Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych
Scenes From The Director's Life 1970
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.
Ciężko samemu... 1980
Rodzice 1963
House 1958
An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.
X-Ray 1974
Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.
From a Night Porter's Point of View 1979
At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view.
The Great Give-Away 1993
Partly thriller, partly dark comedy, the tagline of this film announce that any resemblance to real-life characters and situations were completely intentional. This had the audience guessing who the main characters were supposed to represent: those biznismeni and post-socialist yuppies who after 1989 teamed up with their former enemies to exploit Poland ruthlessly.
Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On 1967
Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school at the time. The starting point was an order from a film studio to join a project proposed by the Germans: what do teenagers in your country do on Saturday at 5 pm? Images from the lives of teenagers from Kętrzyn make up a contrasting slice of free time in a small town. Firemen maneuvering to start a fire outside working hours, bodybuilders training, choir rehearsal, dancing in Hitler's former headquarters...
Hospital 1977
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
What is Dudek? 1967
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.
Primary School 1971
Visitez Zakopane 1963
A documentary impression from the capital of the Tatra Mountains. All the winter attractions of Zakopane rhythmically presented by the camera: sleigh rides, skis, dances, sunbathes, bonfires. Visit Zakopane!
Factory 1971
A documentary revolving around the Polish situation on an industrial level at the tail-end of the 1960s: it alternates between stark images at a metallurgic foundry and a board-room meeting among the various executives involved in its management.
The Story of Gdansk 1953
The protagonist of this documentary is Gdańsk and its history. The story begins on the shore of the Baltic Sea, in a Pomeranian town on the European Amber Road. It ends in the contemporary Gdańsk Shipyard.
Curriculum Vitae 1975
A communist party control committee interrogates a worker and party activist who is to be excluded from the party.
Seven Women of Different Ages 1979
Each day of the week is represented by a ballerina beginning with a young child and ending with an older ballet teacher.
A Year in the Life of Franek W. 1968
On the cusp of adulthood and in search of work qualifications and a better life, Franciszek Wróbel - a baker from a small village on the Czech border of south-western Poland - emigrates to industrial Silesia to join the Voluntary Labour Corps. There he is chosen from all of the applicants to write a diary of his experiences and daily life. Between his vocational courses and training, he struggles to make friends, pass his exams, and maintain relationships with girls.
Day in the Life of Gestapo Officer Schmidt 1964
The photographs of a member of the Gestapo, with narration from the captions he left in his album. Film released in 1964.
Kareta 1973
A nobleman and his servant have many misadventures together.