The Best Polish Movies by GoldRush
After seeing a lot of Polish movies (ca. 3500) this is my list of the best Polish films. From 1908 to 2018.
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- The oldest existent Polish film deals with the forced Germanisation of western Polish regions and the school protest in Wrzesnia with its harsh repercussions.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsJadwiga SmosarskaAnna BelinaWladyslaw GrabowskiQuiet and monotonous life in the countryside is abruptly interrupted by the moving front of the Polish-Russian war.
- DirectorHenryk SzaroStarsGregori ChmaraAgnes KuckJulian KrzewinskiJournalist Henryk Bielecki is not very talented but he desperately wants to become a famous writer. Nothing will stop him from making his dreams come true.
- DirectorHenryk SzaroStarsAdam BrodziszJadwiga SmosarskaMieczyslaw FrenkielA rebel fights against the early 20th century occupation of Poland by the Russian Czar, and is sentenced to Siberia.
- DirectorMieczyslaw KrawiczJanusz WarneckiStarsMariusz MaszynskiLiliana ZielinskaAdolf DymszaMusical comedy full of funny gags. The song written by a poor musician, suddenly becomes a hit. It's his opportunity to make a career, and win the hand of his beloved.
- DirectorJuliusz GardanStarsJadwiga SmosarskaEugeniusz BodoMieczyslawa CwiklinskaAfter becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski.
- DirectorKonrad TomStarsAntoni FertnerLoda NiemirzankaKazimierz Junosza-StepowskiCountry gent sends his singing, dancing, tomboy daughter to stuffy finishing school, where she promptly sets about enlivening the dorm and makes friends with the city's 'Bohemian' crowd.
- DirectorJuliusz GardanStarsElzbieta BarszczewskaFranciszek BrodniewiczTamara WiszniewskaStefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.
- DirectorMichal WaszynskiStarsAvrom MorewskiAjzyk SambergMojzesz LipmanThe mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
- DirectorLeon TrystanStarsEugeniusz BodoJózef OrwidHelena GrossównaTwo apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man arrives for a visit and gets into the wrong apartment. Complications arise.
- DirectorJan FethkeKonrad TomStarsHelena GrossównaAleksander ZabczynskiAntoni FertnerA love story between Stefan, the nephew of a music teacher, and Helenka, the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics industry entrepreneur. Her father remembers the recipe for a new soap thanks to a catchy tune composed by Stefan.
- DirectorAleksander FordMovie filmed directly after the liberation of the concentration camp at Majdanek, which is considered as the first in the world document the Nazi genocide. Interviews with prisoners from different countries of Europe. Documentary record of 24 and 25 July 1944.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsDanuta SzaflarskaJanina OrdezankaJerzy DuszynskiA Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity - setting up a street orchestra and taking part in the anti-German resistance movement.
- DirectorAleksander FordStarsMieczyslawa CwiklinskaJerzy LeszczynskiWladyslaw GodikThe story of Polish and Jewish families living side by side in one Warsaw street. Everything changes once and for all with the Nazi invasion.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsJadwiga ChojnackaWanda JakubinskaAlina JanowskaA comedy set in the ruins of post-war Warsaw. A young married couple moves in to a rented flat full of other lodgers, some of whom by misunderstanding start to believe there's a hidden treasure somewhere in the house.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsJózef NowakStanislaw MilskiZbigniew SkowronskiA common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life - from the extreme poverty in the countryside to becoming a conscious worker's activist.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsLidia KorsakównaTadeusz SchmidtAdam MikolajewskiWhile visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. Soon she returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women's work is not worse than that of men's.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTadeusz LomnickiUrszula ModrzynskaTadeusz JanczarStory of youth during the German occupation of Poland in World War II who come to adulthood through love and adversity.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkStarsKazimierz RudzkiJean TopartAn impressionistic image of Warsaw rebuilt after the war and its residents. A kind of lyrical film version of a feature article, full of warm humour and enriched with observations of everyday life.year of production 1955
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTeresa IzewskaTadeusz JanczarWienczyslaw GlinskiIn 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkStarsKazimierz OpalinskiZygmunt MaciejewskiZygmunt ZintelIn 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. An inquiry immediately follows. Testimony takes the form of flashbacks. Tuszka, the station master, believes Orzechowski was a saboteur; at least one on the inquiry panel agrees. Zapora, the young engineer on the train that hit Orzechowski, gives more complicated testimony about the dead man - stiff-necked, proud, imperious, critical of Zapora and other younger workers. The signalman at the crossing where Orzechowski died also testifies. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsGustaw HoloubekAleksandra SlaskaTeresa SzmigielównaOne day in the life of an alcohol addict. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life. But when she's at work, Kuba is home alone, and it becomes hard not to resist the temptation.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkStarsEdward DziewonskiBarbara PolomskaIgnacy MachowskiTwo sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. He initially tries to avoid underground training to avoid the Warsaw uprising. His drunkenness, disregard for safety and cowardice when sober stated with humorous effect come out as something sane in the world gone mad. His will to survive is more acceptable than any desire for heroic death. The second novel, "Ostinato lugubre", details a hopeless attempt at escape from a prison camp by a man who can no longer stand the confinement and idiocy of the professional soldiers trying to keep up the military preneses in prison. Nevertheless, his escape boosts the morale of his fellow prisoners, while the "escapee" lies hidden from Germans and comrades alike."
