Poland's 300 Most Important Movies
by kinoholik | created - 15 Apr 2017 | updated - 22 Jun 2018 | PublicFeature films in chronological order with the year's best at the top.
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1. Prussian Culture (1908)
8 min | Short, Drama
The oldest existent Polish film deals with the forced Germanisation of western Polish regions and the school protest in Wrzesnia with its harsh repercussions.
Votes: 256
2. Bartek zwyciezca (1923)
43 min | Short, Drama, History
A Polish farmer is drafted by the Prussian army and fights courageously with the French. But instead of gratitude and respect, all he gets for his efforts is pain and misery.
Director: Edward Puchalski | Stars: Wladyslaw Pytlasinski, Roman Zelazowski, Eugenia Zasempianka, J. Czapelski
3. Mocny czlowiek (1929)
77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Journalist 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.
Director: Henryk Szaro | Stars: Gregori Chmara, Agnes Kuck, Julian Krzewinski, Maria Majdrowicz
Votes: 261
4. Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? (1934)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
After 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.
Director: Juliusz Gardan | Stars: Jadwiga Smosarska, Eugeniusz Bodo, Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska, Wladyslaw Grabowski
Votes: 224
5. Mlody las (1934)
71 min | Drama
1905 revolution in Russian-occupied Poland. High school students try to rebel against the oppression and duplicity of their teachers.
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski, Boguslaw Samborski, Maria Bogda, Adam Brodzisz
Votes: 67
6. The Dybbuk (1937)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
The 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.
Director: Michal Waszynski | Stars: Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Lili Liliana
Votes: 715
7. Pietro wyzej (1937)
90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two 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... See full summary »
Director: Leon Trystan | Stars: Eugeniusz Bodo, Józef Orwid, Helena Grossówna, Ludwik Sempolinski
Votes: 388
8. Girls of Nowolipki (1937)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Bronka, Franka, Amelka and Kwiryna are four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw and going to the same school. They all fight for a better future but what the future brings is usually disappointment, sometimes even tragedy.
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Elzbieta Barszczewska, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Tamara Wiszniewska, Anna Jaraczówna
Votes: 66
9. Zapomniana melodia (1938)
80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A 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.
Directors: Jan Fethke, Konrad Tom | Stars: Helena Grossówna, Aleksander Zabczynski, Antoni Fertner, Michal Znicz
Votes: 135
10. Granica (1938)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Zenon Ziembiewicz comes back to his hometown after graduating from the university in Paris. He gets entangled in a love triangle with educated young lady Elzbieta and a common country girl Justyna who gets pregnant.
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Elzbieta Barszczewska, Lena Zelichowska, Jerzy Pichelski, Aleksander Zelwerowicz
Votes: 45
11. Pawel i Gawel (1938)
82 min | Comedy
Two neighbours with similar names, Pawel and Gawel, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Pawel learns she's not a child anymore, he falls in love with her. And vice versa.
Director: Mieczyslaw Krawicz | Stars: Eugeniusz Bodo, Adolf Dymsza, Helena Grossówna, Józef Orwid
Votes: 187
12. Strachy (1938)
94 min | Drama
A look at show-business through the lives of cabaret dancing girls Teresa and Linka. When their theatre is closed down, they have to move to a small town. But it turns out that one of them is pregnant and the baby's father is her ex-boss.
Directors: Eugeniusz Cekalski, Karol Szolowski | Stars: Eugeniusz Bodo, Hanna Karwowska, Jadwiga Andrzejewska, Józef Wegrzyn
Votes: 85
13. Zakazane piosenki (1947)
97 min | Drama, Music, War
A Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity - setting up a street orchestra and taking part in the anti-German resistance movement.
Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Danuta Szaflarska, Janina Ordezanka, Jerzy Duszynski, Jan Swiderski
Votes: 542
14. Border Street (1948)
110 min | Drama, War
The story of Polish and Jewish families living side by side in one Warsaw street. Everything changes once and for all with the Nazi invasion.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska, Jerzy Leszczynski, Wladyslaw Godik, Wladyslaw Walter
Votes: 254
15. The Last Stage (1948)
110 min | Drama, History, War
Female prisoners of various ethnic background struggle to survive the hardships of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
Director: Wanda Jakubowska | Stars: Wanda Bartówna, Huguette Faget, Tatyana Guretskaya, Antonina Gordon-Górecka
Votes: 764
16. Skarb (1949)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
A 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.
Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Jadwiga Chojnacka, Wanda Jakubinska, Alina Janowska, Danuta Szaflarska
Votes: 206
17. Dom na pustkowiu (1949)
92 min | Drama
The lives of two lonely women from provincial Poland suddenly collide with the reality of war with the appearance of an ex-concentration camp prisoner.
