The Saragossa Manuscript

The Saragossa Manuscript 1965

7.91

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

1965

Knife in the Water

Knife in the Water 1962

7.31

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.

1962

Passenger

Passenger 1963

7.32

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

1963

Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty 1962

6.70

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

1962

The Doll

The Doll 1968

6.20

Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.

1968

Zosya

Zosya 1967

5.10

In this WWII drama, Russian soldiers take a break at a scenic farm in Poland, and the unit is able to escape the horrors of war during their brief respite. A Polish farm girl and a Russian officer feel a mutual and unspoken attraction towards each other.

1967

Everything for Sale

Everything for Sale 1969

5.94

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.

1969

The Codes

The Codes 1966

6.60

An elderly man returns to Poland to find his long-lost son, missing since World War II. In his quest the man is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.

1966

Colonel Wolodyjowski

Colonel Wolodyjowski 1969

7.05

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and Ottoman armies.

1969

Roly Poly

Roly Poly 1968

6.93

Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem (Solaris). The main character, race car driver Ryszard Fox, is involved in many car accidents. After each car crash he gets a transplant for one or another internal organ. After a while there is a question: Who really is Ryszard Fox?

1968

Bad Luck

Bad Luck 1960

6.67

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

1960

Miejsce dla jednego

Miejsce dla jednego 1966

1

The deputy director of a machine plant is injured in a car accident and loses important documents. An uncompromising controller is sent to the plant to investigate the matter.

1966

Gangsters and Philantropists

Gangsters and Philantropists 1963

6.50

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

1963

Między brzegami

Między brzegami 1963

1

A small fishing village between the sea and the lake. One day, when all the men went out to catch, a viper bitten Grandpa Filip and little Madzia was severely injured by a misfire. Holidaymakers with a motorboat refuse to help. Filip decides to take the girl to the doctor himself.

1963

Klub szachistów

Klub szachistów 1967

1

Wacław Urbin joins an exclusive club, learning the secrets of its members.

1967

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 1966

6.20

A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve.

1966

Barrier

Barrier 1966

6.80

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

1966

Penguin

Penguin 1965

5.80

A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.

1965