewa Dalkowska as Olga Diana Józef Zbiróg Józef Zbiróg as Trau
    An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
    Eastern 2019 POSTER

    Eastern

    2019

    Polish

    5.3

    4

    Action

    code of honor

    Drama

    dystopia

    family clan

    funeral

    patriarchy

    poland

    Thriller

    Piotr Adamski Piotr Adamski Director Tadeusz Bradecki Tadeusz Bradecki as Legal Counsel Marcin Stepniak Marcin Stepniak as Member of the Kowalski Family Marcin Czarnik Marcin Czarnik as Nowak Magdalena Kuta Magdalena Kuta as Nowak's Mother
    In Poland, behind the gates of an exclusive housing estate, the life of its wealthy residents is regulated by an old code of honor, due to which the Kowalskis and the Nowaks have been embroiled in a bloody family feud for years.
    Gierek 2022 POSTER

    Gierek

    2022

    Polish

    4.6

    5

    1970s

    70s

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    comunism

    Drama

    poland

    politics

    Michal Wegrzyn Michal Wegrzyn Director Antoni Pawlicki Antoni Pawlicki as General Roztocki Sebastian Stankiewicz Sebastian Stankiewicz as Maslak Piotr Witkowski Piotr Witkowski as Oldman Ewa Zietek Ewa Zietek as Paulina
    A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.
    The Balcony Movie 2021 POSTER

    The Balcony Movie

    2021

    Polish

    7.5

    2

    100%

    Action

    balcony

    city life

    Documentary

    husband wife relationship

    neighbor

    poland

    talking

    Pawel Lozinski Pawel Lozinski Director
    Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.
    The New World 2015 POSTER

    The New World

    2015

    Polish

    5.2

    2

    afghanistan

    belarus

    Drama

    immigration

    lgbt

    poland

    transsexuality

    Elzbieta Benkowska Elzbieta Benkowska Director Julian Swiezewski Julian Swiezewski as Janek Konrad Eleryk Konrad Eleryk as Omonowiec Paulina Galazka Paulina Galazka as Pawel's Grilfriend Sebastian Fabijanski Sebastian Fabijanski as Soldier
    Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love. The Afghan, Azzam, works as a translator for the Polish army. In his homeland he is treated like a traitor. Having been evacuated to Poland, he is unable to shake off the war experiences. The Ukrainian, Wiera, escapes to Poland to undergo sex reassignment surgery in secret from her family. An unexpected visit from her father and little son will make her face the question of her own identity once more. Żanna, the Belarusian, leaves her husband, a dissident, and lives together with her daughter at her sister’s in Warsaw. She wants to move out as soon as possible and make a normal home. Things get complicated when her husband gets arrested again.
    1970 2021 POSTER

    1970

    2021

    Polish

    7.3

    3

    100%

    1970s

    Action

    demonstration

    Documentary

    gdansk, poland

    History

    poland

    political protest

    stop motion

    Tomasz Wolski Tomasz Wolski Director
    Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their firearms. The story of a rebellion from the point of view of the oppressors.
    Eroica 1958 POSTER

    Eroica

    1958

    Polish

    7.3

    9

    82%

    82%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    poland

    prisoner of war camp

    warsaw uprising

    world war ii

    Andrzej Munk Andrzej Munk Director Edward Dziewonski Edward Dziewonski as Dzidzius Gorkiewicz Zofia Czerwinska Zofia Czerwinska as Jogodka Leon Niemczyk Leon Niemczyk as Lt. Istvan Kolya Roman Wilhelmi 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.
    Taras Bulba 1962 POSTER

    Taras Bulba

    1962

    English

    6.3

    17

    68%

    68%

    16th century

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    cossack

    Drama

    father son relationship

    History

    ottoman empire

    poland

    Romance

    War

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Abraham Sofaer Abraham Sofaer as Abbot Richard Rust Richard Rust as Capt. Alex Chuck Hayward Chuck Hayward as Dolotov Perry Lopez Perry Lopez as Ostap Bulba
    Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
    Legions 2019 POSTER

