The Ashes

The Ashes 1965

6.40

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

1965

Westerplatte Resists

Westerplatte Resists 1967

6.80

Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.

1967

Nikodem Dyzma

Nikodem Dyzma 1956

4.70

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

1956

The Marriage of Convenience

The Marriage of Convenience 1967

5.90

Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.

1967

Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate 1961

7.30

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.

1961

Inspekcja pana Anatola

Inspekcja pana Anatola 1959

5.90

PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.

1959

The Killer Leaves a Trace

The Killer Leaves a Trace 1967

6.00

In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.

1967

When Love Was a Crime

When Love Was a Crime 1968

1

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.

1968

Wife for an Australian

Wife for an Australian 1964

6.30

A Polish-born Australian businessman arrives in Poland to find a wife for himself.

1964

Wyspa złoczyńców

Wyspa złoczyńców 1965

6.20

A young museum worker sets out to find a treasure hidden in a small town.

1965

Husband of His Wife

Husband of His Wife 1961

6.20

Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.

1961

Return to Earth

Return to Earth 1967

6.50

After the war, Stefan cannot go back to a normal life.

1967

Hell and Heaven

Hell and Heaven 1966

6.00

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

1966

Pavoncello

Pavoncello 1967

6.00

In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs.

1967

Komedie pomyłek

Komedie pomyłek 1968

1

Three Polish TV movies packed together and released theatrically

1968

Sposób bycia

Sposób bycia 1966

3.50

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.

1966

The Barrel Organ

The Barrel Organ 1968

6.00

This drama follows a lawyer who, averse to the sound of a barrel organ, changes his outlook upon meeting a blind girl. Based on the short story by Bolesław Prus.

1968

Korn's Password

Korn's Password 1968

6.00

An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn.

1968