Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych
The Touch 1978
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.
Bugler's Monologue 1965
A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.
Narciarze 1958
Will There Be a War 1986
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?
Railway Station 1980
Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.
Sopot 1957 1957
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.
Matriculation 1979
The final oral exam in history and social studies at one of Warsaw's high schools. The film illustrates the theatre of social life in Soviet Poland where one says different things on the stage and another behind the scenes.
I Don't Know 1977
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)
House 1958
An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.
Hospital 1977
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
X-Ray 1974
Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.
Talking Heads 1980
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
Wizyta 1972
An official falls victim to hooligans. He recognizes one of the attackers at a party organized by his director.
Krzysztof Penderecki 1968
A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki
I Was a Kapo 1963
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.
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.
The Hijacking of 'Savoy' 1979
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.
Patrząc pod słońce 1972
Holidays spent by a couple in love are disrupted by the appearance of a stranger.
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.