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In this sequel to the hit comedy Vabank, Poland's most popular screen actor Jan Machulski returns as legendary bandit Kwinto. When the suave thief's long-time enemy Kramer escapes...LEARN MORE.
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A postwar film version of Pola Gojawiczynska's novel. A lively picture of turn-of-the-century Warsaw as experienced by four young girls. The film begins as the heroines finish...LEARN MORE.
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On Christmas Eve 1989, Marek is beaten in the street and left to die in a dump. He survives after the brain surgery, but it leaves him an amnesiac. He wanders through the city, finds...LEARN MORE.
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The sequel to The Girls of Nowolipki is set in Warsaw after the First World War, when Poland regained her independence. Again, the film follows the lives of the young heroines...LEARN MORE.
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The accomplished Polish actor Jan Nowicki stars in the title role as an aging card shark who gets back in the game. After a naive gambler, Jurek, tries to hustle Big Shar and fails, he agrees...LEARN MORE.
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Master filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Mother Joan of the Angels) made his solo directorial debut with this uncompromising drama based on an Igor Newerly novel. Celuloza follows the...LEARN MORE.
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From the pages of history comes this dramatic tale of forbidden passions and political intrigue by accomplished Polish filmmaker Leonard Buczkowski (The Eagle). In 1807, Napoleon...LEARN MORE.
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Director Kazimierz Kutz, one-time assistant to Andrzej Wajda and member of the Polish School, directed this endearing dramatic comedy set in his homeland of Silesia. Cantankerous...LEARN MORE.
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This finely acted, detailed and probing film centers around the assassination of the first elected President of the Republic of Poland in 1922. During the country's period of interwar...LEARN MORE.
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From Polish director Jan Lomnicki (Just Beyond the Forest) comes this action-packed story of the rise and fall of a notorious Polish criminal in the early years after the Fall of Communism. As the...LEARN MORE.
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The award-winning first feature from Polish writer-director Janusz Kidawa. Three construction workers live together in a tiny apartment while building a new factory. When their foreman...LEARN MORE.
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During the last days of WWII, an old railroad worker and his assistant guide a train loaded with explosives to the Western front. The journey is a perilous trek through rough terrain, occupied by...LEARN MORE.
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A reconstruction of one of the boldest operations performed by the underground Polish Home Army in occupied Warsaw during World War II. The elite "Gray Ranks" freed 31 prisoners...LEARN MORE.
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Set in a small town on the banks of the Vistula River, this sweet Polish comedy from the Communist era longs for an idyllic time and place that never really existed--but then, that's part of its...LEARN MORE.
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Framed by an accomplice for a bank robbery, a burglar is finally released after six years in jail and plots to get even with the man who put him there...LEARN MORE.
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Jill Godmilow (Far From Poland, Waiting for the Moon) in collaboration with Joanna Krakowska and Magda Mosiewicz pay homage to the original SCUM Manifesto, a French film made in...LEARN MORE.
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From Barbara Sass, the popular Polish director of The Girls of Nowolipki, comes this bittersweet tale of an aging actress in the twilight of her career. Once a significant stage performer, Ewa...LEARN MORE.
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Bolek and Lolek are young explorers who travel the world in their imaginations. A hit throughout Poland and in much of Europe, this charming children's cartoon boasts a capricious...LEARN MORE.
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Bolek and Lolek are young explorers who travel the world in their imaginations. A hit throughout Poland and in much of Europe, this charming children's cartoon boasts a capricious...LEARN MORE.
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Bolek and Lolek are young explorers who travel the world in their imaginations. A hit throughout Poland and in much of Europe, this charming children's cartoon boasts a capricious...LEARN MORE.
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A brilliant film. Denied a visa to shoot in Poland, director Jill Godmilow constructs a film over the bare bones of documentary footage while in New York, resulting in a deft...LEARN MORE.
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A young boy with a magic crayon that brings objects to life takes to the sea in these episodes of The Enchanted Crayon. These children's cartoons are a slight departure from those on...LEARN MORE.
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The hilarious adventures of hapless Private Franek Dolas, a Polish soldier during WWII who misses his train stop and finds himself in Germany. In the third and final episode of the series...LEARN MORE.
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A multiple award-winning tale of a mother's quest for a bitter truth, this drama is based on a story by popular Polish author Olga Tokarchuk. Halina, a young, hard-working widow...LEARN MORE.
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This is the complete, 13-episode television series that has mainly been seen outside of Poland in a severely truncated theatrical version. Now the entire, nearly ten hours of this epic...LEARN MORE.
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This is the complete, 13-episode television series that has mainly been seen outside of Poland in a severely truncated theatrical version. Now the entire, nearly ten hours of this...LEARN MORE.
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This is the complete, 13-episode television series that has mainly been seen outside of Poland in a severely truncated theatrical version. Now the entire, nearly ten hours of this...LEARN MORE.
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This is the complete, 13-episode television series that has mainly been seen outside of Poland in a severely truncated theatrical version. Now the entire, nearly ten hours of this...LEARN MORE.
