Night Train
Two strangers, Jerzy and Marta, accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. Also on board is Marta's spurned lover, who will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the lam, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.
Maddalena
The love story between a free-spirited girl and a priest.
The Inn
During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.
Quo vadis
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
Mother Joan of the Angels
A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
Pharaoh
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.
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Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Director
Leon Niemczyk
as
Jerzy
Paolo Gozlino
as
Umberto Orsini
as
Paolo Bonacelli
as
Jerzy Nowak
as
Krispus
Danuta Stenka
as
Pomponia
Barbara Brylska
as
Kama - Priestess of Astharte
Annekathrin Bürger
as
(voice)
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