The Polish Dancer (1917)

Directed by: Aleksander Hertz Starring: Pola Negri, Lya Mara, Jan Pawłowski, Witold Kuncewicz Does the original name of the film Bestia “The Beast”, released in the US as […]

Hit the Bank (1981)

Starring: Jan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz Directed by: Juliusz Machulski Polish cinema doesn’t have many family dynasties like the Sheens or the Douglases, but it does […]

The Last Day of Summer (1958)

Starring: Irena Laskowska, Jan Machulski Directed by: Tadeusz Konwicki Although a prolific novelist, Tadeusz Konwicki also built a solid cinematic reputation on a short filmography devoid of […]

Erotique (1960)

Starring: Elżbieta Czyżewska, Gustaw Holoubek Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski Although the promise of the Nouvelle vague was never fulfilled in Poland, the early features of […]

Ewa Wants to Sleep (1958)

Starring: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Stanisław Mikulski, Maria Kaniewska, Jarema Stępowski Directed by: Tadeusz Chmielewski Until the 1970s, the Polish movie industry made precious few attempts to […]

Once Upon a Time (1957)

Directed by: Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica Polish animation has often deliberately used weak narratives to draw attention to the formal aspects of the work itself. Walerian […]

Eroica (1958)

Starring: Bogumił Kobieła, Edward Dziewoński, Tadeusz Łomnicki Directed by: Andrzej Munk If Andrzej Munk had directed Wajda’s Kanał (Canal, 1956), the development of the Polish Film School could […]

Everything for Sale (1969)

Starring: Andrzej Łapicki, Daniel Olbrychski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Bogumił Kobiela Directed by: Andrzej Wajda Wszystko na sprzedaż (Everything for Sale) stands out as one of the few examples of […]

Sex Mission (1984)

Starring: Jerzy Stuhr, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Beata Tyszkiewicz Directed by: Juliusz Machulski Despite the critics’ reluctance to admit Seksmisja (Sex Mission) to the pantheon of Polish cinema, Juliusz […]