- DirectorTadeusz ChmielewskiStarsBarbara LassStanislaw MikulskiStefan BartikA young female student arrives in a new city, and finds herself in a confusing situation: there is no place for her for sleeping. An incredible odyssey through the endless maze of night streets is ahead.
- DirectorTadeusz KonwickiStarsIrena LaskowskaJan MachulskiA young man meets a middle-aged woman at a deserted beach. Will they overcome their personal and wartime traumas and find a way to stay together?
- DirectorAndrzej MunkA girl strolls through the Old Town streets of Warsaw and listens to the sounds of the city, which change from random noise into a kind of outdoor concert.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJakub GoldbergHenryk KlubaAndrzej KondratiukTwo men emerge from the sea onto the beach carrying a large wooden wardrobe with a mirror on its front. After the two men clean up and rejoice being in this new environment, they proceed to enter the nearby town, they carrying the wardrobe wherever they go. They just want to meet people and experience their new surroundings, but are largely shunned or ignored. In some instances, they are shunned even when their presence helps the situation. And in other instances of being shunned, they are beaten. And when they are ignored, the world just keeps going without them, often at the detriment of humankind. Ultimately, the two men, with their wardrobe, make a decision about what to do in light of their experiences.
- DirectorCzeslaw PetelskiStarsZygmunt KestowiczEmil KarewiczTeresa IzewskaBecause of the danger involved and the harsh conditions, wood transport drivers, working in the forests of south-east Poland, are going to quit their jobs. A party activist arrives to make them change their minds.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsZbigniew CybulskiEwa KrzyzewskaWaclaw ZastrzezynskiAs World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.
- DirectorStanislaw RózewiczStarsBronislaw DardzinskiWlodzislaw ZiembinskiKazimierz WichniarzThe heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdansk on the first day of World War II.
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsMaria WachowiakTadeusz JanczarGustaw HoloubekPawel and Lidka are from different worlds but they somehow meet each other in a night club. He's a young lad from a wealthy family, she's an attractive dancer. They fall in love and go out of town but their happiness doesn't last long.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsWienczyslaw GlinskiAleksander SewrukJan MachulskiBased on a true story of the Polish submarine ORP Orzel (Eagle). In September 1939, Orzel docks in the neutral Estonian harbor of Tallin. Under pressure from Germany, the Estonians have interned the boat. With only a small amount of fuel on board and his charts having been confiscated, Commander Grabinski decides to escape to England through the Baltic Sea.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsLucyna WinnickaLeon NiemczykTeresa SzmigielównaJerzy enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something - as does the strange woman with whom he must share a sleeping compartment.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkStarsBogumil KobielaMaria CiesielskaHelena DabrowskaThe story is an odyssey of a little man through Poland of 1930 to 1950. It shows his attempts to cope with a changing world which seems to have no place for him. He has no consciousness of any kind but is always on the verge of turning into a more coherent human being, only to be slapped down. It begins with the hero's childhood. Then comes the first love marred by his unwilling involvement in fascict politics, him being taken for a Jew because of his nose. Later he decides to join the army to charm the girl, but arrives too late for any fighting. He is arrested by entering German troops while he dresses in officer's uniform and mistakenly sent to POW camp as an officer.
- DirectorAleksander FordStarsUrszula ModrzynskaGrazyna StaniszewskaAndrzej SzalawskiIn the 15th century the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is facing a hard struggle against the neighboring Teutonic Order.Frequent clashes between the two powers finally culminate in 1410 with the Battle of Grunwald.
