Railway Station

Railway Station 1980

4.72

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

1980

The Touch

The Touch 1978

8.00

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.

1978

Bugler's Monologue

Bugler's Monologue 1965

1

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

1965

Will There Be a War

Will There Be a War 1986

1

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?

1986

House

House 1958

5.19

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

1958

The Hijacking of 'Savoy'

The Hijacking of 'Savoy' 1979

4.20

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.

1979

Sopot 1957

Sopot 1957 1957

1

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.

1957

Peasant Diaries

Peasant Diaries 1952

1

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

1952

I Don't Know

I Don't Know 1977

4.60

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)

1977

Wizyta

Wizyta 1972

1

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

1972

Workshop Exercises

Workshop Exercises 1986

7.00

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

1986

Kulig

Kulig 1968

1

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

1968

Scenes From The Director's Life

Scenes From The Director's Life 1970

1

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.

1970

Hospital

Hospital 1977

6.20

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

1977

A Walk in the Old City of Warsaw

A Walk in the Old City of Warsaw 1958

6.17

Little heroine, a music school student, wanders through the backstreets of Warsaw's Old Town and discovers a world to which others have no access. It is a world of extraordinariness and beauty of sounds. And these are sounds that are the most important thing for the girl – the hubbub of children, the sounds of the street, the puffing of a tractor, the tuning of an organ, the sweeping of a broom and the sound of jets flying overhead.

1958

X-Ray

X-Ray 1974

5.70

Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.

1974

The Bricklayer

The Bricklayer 1973

5.60

Krzysztof Kieslowski's protagonist is Joseph Malesa, a former party activist, labor leader and mason. The document talks about his career and life through ups and downs

1973

I Was a Kapo

I Was a Kapo 1963

5.70

A former inmate of the Auschwitz concentration camp, accused of being a kapo, is serving a life sentence. From the monologue to the camera, we learn the story of an average man destroyed in terrible times.

1963