The Shadow Line
Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.
Gabriel
Embarking on a journey across southern Poland to find his long-lost father, twelve-year-old Tomek receives help from a mysterious youth named Gabriel.
A Year of the Quiet Sun
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
1970
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.
11 Minutes
The lives of urbanites intertwine in a world where anything can happen at any time.
Sonata
Grzegorz, diagnosed as an autistic child, lives in his hermetic world, unable to establish contact with others. When he turns fourteen, it turns out that the cause of isolation is not autism, but hearing loss, which hides great musical talent.
The Conductor
A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The conductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the provincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the conductor for both personal and professional reasons.
The Erlprince
An exceptionally gifted teenage boy is about to start studying physics at university. He is working on the theory of parallel worlds, which are linked, he initially believes, by light. He has an extraordinary mind and a wounded soul, which his mother, who steers his life, is incapable of healing.
Pan Tadeusz
Pan Tadeusz (film 1928) is a Polish historical film directed by Ryszard Ordynski based on the national epic of Poland, an 1834 poem by Adam Mickiewicz.
Eroica
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.
Matka Królów
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.
Bad Luck
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.
Avalon
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she gives up her loner ways and joins a gang of explorers. Even if she finds the gateway to the next level, will she ever be able to come back to reality?
On the Run
When her daughter is kidnapped by a suspect in a multiple murder case, a police officer must commit a crime to rescue her only child.
The Girl from the Wardrobe
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.
The Coldest Game
Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.
Pech to nie grzech
Successful businesswoman Natalia shuns romance until she witnesses her best friend and business partner Piotr bet his fiancée Weronika that Natalia won’t date or fall in love for three months. Determined to prove them wrong, and surprising even herself, Natalia embarks on a journey where closing her heart may be harder than she ever imagined.
Anatomia zla
Lulek, a hit man, is released from prison and given an offer he can't refuse by the man who put him away. If he kills the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigations, he will earn a huge sum of money and have his record cleared so he can leave.
Na uklady nie ma rady
When Marek Niewiadomski gets a proposal, which is the job of another deputy minister in one of the state departments, his current life is changing. All decisions he must make with his wife to be an honest citizen bring him many challenges. There is no cure for deals.
The Ashes
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
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Andrzej Wajda
Director
Peter Cartwright
as
Jeffry Wickham
as
(as Jeffrey Wickham)
Tom Wilkinson
as
cook Ransome
Cezary Kosinski
as
Kogut
Krzysztof Zanussi
Director
Danny Webb
as
David
Maja Komorowska
as
Emilia
Jerzy Nowak
as
English Doctor
Scott Wilson
as
Norman
Jerzy Skolimowski
Director
Paulina Chapko
as
Anna Hellman
Richard Dormer
as
Director Richard Martin
Anna Krotoska
as
Teacher
John Gielgud
as
John Lasocki
Antoni Rózanski
as
ksiadz Kollataj
Edward Dziewonski
as
Dzidzius Gorkiewicz
Leon Niemczyk
as
Lt. Istvan Kolya
Roman Polanski
as
Jola's Tutor
Barbara Lass
as
Jola Wrona-Wronska
Mamoru Oshii
Director
Sebastian Stankiewicz
as
Andrzej
Bill Pullman
as
Joshua Mansky
Robert Wieckiewicz
as
PKiN Director
John F. Kennedy
as
Self
Tomasz Karolak
as
Maniek
Jakub Kamienski
as
Tomek
Beata Tyszkiewicz
as
Princess Elzbieta
Daniel Olbrychski
as
Rafal Olbromski
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