Director: Jan Rybkowski | Stars: Aleksandra Slaska, Jerzy Sliwinski, Maria Gella, Halina Drohocka
Votes: 35
18. Robinson warszawski (1950)
86 min | Drama, War
The story of those who stayed in the ruins and rubble of Warsaw after the failed 1944 uprising.
Director: Jerzy Zarzycki | Stars: Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska, Igor Smialowski, Jerzy Rakowiecki
Votes: 47
19. Gromada (1952)
105 min | Drama
The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Ludwik Benoit, Marian Lupa, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Karol Podgórski
Votes: 31
20. Adventure in Marienstadt (1954)
93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
While 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.
Director: Leonard Buczkowski | Stars: Lidia Korsakówna, Tadeusz Schmidt, Adam Mikolajewski, Tadeusz Kondrat
Votes: 140
21. Celuloza (1954)
120 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Józef Nowak, Stanislaw Milski, Zbigniew Skowronski, Teresa Szmigielówna
Votes: 116
22. A Generation (1955)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War
Story of youth during the German occupation of Poland in World War II who come to adulthood through love and adversity.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Votes: 2,924
23. The Hours of Hope (1955)
87 min | Action, Drama, War
In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.
Director: Jan Rybkowski | Stars: Zbigniew Józefowicz, Krystyna Kamienska, Stanislaw Mikulski, Jadwiga Chojnacka
Votes: 61
24. Kanal (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, War
In 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.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
Votes: 8,035
25. Man on the Tracks (1957)
89 min | Drama
In 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, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel, Zygmunt Listkiewicz
Votes: 805
26. Koniec nocy (1957)
90 min | Drama
A group of young Lódz hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.
Directors: Julian Dziedzina, Pawel Komorowski, Walentyna Maruszewska | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ryszard Filipski, Adam Fiut, Mariusz Gorczynski
Votes: 83
27. Zimowy zmierzch (1957)
94 min | Drama
Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the ... See full summary »
Director: Stanislaw Lenartowicz | Stars: Wlodzislaw Ziembinski, Maria Kierzkowa, Zygmunt Zintel, Ligia Branice
Votes: 114
28. Zagubione uczucia (1957)
75 min | Drama
One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home and gets into trouble.
Director: Jerzy Zarzycki | Stars: Maria Klejdysz, Andrzej Jurczak, Wladyslaw Woznik, Ewa Stojowska
Votes: 37
29. Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance, War
As 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.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski
Votes: 13,458
30. Eva Wants to Sleep (1958)
95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A 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.
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Barbara Lass, Stanislaw Mikulski, Stefan Bartik, Ludwik Benoit
Votes: 527
31. The Last Day of Summer (1958)
66 min | Drama, Romance
A 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?
Director: Tadeusz Konwicki | Stars: Irena Laskowska, Jan Machulski
Votes: 705
32. Eroica (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Edward Dziewonski, Barbara Polomska, Ignacy Machowski, Leon Niemczyk
Votes: 1,308
33. Lydia Ate the Apple (1958)
97 min | Drama, Romance
Pawel 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.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Maria Wachowiak, Tadeusz Janczar, Gustaw Holoubek, Stanislaw Jaworski
Votes: 517
34. The Noose (1958)
96 min | Drama
One 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.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Gustaw Holoubek, Aleksandra Slaska, Teresa Szmigielówna, Tadeusz Fijewski
Votes: 1,233
35. The Eighth Day of the Week (1958)
83 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple in love hopes to have some privacy but the widespread housing problems don't allow them to find any place to stay.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Sonja Ziemann, Zbigniew Cybulski, Barbara Polomska, Ilse Steppat
Votes: 202
36. Wolne miasto (1958)
98 min | Drama, History, War
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdansk on the first day of World War II.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Bronislaw Dardzinski, Wlodzislaw Ziembinski, Kazimierz Wichniarz, Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz
Votes: 121
37. Night Train (1959)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jerzy 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.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielówna, Zbigniew Cybulski
Votes: 3,623
38. Krzyz Walecznych (1959)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier returns to his ruined village, a stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz, a young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Jerzy Turek, Aleksander Fogiel, Bronislaw Pawlik, Andrzej May
Votes: 177
39. The Depot of the Dead (1959)
104 min | Drama
Because 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.
