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

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

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

Matriculation

Matriculation 1979

6.10

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.

1979

A Little Sunshine

A Little Sunshine 1958

1

A short documentary by Stanisław Bareja showing the beauty of Masurian Lakes.

1958

Talking Heads

Talking Heads 1980

7.80

People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.

1980

Hospital

Hospital 1977

6.20

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

1977

House

House 1958

5.19

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

1958

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

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

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

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

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

We Summon You

We Summon You 1981

1

A record of the unveiling of the monument to the victims of December '70 that took place in front of gate 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard. Witnesses to the December events describe their experiences.

1981

Winners

Winners 1978

1

Young people with disabilities are provided with health care and vocational training. Is it enough to prepare them for their independent life? We get to know some charges of the Rehabilitation Center in Konstancin.

1978

...One of us...

...One of us... 1979

1

A poetic attempt at creating a biography of Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, a wartime poet, member of the Columbus generation. The biography consists of archival photos, manuscripts, drawings, and reconstruction of key moments in the protagonist's life.

1979

Warsaw Main Station

Warsaw Main Station 1958

6.75

Warsaw Central Station, 1958. A place of greetings and farewells, an intersection of people from different parts of Poland and Europe. A girl waits in vain, she goes away. Soon the station would belong to the past too.

1958