First Spaceship on Venus

First Spaceship on Venus 1960

4.70

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.

1960

Our Folks

Our Folks 1967

7.80

Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.

1967

Big Deal

Big Deal 1977

7.00

Pawlak and Kargul - neighbors, frenemies, and grandfathers to Ania- both receive invitation to America from Pawlak's brother- John. All three of them travel to Chicago, where they discover John has passed away, and they arrived just in time for his funeral. But first- they need to find his illegitimate daughter. Set in late 70's story of two, charming, Polish villagers' adventures in Chicago is a third installment of Pawlak and Kargul adventures.

1977

In Desert and Wilderness

In Desert and Wilderness 1973

7.50

Fourteen year old Polish boy Stas Tarkowski and eight year old Nel Rawlison from England are kidnapped as the hostages by Arabic fanatics and taken to their religion leader. Then they manage to escape and try to return to their fathers. Children have a lot of dangerous adventures, meet two Black kids; Kali and Mea, who also help them, make a friendship with an elephant and help one Black's tribe.

1973

Take It Easy

Take It Easy 1974

7.00

The main characters are the same two quarreling peasant families introduced in "Sami swoi" (Our Folks). The action of the film starts 18 years later. The old quarrels have been forgotten, but new problems keep popping up. They have no successors to inherit the farms. They invent a tricky and clever plan. The young granddaughter is to take over both of the farms after her marriage. Both Kargul and Pawlak have no rest until they carry out the plan. In the end, after numerous adventures and obstacles their cunning intrigue is fulfilled - the young marry and the land remains in the family's hands.

1974

The Noose

The Noose 1958

7.10

A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life.

1958

Abel, Your Brother

Abel, Your Brother 1970

6.30

A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.

1970

Story of the Golden Boot

Story of the Golden Boot 1961

6.40

Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.

1961

Signals

Signals 1959

5.00

A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.

1959

The Attempt

The Attempt 1959

6.80

Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.

1959

A Slip-Up

A Slip-Up 1972

5.70

The main character has quit school, makes a living by taking pictures. He seduces a nurse who treated his head wound which he earned in a fight. They witness a hit-and-run driver killing a little girl on a sled. He builds up an elaborate trap by putting a doll dressed as a child down the hill in the path of a car. The man hits it and thinking that he hit a child - runs. Marek takes pictures of him and tries to blackmail him to use his car for a week. He wants to use the car to win back the nurse, who could not cope with his humors...

1972

First Love

First Love 1971

1

Based on a novella by Ivan Turgenev, Pierwsza milość is the story of a 15 year old boy and a 21 year old girl who develop an ill-fated romance.

1971

Don Gabriel

Don Gabriel 1966

1

The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.

1966

Octopus Cafe

Octopus Cafe 1959

6.40

Comic stories of Varsovians living under the Nazi occupation and struggling with the enemy.

1959

I Won't Love You

I Won't Love You 1974

6.00

In an idyllic working class community, 13 year old Anka grows up, going through stages of adolescence, dreaming, first love and gossiping with girlfriends. Roughly disturbed by the shame and disgrace of alcoholism - leaves unwashable stains upon the community, that tries to cope with abuse and depression, and the system (including school teachers) who try to avoid the subject. This story was aimed at parents, to give them morally an insight into what happens when a young girl has to deal with the disgrace of an alcoholic father and a mentally instable mother.

1974

Butterflies

Butterflies 1973

8.00

Twelve year-old Edek falls under the spell of a girl named Monika while vacationing at his aunt's house. Getting increasingly infatuated with her, Edek does not know that Monika is not all she seems to be.

1973

Drewniany różaniec

Drewniany różaniec 1965

5.00

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

1965

Komedie pomyłek

Komedie pomyłek 1968

1

Three Polish TV movies packed together and released theatrically

1968