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1. Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1991 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Hannelore Elsner, Olivia Leigh
Votes: 14
2. Television Theater (1953– )
Drama
Series of television plays.
Stars: Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Globisz, Krystyna Janda, Jan Englert
Votes: 92
3. Haus der Frauen (1978 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Lina Carstens, Brigitte Horney, Eva Maria Meineke, Cordula Trantow
Votes: 7
4. Ways in the Night (1979 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Maja Komorowska, Horst Frank, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Votes: 37
5.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Elokuvan vuosisata
(2010)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Milos Forman, Marlen Khutsiev, Robert Parrish
Votes: 19
6. Camera Buff (1979)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ordinary factory worker buys a camera on the occasion of the birth of his child. The authorities order him to make documentaries about the factory's success. But his endeavor to be truthful leads him to opposition against censorship.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska, Ewa Pokas, Stefan Czyzewski
Votes: 8,286
7. Krzysztof Penderecki (1968 TV Movie)
35 min | Documentary
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Star: Krzysztof Penderecki
Votes: 7
8. The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 53,007 | Gross: $2.00M
9. Celluloid Man (2012)
164 min | Documentary
This is the story of Mr P.K.Nair, a man who talks,eats,dreams and sleeps cinema. Lovingly known as Henri Langlois of India, Nair Sahab (P.K.Nair) is the man behind archiving of many films in India.
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | Stars: U.R. Ananthamurthy, G. Ananthappa, Beena Antony, Vivek Athavale
Votes: 199
10. Three Colors: White (1994)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr
Votes: 79,696 | Gross: $1.46M
11. Cinématon (1972– )
Documentary
Stars: Gérard Courant, Diana Lui, Joseph Morder, Célestine Roussel
Votes: 14
12. Sodankylä Forever (2010)
270 min | Documentary
Sodankyla film festival started at 1986 and was created by Finnish directors Anssi Manttari, Aki and Mika Kaurismaki, along with Peter Von Bagh.
Sodankyla Forever is a great documentary ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Peter von Bagh, Robert Parrish, Roy Ward Baker, Víctor Erice
Votes: 73
13. Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Martin Scorsese describes his initial and growing obsession with films from the 1940s and 50s as the art form developed and grew with clips from classics and cult classics.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Michel Piccoli, Nagisa Ôshima, Allison Anders
Votes: 94
14. Rose (2011)
90 min | Drama, War
Rose, a German widow, hides from Russian soldiers who like to rape women and fights off Polish refugees who will steal everything she has. She gets help when Tadeusz, a former Polish officer, arrives looking to hide from his past.
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski | Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Agata Kulesza, Malwina Buss, Kinga Preis
Votes: 3,992
15. Sternstunden (1994– )
60 min | Talk-Show
Stern hours talk show.
Stars: Bernard Senn, Barbara Bleisch, Yves Bossart, Ingrid Grave
Votes: 19
16. Escape to the Silver Globe (2021)
94 min | Documentary
The year 1975. After a few years of forced immigration, the young director Andrzej Zulawski returns to Poland. His situation in Poland is uncertain. What's worse, his family disintegrates: ... See full summary »
Director: Kuba Mikurda | Stars: Malgorzata Braunek, Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz, Andrzej Seweryn, Krzysztof Zanussi
Votes: 212
17. Weightlifter (2018)
30 min | Short, Sport
At first sight, this is the story of a true price of a victory in professional sport.
Director: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Stars: Oleksandr Loy, Valeriia Khilko, Yuriy Shcherbyna, Maxim Bereznuk
Votes: 68
18. Camouflage (1977)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul, Mariusz Dmochowski
Votes: 1,733
19. Still Alive: Film o Krzysztofie Kieslowskim (2006)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary tracing the career of Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski.
Director: Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz | Stars: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Agnieszka Holland, Slawomir Idziak, Irène Jacob
Votes: 62
20. The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama
Jan and Marek used to study physics together but after graduation their paths were different. Jan got married and moved to the countryside. Marek stayed in Warsaw and now wants to persuade Jan to follow his path.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Barbara Wrzesinska, Jan Myslowicz, Andrzej Zarnecki, Wladyslaw Jarema
Votes: 1,693
21. The Constant Factor (1980)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A young man is facing death of his mother. A petty corruption at his job leads to him being framed and robbed of his only desire to climb mountains in Himalayas, as his father did and where he died.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Tadeusz Bradecki, Zofia Mrozowska, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Cezary Morawski
Votes: 1,150
22. The Illumination (1973)
91 min | Drama
Tabloid life of a physicist; his work, his love life and his quest for the meaning beyond.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Stanislaw Latallo, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Malgorzata Pritulak, Jan Skotnicki
Votes: 1,903
23. A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Romance, War
In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Scott Wilson, Hanna Skarzanka, Ewa Dalkowska
Votes: 1,421
24. 300 Miles to Heaven (1989)
105 min | Biography, Drama
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.
Director: Maciej Dejczer | Stars: Wojciech Klata, Rafal Zimowski, Kama Kowalewska, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak
Votes: 1,084
25. The Welts (2004)
91 min | Drama
Wiktor, who was mistreated by his father as a child, is now a tormented grown-up. He meets beautiful Tania and wants to settle down but it's not easy to get rid of childhood traumas.
Director: Magdalena Piekorz | Stars: Michal Zebrowski, Jan Frycz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Waclaw Adamczyk
Votes: 1,341
26. Drowsiness (2008)
105 min | Drama
The emotional inertia and chaos affecting a narcoleptic woman, a fatally ill writer and a doctor, and their attempts to escape from their dead-end situations.