Director: Czeslaw Petelski | Stars: Zygmunt Kestowicz, Emil Karewicz, Teresa Izewska, Leon Niemczyk
Votes: 610
40. Zamach (1959)
83 min | Drama, War
Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student uderground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
Director: Jerzy Passendorfer | Stars: Bozena Kurowska, Grazyna Staniszewska, Zbigniew Cynkutis, Andrzej Kostenko
Votes: 162
41. Bad Luck (1960)
92 min | Comedy
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Munk | Stars: Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Helena Dabrowska, Barbara Lass
Votes: 1,352
42. Innocent Sorcerers (1960)
83 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Krystyna Stypulkowska, Wanda Koczeska, Kalina Jedrusik
Votes: 1,561
43. Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
166 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 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.
Director: Aleksander Ford | Stars: Urszula Modrzynska, Grazyna Staniszewska, Andrzej Szalawski, Henryk Borowski
Votes: 2,183
44. Nikt nie wola (1960)
86 min | Drama, Romance, War
The 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.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Zofia Marcinkowska, Henryk Boukolowski, Barbara Krafftówna, Halina Mikolajska
Votes: 260
45. Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Jacek 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.
Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszynska, Grazyna Muszynska, Barbara Baranowska
Votes: 829
46. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 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.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit, Anna Ciepielewska, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 4,307
47. Birth Certificate (1961)
99 min | Drama, War
Three 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.
Director: Stanislaw Rózewicz | Stars: Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski, Edward Mincer
Votes: 421
48. Dzis w nocy umrze miasto (1961)
84 min | Drama, War
An unlikely couple - a Polish concentration camp inmate and a young German girl - stick together and try to survive the RAF bombing of Dresden in February 1945.
Director: Jan Rybkowski | Stars: Andrzej Lapicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Jadwiga Chojnacka, Ignacy Gogolewski
Votes: 59
49. Knife in the Water (1962)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Ciepielewska
Votes: 23,583
50. Jak byc kochana (1963)
92 min | Drama
An actress traveling to Paris reflects on her life during the Nazi occupation of Poland.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Barbara Krafftówna, Zbigniew Cybulski, Artur Mlodnicki, Wienczyslaw Glinski
Votes: 750
51. Passenger (1963)
62 min | Drama, War
While 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.
Directors: Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz | Stars: Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Jan Kreczmar, Marek Walczewski
Votes: 2,128
52. Milczenie (1963)
100 min | Drama
A young boy is accused of attempting to murder a local priest. When the boy gets hurt in an accident, the townspeople are not willing to give him a hand.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Kazimierz Fabisiak, Miroslaw Kobierzycki, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Maria Zbyszewska
Votes: 88
53. Gangsterzy i filantropi (1963)
82 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A criminal mastermind responsible for a failed robbery and an accidental petty conman meet inside a prison carriage. Soon they are both going to hear the court verdict.
Directors: Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski | Stars: Gustaw Holoubek, Wieslaw Michnikowski, Hanka Bielicka, Magdalena Celówna-Janikowska
Votes: 402
54. Prawo i piesc (1964)
90 min | Drama
At 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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski | Stars: Gustaw Holoubek, Zofia Mrozowska, Hanna Skarzanka, Wieslaw Golas
Votes: 425
55. Wiano (1964)
91 min | Drama, Romance
Bronka is a lame country girl and a daughter of a well-off local party activist. She is seduced by handsome Staszek who is more interested in her father's land than in Bronka herself. When Staszek cheats on Bronka, the tragedy pursues.
Director: Jan Lomnicki | Stars: Zofia Kucówna, Roman Wilhelmi, Marta Lipinska, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Votes: 23
56. Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964)
99 min | Comedy, War
Adventures of the Italian soldier in a rebellious Warsaw in 1943, between Germans and the Polish resistance.
Director: Stanislaw Lenartowicz | Stars: Elzbieta Czyzewska, Antonio Cifariello, Zbigniew Cybulski, Jarema Stepowski
Votes: 339
57. Gdzie jest general... (1964)
92 min | Comedy, War
Waclaw Orzeszko is unlucky soldier. Nobody from the platoon likes him. One day he decided to go away from platoon. At the castle he meet Russian soldier Marusia. At this time German forces ... See full summary »
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Elzbieta Czyzewska, Jerzy Turek, Boleslaw Plotnicki, Stanislaw Milski
Votes: 195
58. The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
182 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Upon 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.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Gustaw Holoubek
Votes: 5,888 | Gross: $0.12M
59. Identification Marks: None (1965)
73 min | Drama
After 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.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Elzbieta Czyzewska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Tadeusz Minc, Jacek Szczek
Votes: 756
60. Salto (1965)
104 min | Drama
A 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Tadeusz Konwicki | Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Jerzy Block, Marta Lipinska, Wlodzimierz Borunski
Votes: 867
61. Walkover (1965)
77 min | Drama, Sport
A young boxer Andrzej Leszczyc not only has to face a tough boxing opponent but needs to make some serious personal and professional choices.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jerzy Skolimowski, Aleksandra Zawieruszanka, Krzysztof Chamiec, Andrzej Herder
Votes: 519
62. Drewniany rózaniec (1965)
81 min | Drama
A cruel life at an orphanage for young girls in 1930s Poland. Natalia is the new one there. The nuns make her learn very quickly the rules of the game.