    Legions

    2019

    Polish

    5.6

    18

    Action

    Drama

    History

    independence

    poland

    Romance

    War

    world war i

    Dariusz Gajewski Dariusz Gajewski Director Antoni Pawlicki Antoni Pawlicki as Jerzy 'Topór' Kisielnicki Jakub Kamienski Jakub Kamienski as Quartermaster Mateusz Nedza Mateusz Nedza as Uhlan Piotr Zurawski Piotr Zurawski as 'Zyga'
    A universal story about entering adulthood in difficult times, growing up to the community. The great history is the background for the love story unfolding in the foreground: Józek, a deserter from the tsarist army who joins the emerging Legions, an intelligence agent for the I Brigade and Women’s Leage member – Ola, and Tadek, her fiancée, a member of Shooting Team.
    The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm 2018 POSTER

    The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm

    2018

    English

    7.6

    90%

    90%

    Documentary

    effects from the past

    poland

    Amy Schatz Amy Schatz Director Jack Feldman Jack Feldman as Self Elliott Saiontz Elliott Saiontz as Self
    When ten-year-old Elliott asks his 90-year-old great-grandfather, Jack, about the number tattooed on his arm, he sparks an intimate conversation about Jack’s life that spans happy memories of childhood in Poland, the loss of his family, surviving Auschwitz and finding a new life in America.
    To Kill A Priest 1988 POSTER

    To Kill A Priest

    1988

    English

    6.1

    3

    67%

    58%

    Action

    based on true story

    Drama

    History

    poland

    priest

    secret police

    Thriller

    woman director

    Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland Director Tim Roth Tim Roth as Feliks Timothy Spall Timothy Spall as Igor Philip Whitchurch Philip Whitchurch as SB Officer Ed Harris Ed Harris as Stefan
    A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
    Westerplatte Resists 1967 POSTER

    Westerplatte Resists

    1967

    Polish

    7.0

    3

    Drama

    invasion

    nazi

    poland

    War

    world war ii

    Stanislaw Rózewicz Stanislaw Rózewicz Director Bogusz Bilewski Bogusz Bilewski as Capt. Mieczyslaw Slaby, Medical Officer Józef Nalberczak Józef Nalberczak as Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski Stefan Friedmann Stefan Friedmann as Cpl. Stanislaw Trela Marian Glinka Marian Glinka as Pvt. Edward Rokicki
    Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
    Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf 2022 POSTER

    Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf

    2022

    Ukrainian

    6.0

    4

    17th century

    based on comic

    History

    Mystery

    poland

    stolen gold

    Thriller

    ukraine

    werewolf

    Myroslav Latyk Myroslav Latyk Director Bogdan Benyuk Bogdan Benyuk as Buben Oleh Prymohenov Oleh Prymohenov as Buhay Mykhailo Illienko Mykhailo Illienko as Syvyi Denys Skrypnyk Denys Skrypnyk as Tail
    Ukraine - 1636. Someone has attacked a battalion of cossacks that were transporting the gold of the Polish king. A cossack - Maksym Osa - tries to find the missing gold, but soon becomes one of the main suspects.
    Hands Up! 1981 POSTER

    Hands Up!

    1981

    Polish

    6.5

    4

    Drama

    essay film

    medical profession

    poland

    politics

    post-apocalyptic future

    refugee train

    Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski Director Fred Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann as Self Alan Bates Alan Bates as Self Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz as Self David Essex David Essex as Self
    The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
    Man of Marble 1977 POSTER

    Man of Marble

    1977

    Polish

    7.7

    7

    75%

    85%

    Action

    archival footage

    archive footage

    Drama

    filmmaker

    hero

    individual

    poland

    Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Wajda Director Maciej Rayzacher Maciej Rayzacher as Chairman Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Seweryn as Reader Ewa Zietek Ewa Zietek as Secretary Jaroslaw Kopaczewski Jaroslaw Kopaczewski as Worker
    A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
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