- DirectorJanusz MorgensternStarsZbigniew CybulskiTeresa TuszynskaGrazyna MuszynskaJacek is a handsome young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful daughter of the French consul, and immediately falls for her.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTadeusz LomnickiKrystyna StypulkowskaWanda KoczeskaA young doctor and jazz drummer, is also a womanizer who meets one night another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of appearances, both unable to confess their love to each other.
- DirectorKazimierz KutzStarsZofia MarcinkowskaHenryk BoukolowskiBarbara KrafftównaThe story of Poles moving to the west of the country after the war - to the lands originally inhabited by Germans - and starting a new life there. Lonely boy Bozek meets a girl called Lucyna and wants to run away from his wartime past.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsLucyna WinnickaMieczyslaw VoitAnna CiepielewskaA priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
- DirectorKazimierz KutzStarsJanina TraczykównaAndrzej MayDanuta SzaflarskaDuring second world war, an ingenious station master of a remote Polish railway station uses all his intelligence to save the lives of passengers.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsLeon NiemczykJolanta UmeckaZygmunt MalanowiczA couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitable.
- DirectorStanislaw RózewiczStarsHenryk HryniewiczBeata BarszczewskaAndrzej BanaszewskiThree episodes dealing with the harsh situation of children at the time of war. They stay at orphanages, wait for their parents to come back, help the soldiers, hide in the forests and do their best to survive.
- DirectorEwa PetelskaCzeslaw PetelskiStarsWieslaw GolasZofia SlaboszowskaLeon NiemczykSet in the aftermath of World War II, the film recounts the adventures of a Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground, and Ukrainian nationalists.
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsBarbara KrafftównaZbigniew CybulskiArtur MlodnickiAn actress traveling to Paris reflects on her life during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkWitold LesiewiczStarsAleksandra SlaskaAnna CiepielewskaJan KreczmarWhile aboard a transatlantic passenger ship, a German woman, Liza, notices someone who looks like Marta, a former inmate at Auschwitz, where Liza used to be a guard.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsElzbieta CzyzewskaJerzy SkolimowskiTadeusz MincAfter being drafted into military service, a Polish student spends his last day coming to terms with his estranged wife, visiting old friends, and savoring some last moments of freedom.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanEdward SkórzewskiStarsGustaw HoloubekZofia MrozowskaHanna SkarzankaAt the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsZbigniew CybulskiIga CembrzynskaElzbieta CzyzewskaUpon finding a book that relates his grandfather's story, an officer ventures through Spain meeting a wide array of characters, most of whom have a story of their own to tell.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsDaniel OlbrychskiBoguslaw KiercPiotr WysockiSet in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the 19th 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.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsJerzy ZelnikWieslawa MazurkiewiczBarbara BrylskaYoung Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers.
- DirectorTadeusz KonwickiStarsZbigniew CybulskiJerzy BlockMarta LipinskaA man hops off a train by the small town where he claims he was before. His presence allows to bring out the inner feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants. A man who has hidden through all of the war because he looked Jewish, even if he is not, took on a fame of a dead Jewish actor he resembles. The visitor's wife shows up to claim his and indicate that he is always running off. He escapes in the end for another town.
- DirectorSylwester ChecinskiStarsWaclaw KowalskiWladyslaw HanczaZdzislaw KarczewskiTwo quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighbouring farms.
- DirectorWitold LeszczynskiStarsFranciszek PieczkaAnna MilewskaWirgiliusz GrynMateusz is a weird man living a peaceful life in a remote country house by the lake. When a stranger is attracted to his beloved sister, his life starts falling apart.
- DirectorJanusz MorgensternStarsDaniel OlbrychskiBarbara LassKalina JedrusikA talented athlete falls for a mysterious girl at a fancy-dress party. When she disappears, the boy is desperate to find her.
- DirectorStanislaw RózewiczStarsZygmunt HübnerArkadiusz BazakTadeusz SchmidtDramatization of the first battle of World War II. The first target of German troops in the invasion of Poland is a small garrison at Westerplatte. Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Poles mount a fierce defense against an overwhelming enemy.