Directors: Ewa Petelska, Czeslaw Petelski | Stars: Elzbieta Karkoszka, Barbara Horawianka, Zofia Rysiówna, Jadwiga Chojnacka
Votes: 29
63. The Ashes (1965)
234 min | Drama, History, War
Set 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... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Boguslaw Kierc, Piotr Wysocki, Beata Tyszkiewicz
Votes: 467
64. Pharaoh (1966)
180 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers.
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Stars: Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska, Krystyna Mikolajewska
Votes: 2,301
65. Barrier (1966)
77 min | Drama, Comedy
A rebellious student wants to get total independence and overcome all the barriers in his life: of money, age, status, cults and conventions. However, he meets a girl with completely different ideals.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Joanna Szczerbic, Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Maria Malicka
Votes: 545
66. Lekarstwo na milosc (1966)
95 min | Crime, Adventure, Comedy
An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is an other love." Then she becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Batory | Stars: Kalina Jedrusik, Krystyna Sienkiewicz, Wienczyslaw Glinski, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 428
67. Szyfry (1966)
80 min | Drama
A father searches for his son, who has been missing since WW II, in post-war Poland. In his quest for the truth about his son, the father is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Jan Kreczmar, Zbigniew Cybulski, Ignacy Gogolewski, Irena Horecka
Votes: 248
68. Sublokator (1966)
90 min | Comedy
A young scientist looking for a peaceful place to live rents a room in a house inhabited only by women. Soon he discovers their unusual passions and obsessions.
Director: Janusz Majewski | Stars: Jan Machulski, Barbara Ludwizanka, Katarzyna Laniewska, Magdalena Zawadzka
Votes: 148
69. Chudy i inni (1967)
91 min | Drama
A ballad about a group of construction workers who are building a large dam. When one of them gets drunk and pushes a journalist into the rapid river, his coworkers decide to keep quiet about the incident.
Director: Henryk Kluba | Stars: Wieslaw Golas, Marian Kociniak, Franciszek Pieczka, Mieczyslaw Stoor
Votes: 75
70. Our Folks (1967)
81 min | Comedy
Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighbouring farms.
Director: Sylwester Checinski | Stars: Waclaw Kowalski, Wladyslaw Hancza, Zdzislaw Karczewski, Eliasz Kuziemski
Votes: 3,954
71. Zywot Mateusza (1968)
80 min | Drama
Mateusz 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.
Director: Witold Leszczynski | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Anna Milewska, Wirgiliusz Gryn, Aleksander Fogiel
Votes: 494
72. Lalka (1968)
153 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is... See full summary »
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Mariusz Dmochowski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tadeusz Fijewski, Jadwiga Gall
Votes: 651
73. Everything for Sale (1969)
105 min | Drama
The disappearance of the leading actor from the film's set worries its director Andrzej. He embarks on a journey to look out for the actor with a young actor and missing actor's wife and mistress.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Beata Tyszkiewicz, Elzbieta Czyzewska, Andrzej Lapicki, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 862
74. 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: 1,686
75. Polowanie na muchy (1969)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
Wlodek is a shy man who's afraid of his mother as well as his wife. However, upon meeting Irena, his life takes a new turn.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Zygmunt Malanowicz, Malgorzata Braunek, Ewa Skarzanka, Hanna Skarzanka
Votes: 431
76. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
160 min | Adventure, History, War
In 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.
Director: Jerzy Hoffman | Stars: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Magdalena Zawadzka, Mieczyslaw Pawlikowski, Hanka Bielicka
Votes: 1,783
77. Salt of the Black Earth (1970)
99 min | Drama, War
During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Jerzy Binczycki, Jerzy Cnota
Votes: 333
78. Landscape After Battle (1970)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury the tormentors they find alive. They are ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Stanislawa Celinska, Aleksander Bardini, Tadeusz Janczar
Votes: 885
79. The Cruise (1970)
65 min | Comedy
A stowaway on a cruise ship is mistaken for an entertainment director.