Director: Magdalena Piekorz | Stars: Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Michal Zebrowski, Rafal Mackowiak, Bartosz Obuchowicz
Votes: 571
27. Behind the Wall (1971 TV Movie)
56 min | Drama
Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, whose entire life is dedicated to study and advancement to full professorship. Anna is an unsuccesful science writer who ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Eugenia Herman, Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska
Votes: 155
28. The Soul Sings (1997 TV Movie)
56 min | Drama
A classical singer who put his career on hold to raise a family gets a big break when a major company hires him for a televised New Year's Eve concert, but his shot at fame is threatened ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Jacek Laszczkowski, Kazimierz Kord, Maria Koscialkowska, Dominika Ostalowska
Votes: 49
29. Zaliczenie (1968 TV Short)
28 min | Short, Drama
A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor's house to beg to be allowed to take it.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Aleksander Bardini, Daniel Olbrychski, Jadwiga Colonna-Walewska
Votes: 97
30. Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A cynical doctor, who is dying of cancer, would like to know the meaning of his life. He has to fight for it or just get ready for death.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki, Monika Krzywkowska
Votes: 1,435
31. Días de cine (1991– )
60 min | News
Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.
Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Votes: 334
32. Il dono (2019)
89 min | Documentary
After the release of "Nostalgia", Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to work abroad: he has to go back home. But he understands from the messages of some friends ... See full summary »
Director: Giuliano Fratini | Stars: Enrica Antonioni, Donatella Baglivo, Manolo Bolognini, Angela Floris
Votes: 14
33.
Century of Cinema (1995–1998)
Episode:
100 lat w kinie
(1995)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Pawel Lozinski
Votes: 65
34. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 119
35. And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)
116 min | Biography, Drama, War
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
Director: Alexander Ramati | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Didi Ramati, Piotr Polk, Maya Ramati
Votes: 199
36. Zycie rodzinne (1971)
88 min | Drama
A young engineer is called back home, which he had left years before. The house is a crumbling, old mansion in which his father still works, illegally distilling vodka, much of which he ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Halina Mikolajska, Jan Kreczmar, Jan Nowicki
Votes: 645
37. Capitali culturali d'Europa (1983– )
55 min | Documentary
The sights and sounds of the Capitals of Europe.
Stars: Kostas Meleounis, Giorgos Alexiou, Petros Fyssoun, Kostas Arzoglou
Votes: 20
38. A Woman's Decision (1975)
98 min | Drama
A middle-aged woman realizes she wants more out of life and has to choose between her husband and child or her new lover.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Piotr Fronczewski, Marek Piwowski, Zofia Mrozowska
Votes: 224
39. The Contract (1980 TV Movie)
114 min | Drama
The events take place in a villa of a wealthy doctor on the occasion of the family wedding. The young couple agreed on their vows before the civil authorities but the girl backs out during ... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Leslie Caron, Maja Komorowska, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Jarosz
Votes: 233
40. Die Versuchung (1981 TV Movie)
86 min | Drama
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Helmut Griem, Eva Maria Meineke, Rolf Becker
Votes: 12
41. Back to Your Arms (2010)
90 min | Drama
Ethnic Lithuanian father and daughter Vladas and Ruta were separated during the events of WWII when Ruta was just a child--she ended up with her mother--and have not seen each other since. ... See full summary »
Director: Kristijonas Vildziunas | Stars: Elzbieta Latenaite, Andrius Bialobzeskis, Margarita Broich, Jurga Jutaite
Votes: 272
42. Boniek et Platini (2016)
23 min | Short
Summer 1982. Two cousins play ball in the streets of Warsaw. Poland has been under siege for six months and the football world cup is almost over.
Director: Jérémie Laurent | Stars: Teodor Giguere, Olaf Marchwicki, Marta Chyczewska, Delfina Wilkonska
Votes: 5
43. Edges of the Lord (2001)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A twelve-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.
Director: Yurek Bogayevicz | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe, Richard Banel, Liam Hess
Votes: 3,693
44. Imperative (1982)
96 min | Drama
Augustin is a 30-year-old university professor. He does not believe in religion. His only belief is in maths, to which he devotes all his time. Then suddenly a series of pressing existential questions start looming in his mind.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Robert Powell, Brigitte Fossey, Sigfrit Steiner, Matthias Habich
Votes: 162
45. Napoleon (1991)
52 min | Drama, History
Stars: Jean-François Stévenin, Andrzej Seweryn, Jacques Frantz, Jerzy Kryszak
Votes: 24
46. Bareizm (1997)
57 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Agnieszka Arnold | Stars: Jan Bareja, Maria Bninska, Jerzy Bonczak, Zofia Czerwinska
Votes: 17
47. Persona non grata (I) (2005)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Wiktor, Polish ambassador to Uruguay, comes back home to attend his wife's funeral and face his old Russian friend, suspected of having an affair with Wiktor's deceased spouse.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, Remo Girone
Votes: 627
48. The Spiral (1978)
83 min | Drama
A strange arrogant tourist arrives at the Morskie Oko mountain shelter. Next morning, in spite of danger, he climbs alone and the search for him begins.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Maja Komorowska, Zofia Kucówna, Aleksander Bardini
Votes: 521
49. Cwal (1996)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the early 1950s, a 10-year-old boy moves to Warsaw to stay with his bourgeois aunt. In spite of harsh Stalinist times, they are both fascinated by horses.
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi | Stars: Maja Komorowska, Bartosz Obuchowicz, Karolina Wajda, Piotr Adamczyk
Votes: 357
50. Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky (2008)
90 min | Documentary
In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky's death, student filmmaker Dmitry Trakovsky sets out in search of his favorite director's legacy. His journey leads him to fifteen ... See full summary »
Director: Dmitriy Tarkovskiy | Stars: Donatella Baglivo, Fabrizio Borin, Manuele Cecconello, Domiziana Giordano
Votes: 113