- DirectorHenryk KlubaStarsFranciszek PieczkaRyszard FilipskiStanislaw GronkowskiAfter the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.year of production 1967
- DirectorAleksander Scibor-RylskiStarsTadeusz SchmidtKrystyna MikolajewskaIwa MlodnickaIn the last days of WW2, the Polish military searches for the murderer of a prosecutor who is responsible for storing Gestapo files.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsJerzy SkolimowskiJoanna SzczerbicTadeusz LomnickiFive young men reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.year of production 1967
- DirectorLeon JeannotStarsBogumil KobielaIga MayrBarbara ModelskaTomasz Piechocki is a young doctor who is looking for his own flat. And one day his dream comes true, he gets an assignment for an apartment. But to get it, he must first get married. Tomasz begins a frantic search for his wife. He has only 30 days for it. I do not want his friend to be indifferent to him. After the initial failures, he meets this one, the only one.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsBarbara WrzesinskaJan MyslowiczAndrzej ZarneckiJan 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.
- DirectorTadeusz ChmielewskiStarsMarian KociniakJanina BoronskaAdam CyprianThe adventures of unlucky Polish soldier Franek Dolas during world war II. In September he escapes from Stalag and goes to France. After that he fights in Africa and Europe.
- DirectorAleksander Scibor-RylskiStarsJerzy MatalowskiJózef NowakMarian OpaniaA reconstruction of the events of the "Bloody Sunday" in Bydgoszcz in September 1939. The action of the movie begins on August 31, 1939. The film tells the story of the heroic defense of the Poles, accompanied by the tragic love story of a German woman, Anna-Maria, and a Pole, Piotr. Due to their romantic relationship, the characters suffer a lot of persecution. Piotr dies at the hands of pro-German militants, who then massacre the inhabitants of Bydgoszcz.
- DirectorKazimierz KutzStarsOlgierd LukaszewiczJan EnglertJerzy BinczyckiDuring the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands.
- DirectorJanusz MajewskiStarsZygmunt HübnerBarbara BrylskaRyszard FilipskiFormer police captain tells a reporter about his last job - a private investigation on the mysterious death of a girl who was a court witness.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsTadeusz LomnickiMagdalena ZawadzkaMieczyslaw PawlikowskiIn 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsDaniel OlbrychskiOlgierd LukaszewiczEmilia KrakowskaA musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.
- DirectorMarek PiwowskiStarsStanislaw TymJolanta LotheWanda Stanislawska-LotheA stowaway on a cruise ship is mistaken for an entertainment director.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiAndrzej TitkowBlind war veterans tell stories about loss, war, will to live and their dreams.
- DirectorJanusz NasfeterStarsFilip LobodzinskiEdward DymekHenryk GolebiewskiKarol is a newcomer to the class and instantly called "sissy". He makes himself disliked by correcting his classmates and eating sandwiches, while everybody else eats dry bread and onions. He tries to make friends with class bully called Balon, and eventually succeeds. The group uses him to steal lollipops and later for an assault on a small child. The victim's mother seeks out the responsible and Karol is identified. He eventually confesses to his mother and names his accomplices. Branded now as a "squealer" he is avoided by his former friends. During a concert Karol collapses and is carried off.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsMalgorzata BraunekLeszek TeleszynskiJan NowickiSet during the occupation of Poland during World War II. Some German soldiers slaughter a woman, her son, and mother-in-law. The husband and his father escape by being in the forest. The husband decides to join the resistance but at the first meeting the Gestapo kills his go-between and chases him. During his escape he gets into the apartment of a pregnant woman in labor and helps her with the childbirth. He works in the typhus center where he is a guinea pig for lice after being immunized to make more vaccine. He goes to the hospital to end the misery of a man mistaken as him and tortured. He seems to see his own body and is finally reconciled with himself.
- DirectorKazimierz KutzStarsLucja KowolikOlgierd LukaszewiczJan EnglertFilm set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.
- DirectorTadeusz KonwickiStarsAndrzej LapickiGustaw HoloubekMaja KomorowskaMiddle-aged Andrzej takes a dreamlike journey to his troubled past, trying to understand his friend's suicide.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsMarek WalczewskiIzabella OlszewskaEwa ZietekSet at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past. In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax.
- DirectorStanislaw BarejaStarsWojciech PokoraJolanta BohdalMieczyslaw CzechowiczFalsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsLeszek TeleszynskiWojciech PszoniakMalgorzata BraunekDuring the Prussian army's invasion of Poland in 1793, a young Polish nobleman, Jakub, is saved from the imprisonment by a stranger who wants in return to obtain a list of his fellow conspirators. Following his mysterious savior across the country, Jakub sees the overall chaos and moral corruption, including his father's death and the betrayal of his friend who stole his fiancee. Being apparently demented by what he has seen, he commits a number of seemingly motiveless and gory killings.
