Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

An official falls victim to hooligans. He recognizes one of the attackers at a party organized by his director.

A documentary in which a picture of pre-war Poznan is reconstructed with the help of archival materials from regional collections and staging. The structural axis of the film is a radio broadcast from August 1939 with the participation of well-known and respected residents of the city, who answer the question: is there going to be a war?

Polish schoolboy Janek, and Russian girl Tanya are traveling by a plane which ended up in the hands of a gang of drug dealers headed by ex Nazi criminal Henrich Scharf.

Shots from Hamlet's rehearsals at the National Theatre in 1970, directed by Adam Hanuszkiewicz, performed by Daniel Olbrychski. The film presents various stages of the preparations – from trying on the costumes and memorizing lines to the final staging.

After the 1957 jazz festival in Sopot, the city is still hectic. However, the resort is a bit different. Tourists rest on the beach, in the afternoon they stroll along the pier and the promenade. In the evening, they have fun in clubs.

This movie is about the visit of Clive Harris, the famous healer, to Warsaw. Incredible crowds gather before the entrance and Harris "heals" thousands of people by briefly touching them. Tireless on his stand, he fulfills his duty for 24 hours a day.

A street poll about contemporary youth. The answers are engineered to show the manipulation of propaganda and television.

The confession of a man who was the director of a factory in Lower Silesia. "He was a Party member but opposed to the Mafia-like organization of Party members which was active in that factory and region. Those people were stealing and debiting the factory account. He didn’t realize that people higher up were involved in the affair. And they finished him off.’ (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Robotnicy - Nic o nas bez nas tells a story about Gdańsk Shipyard and its workers after so called Grudzień 1970 (1970 protests). After those events Edward Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as party first secretary and promised redical change in style and methods of ruling. Kieślowski shows the skepticism of workers and their attitude to party members. He also pictures conflicts inside the party (PZPR) and usual work in shipyard. The political criticism of this movie made it a target of censorship – it was suspended and cut against the will of director.

A film meant to show what people were told to believe about the wonderful lives that Polish peasants led in post-war Poland.

A TV musical featuring the appearances of famed actor Bogumił Kobiela and the most popular Polish musicians of the time.

The "Dudek" cabaret group, Edward Dziewoński’s lifetime achievement, one of the greatest post-war cabaret groups recorded by a documentary filmmaker during rehearsals. The stars of Polish acting could be seen on stage, accompanied by excellent songs by Wojciech Młynarski.

A new employee has to deal with the horrors of bureaucracy in this satirical short poking fun at the insititutions of the Polish People's Republic.