Taboo

Taboo 1988

6.10

Story of a tragic love triangle that develops between a mother daugther and a farmhand. A good-looking widow lives alone on a farm with her teenage daughter. Their neighbor occasionally helps them in the farmwork. He would have eventually married the mother, but the daughter tries to seduce him at all costs. He becomes the lover of both women, but eventually runs away leaving the mother shattered and the daughter pregnant.

1988

Mark of Cain

Mark of Cain 1989

1

In 1866 the Prussians withdraw from the German alliance and declare war on Austria. A sergeant of this army forces a Czech young man named Ludvík Machl to execute himself by hanging. However, the unfortunate man's road to death had already begun earlier. Ludvík was one of the patriotic conspirators who, among other things, had seized money from the Austrian printing press. However, he was tracked down in his lodgings by the police, who discovered some of the looted money and a pistol. Unlike the three other conspirators, however, Commissioner Melc offers him his freedom - if Ludwig becomes an agent of the Austrian police. Frightened, Machl signs under duress...

1989

The Curse of Snake Valley

The Curse of Snake Valley 1988

6.00

The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Indochina jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.

1988

Powrót do Polski

Powrót do Polski 1988

1

Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.

1988

Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2

Topsy Turvy, or Egg Nogg 2 1989

7.00

Kasia and Pawel, having got married, live in the village of Brzozki, 10 kilometres from Grabow. Kasia wants to return to her pedagogical studies, so she does not want to have children yet. Pawel announces that he wants to break away from the traditional village farm and focus on specialised sheep breeding, which causes a family argument. Kasia's parents anxiously await the birth of their grandchildren. Things get even more complicated when the Wolanskis arrive in Grabow. They offer to help Kasia go back to university, but in return Kasia has to look after little Piotr as the docent is leaving for London where he has received a month-long study grant.

1989

Egg Nogg

Egg Nogg 1988

7.40

Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.

1988

State of Fear

State of Fear 1989

6.50

Realistic depiction of the Polish martial law in 1981. John Malecki is a young actor with good career prospects in a Warsaw theater, preparing to play Hamlet, his dream role. John plans to go to Sweden. Any involvement with the new Solidarnośc movement might put his visa to Sweden at risk. But staying neutral in these times is not an easy task.

1989

Sezon na bażanty

Sezon na bażanty 1986

6.00

Well-known fencer Paweł Kaczmarek makes an important decision in his life – he decides to quit drinking. Unexpectedly, he receives information that his ex-wife is staying in Austria with his child. He immediately sets off for Austria, finds Anna's apartment, and kidnaps his own son.

1986

What do the Tigers Like?

What do the Tigers Like? 1989

4.50

Piotr tries to committ suicide after his wife leaves him. His friend Marek takes him on a trip to seaside resort Sopot to find love again. After many misadventures, Piotr tries to kill himself again, but finds love at the last moment.

1989

The Egg

The Egg 1984

6.20

It tells a story of a bird-monster from South America originally treated as god by Incas. Long believed to be extinct, due to genetical experiment gone awry its egg fossil hatches and the monster starts to search for females to impregnate.

1984

Jesienią o szczęściu

Jesienią o szczęściu 1986

5.00

Anna, a young and beautiful woman, takes lonely walks along the beach, when one day she attracts the attention of Jan, a film director.

1986

Woman from the Provinces

Woman from the Provinces 1985

5.20

Sixty-year-old Andzia has lived in a small town since birth. She is married to the owner of an apartment building. She marries him at the age of 50. Before that, she raised two children alone. Andzia is a simple woman and does not see the banality of her daily existence. In her fifties she is a dishwasher in a restaurant. She desires to marry her daughter and strives for her growing son to get a profession. Small savings give her the greatest satisfaction. During the occupation, she works for the Germans in a soldier's kitchen.

1985

Trzy stopy nad ziemią

Trzy stopy nad ziemią 1986

2.00

Set in the 70's. A young man decides that after dropping out of school, going to the army is not for him. He decides to become a voluntary miner. He lives with his buddies in barracks, where the only entertainment is ping-pong, and dreams of the opposite sex.

1986

The Return of She-Wolf

The Return of She-Wolf 1990

2.30

A young couple arrives to the palace, where years ago the Countess Julia, She-Wolf was terrorising its inhabitants. Soon the ghost of the Countess attacks the fiancée.

1990

Jedenaste przykazanie

Jedenaste przykazanie 1988

3.50

A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out.

1988

Stanisław i Anna

Stanisław i Anna 1987

1

The 17th century, the reign of King Władysław IV. The half-siblings of Stanisław and Anna Oświęcim have been linked by love since childhood. During the feast, a conflict arises between Stanisław and Zebrzydowski, Anna's competitor. Stanisław is wounded in a duel. Anna bandages him in her room. There is a rapprochement between them. Stanisław leaves for the Vatican to obtain a dispensation from the Pope for a wedding with Anna. Meanwhile, Anna repents, misses, prays and refuses to eat. Not a single word is spoken in the movie. The mood is built by Karłowicz's music.

1987

Klatka

Klatka 1986

1

A young man, attacked by thugs, seeks shelter in a random apartment block.

1986

Powinowactwo

Powinowactwo 1984

1

1982, martial law is in force. Krzysztof works as a teacher. Since his wife Gosia left for a scholarship in Baltimore, he has been living alone. He misses her and often writes letters to her. He hopes that she will leave Poland and join him, but at the moment this is impossible. One night, he has a strange dream. In it, he is running through a mist-covered meadow full of purple flowers. Nearby, on a railway embankment, he hears a woman's delirious cries. In the darkness, the lights of a passing train slowly begin to grow brighter. Before he can save her, the dream ends. When Krzysztof has the same dream a month later, he wonders about its meaning. After receiving a letter from his wife saying that she intends to remarry, Krzysztof feels lost. While browsing through an atlas of reproductions of paintings, he comes across the works of a young painter. As he looks through them, he discovers that the paintings correspond to his visions. Krzysztof decides to find the artist.

1984

I Died So I Could Live

I Died So I Could Live 1984

1

Warsaw 1941. Gestapo captures a Home Army soldier who knows the code needed to read the list of agents working in Reich. Tortured Wójcik asks the doctors for poison.

1984

Przeklęte oko proroka

Przeklęte oko proroka 1985

1

A continuation of the story "Oko proroka", which ended with the sale of a mysterious jewel and the purchase by the Bystry family of an inn near Tarnów. Unfortunately, times in 17th-century Poland are troubled, and a curse still hangs over Hanusz and his father. Driven by an adventurous nature, Hanusz Bystry sets out for the Balkans to free his friend, Semen Berdychka, captured by the Turks while searching for his father, who has been taken into the yasir.

1985