Pan Tadeusz (1928)
Starring: Wojciech Brydziński, Zofia Zajączkowska, Mariusz Maszyński, Leon Łuszczewski Directed by: Ryszard Ordyński The list of polish silent movies who survived World War II can […]
Polish Cinema Classics
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, […]
Marriageable Girls (1972)
Starring: Ewa Szykulska, Ewa Pielach, Regina Regulska, Jan Stawarz, Jan Mateusz Directed by: Janusz Kondratiuk “Do you prefer city boys or country guys?” asks a […]
Jovita (1967)
Directed by: Janusz Morgenstern Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Zbigniew Cybulski Despite a theatrical release that included the US, and a review in The New York […]
Vinci (2004)
Starring: Borys Szyc, Robert Więckiewicz, Kamila Baar, Tadeusz Hagen Directed by: Juliusz Machulski With the return of Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine to […]
The Musicians (1960)
Directed by: Kazimierz Karabasz In the second half of the 1950s, a new generation of cineastes from the Łódź-based Polish Film School rose to prominence […]
The Dybbuk (1937)
Starring: Leon Liebgold, Lili Liliana, Abraham Morewski Directed by: Michał Waszyński There is little left of Yiddish art from between the World Wars. In the […]
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Bogumił Kobieła, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Gustaw Holoubek Directed by: Wojciech Jerzy Has Small wonder that Has’ early showpiece has attracted devotees among illustrious […]
The Story of Sin (1975)
Starring: Grażyna Długolecka, Jerzy Zelnik, Olgierd Łukaszewicz Directed by: Walerian Borowczyk In an interview with Polish weekly Przegląd Tygodniowy published in 1999, Grażyna Długolecka, who lost 13 […]