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

House

House 1958

5.20

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

1958

Hospital

Hospital 1977

6.20

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

1977

The Hijacking of 'Savoy'

The Hijacking of 'Savoy' 1979

4.00

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

Railway Station

Railway Station 1980

4.80

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

1980

Workers '80

Workers '80 1982

1

Documentary about the beginning of Solidarnosc.

1982

From a Night Porter's Point of View

From a Night Porter's Point of View 1979

7.00

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.

1979

Factory

Factory 1971

5.60

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.

1971

The Great Give-Away

The Great Give-Away 1993

4.90

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.

1993

The Musicians

The Musicians 1960

5.80

An orchestra of working-class musicians rehearses in this short film, honored at the 1960 Venice Film Festival and among the favorite films of director Krzysztof Kieslowski who mentored under this documentary's director.

1960

Seven Women of Different Ages

Seven Women of Different Ages 1979

6.60

Each day of the week is represented by a ballerina beginning with a young child and ending with an older ballet teacher.

1979

Soc...

Soc... 1988

1

At the end of the 1980s, high school students watch fragments of a congress of the Union of Polish Artists and Designers that took place in 1949. During the congress, socialist realism and pictures representing the imposed aesthetics were proclaimed. Viewers will learn about the attitude of young people to the communist system and the art of those times.

1988

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time 1957

5.10

An oddball pair try to find their identity and place in an abstract world.

1957

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

Śnić we śnie

Śnić we śnie 1979

1

A psychological drama about a mother and daughter. The first was once a journalist and a brave soldier, the second interrupted her studies in philosophy

1979

A Carpenter

A Carpenter 1976

6.40

Despite the fact that the film is a documentary, its lead character and his life story are fictitious, though very probable. It is one of the best examples of creative documentary film-making of Wojciech Wiszniewski.

1976