Director: Marek Piwowski | Stars: Stanislaw Tym, Jolanta Lothe, Wanda Stanislawska-Lothe, Jerzy Dobrowolski
Votes: 3,694
80. The Birch Wood (1970)
99 min | Drama
A musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Daniel Olbrychski, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Emilia Krakowska, Danuta Wodynska
Votes: 952
81. The Third Part of the Night (1971)
107 min | Drama, Horror, War
Set 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Golinski
Votes: 2,695
82. 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: 153
83. Hydrozagadka (1971 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero whose name is As.
Director: Andrzej Kondratiuk | Stars: Roman Klosowski, Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Wieslaw Michnikowski, Józef Nowak
Votes: 1,356
84. 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: 644
85. I Hate Mondays (1971)
98 min | Comedy
An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.
Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski | Stars: Kazimierz Witkiewicz, Zygmunt Apostol, Bogusz Bilewski, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz
Votes: 2,280
86. Trad (1971)
79 min | Action, Crime
When Stanislaw Czermien is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real perpetrator. He suspects him to be his own brother, Witold.
Director: Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki | Stars: Zygmunt Malanowicz, Anna Górska, Elzbieta Kepinska, Henryk Bak
Votes: 32
87. How Far, How Near (1972)
95 min | Drama
Middle-aged Andrzej takes a dreamlike journey to his troubled past, trying to understand his friend's suicide.
Director: Tadeusz Konwicki | Stars: Andrzej Lapicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Maja Komorowska, Anna Dymna
Votes: 310
88. Dziewczyny do wziecia (1972 TV Movie)
45 min | Comedy, Drama
Three ordinary country girls head to Warsaw to escape from their monotonous lives, have some fun and search for the men of their dreams.
Director: Janusz Kondratiuk | Stars: Ewa Szykulska, Ewa Pielach, Regina Regulska, Jan Stawarz
Votes: 423
89. Pilatus und andere - Ein Film für Karfreitag (1972 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama
The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Kreczmar, Daniel Olbrychski, Andrzej Lapicki
Votes: 179
90. Perla w koronie (1972)
111 min | Drama
Film 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.
Director: Kazimierz Kutz | Stars: Lucja Kowolik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Franciszek Pieczka
Votes: 339
91. The Devil (1972)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Horror
During the Prussian army's invasion to 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Zulawski | Stars: Leszek Teleszynski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Malgorzata Braunek, Iga Mayr
Votes: 2,844
92. Slonce wschodzi raz na dzien (1972)
94 min | Drama
After 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.
Director: Henryk Kluba | Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Ryszard Filipski, Stanislaw Gronkowski, Teresa Marczewska
Votes: 85
93. Trzeba zabic te milosc (1972)
92 min | Drama, Romance
The 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... See full summary »
Director: Janusz Morgenstern | Stars: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Andrzej Malec, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Barbara Wrzesinska
Votes: 223
94. 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: 1,898
95. Wesele (1973)
102 min | Drama
Set 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... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Marek Walczewski, Izabella Olszewska, Ewa Zietek, Daniel Olbrychski
Votes: 1,352
96. The Sandglass (1973)
124 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Józef 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.
Director: Wojciech Has | Stars: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska
Votes: 4,962
97. Man - Woman Wanted (1973)
82 min | Comedy
Falsely accused Warsaw art museum assistant goes into hiding as a woman.
Director: Stanislaw Bareja | Stars: Wojciech Pokora, Jolanta Bohdal, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz, Maria Chwalibóg
Votes: 2,492
98. Przyjecie na dziesiec osób plus trzy (1973 TV Movie)
54 min | Comedy
A bunch of unemployed and unqualified workers are hired to unload a few railway wagons. Because of the low wages, the manager needs to encourage the workers in some other way.
Director: Jerzy Gruza | Stars: Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz, Leon Niemczyk, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Wieslaw Dymny
Votes: 275
99. Through and Through (1973)
70 min | Crime
Based on a pre-war murder case of the Malisz couple. They end up committing a petty robbery and a sordid murder. He is an illustrator who is not used by a climbing architect. His folks ... See full summary »
Director: Grzegorz Królikiewicz | Stars: Franciszek Trzeciak, Anna Nieborowska, Irena Ladosiówna, Lucyna Winnicka
Votes: 273
100. W pustyni i w puszczy (1973)
195 min | Adventure, Family
Fourteen year old Polish boy Stas Tarkowski and eight year old Nel Rawlison from England are kidnapped as the hostages by Arabic fanatics and taken to their religion leader. Then they ... See full summary »
Director: Wladyslaw Slesicki | Stars: Tomasz Medrzak, Monika Rosca, Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz, Edmund Fetting
Votes: 524
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