Hands Up!

Hands Up! 1985

5.80

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

1985

Ewa Wants to Sleep

Ewa Wants to Sleep 1958

6.80

Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.

1958

Walkover

Walkover 1965

6.10

Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.

1965

Wolf Ticket

Wolf Ticket 1964

1

The story of a worker who was dismissed for inconvenience to management for making justified and necessary criticisms of the factory's operations.

1964

Then There Will Be Silence

Then There Will Be Silence 1966

3.00

Two Polish Army soldiers, both from different political backgrounds clash while fighting the Germans.

1966

Ostrożnie yeti

Ostrożnie yeti 1961

3.20

Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, from which, however, he escapes handcuffed with the thief. Meanwhile, the "snow man" begins to be considered the perpetrator of more and more crimes. Eventually, everything becomes clear. In the telegram notifying of the shipment, a word was twisted and hence the whole misunderstanding.

1961

Visit of a President

Visit of a President 1961

1

A little boy, craving for his father's attention, imagines a made-up "Mr. President" who looks just like his father but is caring and attentive.

1961

Lost Feelings

Lost Feelings 1957

5.00

One day in the miserable life of a female factory worker and single mother of four children. One of her sons - ridiculed by his peers - leaves home and gets into trouble.

1957

The Two Who Stole the Moon

The Two Who Stole the Moon 1962

4.60

Twin brothers, Jacek and Placek, are the town's troublemakers. They're lazy, greedy and also cruel. They despise hard work, so they cook up a plan to make easy money that would make them rich for the rest of their lives: steal the moon and sell it. They set on a journey to find a place where the moon would be low enough for them to steal. Before they leave, they take the last loaf of bread from their poor hardworking mother. After numerous adventures the boys manage to catch the moon in a fishing net. But it is only the beginning of their troubles.

1962

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

Zuzanna i chłopcy

Zuzanna i chłopcy 1961

4.00

Two man and a woman get buried by the snow while on a cave expedition. Tensions rise between the two men, both in love with the woman as they try to find a way out.

1961

More Than Life At Stake Part One

More Than Life At Stake Part One 1969

1

The first of six episode compilations of the TV show released theatrically, featuring episodes 1 and 3. In 1941, Polish soldier Stanisław Kolicki escapes German captivity only to be mistaken for the dashing Abwehr lieutenant Hans Kloss and recruited by the Soviets as their secret agent J-23. Under deep cover behind enemy lines, he feeds crucial intelligence to the Red Army while outwitting suspicions and dueling wits with the formidable SS officer Hermann Brunner.

1969

Mansarda

Mansarda 1963

1

After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.

1963

The Sun Rises Once a Day

The Sun Rises Once a Day 1972

5.50

After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.

1972

Back to Life Again

Back to Life Again 1965

5.00

Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.

1965