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsStanislaw LatalloMonika Dzienisiewicz-OlbrychskaMalgorzata PritulakTabloid life of a physicist; his work, his love life and his quest for the meaning beyond.
- DirectorJanusz MorgensternStarsJadwiga Jankowska-CieslakAndrzej MalecWladyslaw KowalskiThe young couple love each other. The boy is in constant work which will fit him, and in the end becomes a petty thief who cannot pay his debts anymore and decides to steal from homes where he pays scheduled visits to lonely housewifes. The girl works a nurse but is too sensitive in extreme cases. Running parallel to their story is a metaphor involving a castaway on a junkyard, who tries every means possible to get rid of the dog which becomes attached to him. In the end he attaches sticks of dynamite to the dog, but he breaks loose and the explosion wipes them both.
- DirectorWojciech HasStarsJan NowickiTadeusz KondratIrena OrskaJózef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable.
- DirectorBohdan PorebaStarsRyszard FilipskiMalgorzata PotockaTadeusz JanczarBased on a true story. After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939, an officer and his remaining men decide to continue fighting the invaders alone, thereby becoming the first guerrillas of World War II.
- DirectorAndrzej KondratiukStarsZdzislaw MaklakiewiczJan HimilsbachRyszard NarozniakTwo simple men win the lottery and decide to spend the money on their first plane flight and some other pleasures. But all that does not bring enough happiness to their lives.
- DirectorJerzy HoffmanStarsDaniel OlbrychskiMalgorzata BraunekTadeusz LomnickiDuring the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsDaniel OlbrychskiWojciech PszoniakAndrzej SewerynThree friends hope to build a factory but their plans are quickly jeopardized by local politics and one of the partner's dangerous love affair.
- DirectorJanusz MajewskiStarsMarek KondratRoman WilhelmiRoman SkameneA teenage country boy starts working in a restaurant of the famous Pacific Hotel in the 1930s. He soon discovers that to get promoted one needs to conform and sacrifice his dignity.
- DirectorJerzy AntczakStarsJadwiga BaranskaJerzy BinczyckiEmir BuczackiAn epic saga of the Niechcic family, told from a woman's perspective. In 1914 in the war-torn Kaliniec, Barbara Niechcic remembers her youthful love, marriage hardships, family life in the countryside and finally her husband's death.
- DirectorStanislaw BarejaStarsKrzysztof KowalewskiWojciech PokoraJanina TraczykównaModest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet. He is trying to escape the destiny, but to no avail...
- DirectorKrzysztof ZanussiStarsPiotr GarlickiZbigniew ZapasiewiczChristine PaulA 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 straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who likes to manipulate people. There is a confrontation from the beginning when Jaroslaw allows to attend the seminar a student who presents the views not according to the official line. In the end, a jury prize is given to mediocre paper, while the suspected school of thought still draws a recommendation. Finally the deputy rector arrives for the closing ceremonies, and since he disfavors the line of thought awarded by the recommendation the tensions rise. They climax when student in question bites the rector in the ear while receiving recommendation. The confrontation results in a scandal and the police is called in.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsKrystyna JandaJerzy RadziwilowiczTadeusz LomnickiA 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.
- DirectorFeliks FalkStarsJerzy StuhrSlawa KwasniewskaWiktor SadeckiAn ironic look at a climber who decides to do anything, including throwing mud at his best friend, to get a job he thinks will launch him into a better career.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsZdzislaw MrozewskiMarek WalczewskiHenryk BistaSet at the historic moment of rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter public life, as the first President in the history of Polish Republic. The film shows the turmoil leading to Narutowicz's election by a National Assembly divided between Polish Nationalists and the minorities, comprising one third of the population. A few days after the election the President was assasinated by a fanatic Nationalist while opening an art exhibit.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsMarian OsuchA factory night watchman, who is a fanatic of total control, shares his opinions on various topics.
- DirectorStanislaw BarejaStarsKrzysztof KowalewskiBronislaw PawlikStanislaw TymWhat Will You Do When You Catch Me? is a parody of comunist times in Poland. A state-owned company director is having an afair during his delegation. Later on, his mistress turns out to be the daughter of a Communist party bigwig and pregnant. He knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple...
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsZbigniew ZapasiewiczEwa DalkowskaAndrzej SewerynA famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding is reduced to silence.