Papusza (2013)
Starring: Jowita Budnik, Antoni Pawlicki, Zbigniew Waleryś Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze Rating: ★★★☆☆ Literature classes about Roma poets remain a rarity. The fact […]
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Murder (1957)
Directed by: Roman Polański Morderstwo (Murder) accidentally became Roman Polański’s debut as a director simply because his beloved autobiographical short feature Rower (Bicycle, 1955) hadn’t been returned […]
Night Train (1959)
Starring: Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Zbigniew Cybulski Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz It’s a tough task to find a common thread in the directorial journey of […]
Nose Bleed (2004)
Starring: Bodo Kox, Robert Gonera, Piotr Matwiejczyk, Dawid Antkowiak Directed by: Dominik Matwiejczyk Dominik Matwiejczyk has earned a reputation as a prolific author of spoof […]
Another World (2012)
Directed by: Dorota Kędzierzawska Rating: ★★★★★ Although veteran actress Danuta Szaflarska has admitted that she doesn’t like to be filmed in close-up, she gave her filmmaker friend […]
The Cruise (1970)
Starring: Stanisław Tym, Zdzisław Maklakiewicz, Jan Himilsbach Directed by: Marek Piwowski When Marek Piwowski assembled a cast of non-professional actors from the drifters he encountered on the […]
Salto (1965)
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Andrzej Łapicki, Iga Cembrzyńska, Gustaw Holoubek Directed by: Tadeusz Konwicki As an admirer of Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript, 1965), Martin Scorsese […]
Big Beat (1966)
Starring: Irena Szczurowska, Jerzy Turek, Magdalena Zawadzka Directed by: Jerzy Passendorfer Although there is no record of the emergence of a Vistula Beat to match […]
The Adventure of a Good Citizen (1937)
Directed by: Stefan Themerson, Franciszka Themerson Przygoda czlowieka poczciwego (The Adventure of a Good Citizen, 1937) is almost all what is left of Polish film avant-garde. Stefan […]
Goodbye, Until Tomorrow (1972)
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Teresa Tuszyńska, Roman Polański, Jacek Fedorowicz Directed by: Janusz Morgenstern Despite having served brilliantly as Andrzej Wajda’s assistant director in the 1950s, […]