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- 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.
- 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 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."
- 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.
- 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.
- Two 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdansk on the first day of World War II.
- A 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.
- Soldiers of the Polish National Army (underground resistance) prepare to break into a prison to release their comrade who's imprisoned by the Gestapo. The story focuses on their attempt to attempt to acquire weapons, but the plot is not going according to the plan.
- Anna's husband meet with another woman. She decided to take revenge and go to the mountains to find lover. In the mountains she meet a group of holiday-makers. In this group, there is one man who interests her, but it's not so simple to take revenge, because she still loves her husband.
- A Polish soldier is drilled in front of the camera.
- A short story for children, in which a shipwrecked sailor lands on a small island inhabited by cannibals and is forced to trick them if he wants to get out of the situation alive.
- A Silesian Pole is conscripted into the German military during World War II.
- Stefan is a Polish fighter pilot flying for the RAF in the 306th Division. He meets the attractive Angelica Margaret Hill, whose previous boyfriend was also an RAF pilot and was killed in action. Stefan ends up being shot down twice. The first time, he swims to a buoy and is rescued. The second time he is saved by members of the French resistance. Margaret tries to convince Stefan to take a safe job as a flight instructor, but he can't give up fighting, especially when his friends are getting killed.
- Borowczyk and Lenica's second collaboration is a politically correct romance told through the paintings of Jan Plaskocinski. Playful, witty, and ironic, Rewarded Feelings is augmented by a rousing score courtesy of the Warsaw Gasworks Brass Orchestra.
- A vaudeville-like musical about courtship, temptation, secret love and vibrant cabaret life in turn-of-the-century Warsaw.
- In this experimental short film, paint changes dynamically of shapes and colors against a musical background, conforming an abstract, suggestive and even mystical experience.
- Puppet film. One night, little toy men, animals and birds came off the shelves and began to have fun together in their toy town.
- Mass Catholic pilgrimage to the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Sanctuary where amateur actors perform the Passion of the Christ.
- The funny adventures of a Czechoslovakian writer, Tuma, who, in the company of an attractive guide, Irena, collects materials for a book. The common and romantic wanderings of Tuma and Irena around Poland cause a lot of misunderstanding and anxiety of their respective jealous spouses.
- An examination of the many challenges facing a group of laborers constructing a new road in the mountains.
- In this film, the idea that fear of nuclear weapons is casting a dark shadow on the life of modern man, is presented by a counterpoint of image and sound. The film is intended as a protest against means of mass destruction.