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This inventive tale from director Jan Jakub Kolski (Pornografia) tells of aging peasant Johnny Aquarius, who discovers that he's bestowed with the power to make it rain, heal the sick, and...LEARN MORE.
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Old Jakubek is a celebrated military officer who wants to die so he can be reunited with his great love, but before he can rest he must fulfill the local tradition of passing his saber to his...LEARN MORE.
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Debt collector Lucek Bohme is a powerful figure in Walbrzych, Poland. The best in the business, he has no qualms about collecting from anyone who owes him money--even repossessing...LEARN MORE.
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A hilarious comedy of errors that spoofs the ups and downs of everyday life in Poland during the last years of communism. The story concerns a backstabbing divorced couple...LEARN MORE.
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In this sequel to the popular comedy An Angel in Krakow, Giordano the Angel is bound by his earthly responsibilities and cannot return to heaven. When he reluctantly severs all ties with...LEARN MORE.
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Leading an already strong cast in this coming-of-age story, Jerzy Stuhr (The Decalogue) plays a handsome young musician, Gypsy, who busts out of jail one week before his release. He blows...LEARN MORE.
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Popular Polish actor Marek Kondrat (Pan Tadeusz) makes his directorial debut with this action-packed drama about a father who risks all to save his daughter. Kondrat also stars...LEARN MORE.
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Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr (The Decalogue) directs and stars in the Golden Lion award-nominated tale of hapless lawyer Adam Borowski, who leads an impeccable professional life...LEARN MORE.
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A harrowing film about the extraordinary social and personal transformations within Poland's crumbling communist society. Pigs, or Psy, focuses on two friends and former secret police...LEARN MORE.
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Boguslaw Linda--Poland's top action star--delivers an electrifying performance as a hard-living, divorced father fighting for custody of his seven-year-old daughter in this...LEARN MORE.
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Olaf Lubaszenko, whose acting career was launched in The Decalogue, helms this offbeat mix of gangster action and romantic high jinks. Struggling cartoonist Kuba falls passionately in love...LEARN MORE.
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This quartet of intertwining tales of love from actor-writer-director Jerzy Stuhr was honored around the world, winning the prestigious FIPRESCI award at the Venice International Film...LEARN MORE.
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From actor-turned-director Olaf Lubaszenko (Coyote's Morning) comes this comic romp starring Maciej Stuhr as Kuba, a young violinist who strikes all the wrong notes with the local...LEARN MORE.
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Robert Koehler of Variety describes Juliusz Machulski's satiric spoof of the film industry as "slickly produced and chock full of whiz-bang effects." No showbiz insider is...LEARN MORE.
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The Polish Hogan's Heroes. Boguslaw Linda and Marek Kondrat, known best for their action roles, team up once again in a lighthearted WWII adventure about two members of...LEARN MORE.
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In this delightful Polish comedy, director Marek Koterski introduces a hapless n'er-do-well named Adam Miauszynski, unwilling and unable to take responsibility for the events of...LEARN MORE.
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Based on an actual event, The Crown Witness (Swiadek Koronny) tells the story of an investigative reporter and a gangster who meet for an interview. The reporter carries a dark secret...LEARN MORE.
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In this zany sequel to Polish Kitsch Project, filmmakers Mariusz and Michal--who are playing comic versions of themselves--come up with another foolproof scheme to get funding for a new film...LEARN MORE.
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Poland's most beloved actor, Jerzy Stuhr, directs and stars in this serious-minded comedy satire about a member of Solidarity who disappears to live as a monk during the communist era...LEARN MORE.
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Jerzy Stuhr--one of Poland's most beloved actors--wrote and directed this charming comedy that caters to his image as an innocent caught in a cynical world. Stuhr plays Gustav, a Krakow...LEARN MORE.
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"Wiecek makes a pleasant, affecting feature debut" (Variety) with this popular Polish comedy about Giordano, an angel who can't quite live up to his wings. A rock 'n' roller with a taste for extravagance, he'd rather commune with his good buddy Elvis Presley in purgatory than perform his heavenly duties. This does not sit well with the Almighty and Friends. Aniolw Krakowie features veteran actor Krzysztof Globisz in the title role and noted stage actress Ewa Kaim as his costar. Followed by Angel in Love. In Polish with English subtitles.
Artur Wiecek---Poland---2002---87 mins.
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Through a series of comic situations, we learn the history of two quarreling families who were relocated from Kresy to the regained territories after WWII. Much to their dismay, Pawlak (Waclaw Kowalski) and Kargul (Wladyslaw Hancza) have been resettled on neighboring farms. When Pawlak's son and Kargul's daughter fall madly in love, the families realize they're living out their own version of Romeo and Juliet. Funny dialogue, clever situations and famous actors make this a winning film for Polish audiences. Also known as Sami Swoi. In Polish with English subtitles.
Sylwester Checinski---Poland---1967---81 mins.
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Romance goes awry in Atrakcyjny Pozna Pania, an outrageous tale about confirmed bachelor Stasio Tuchala, who may be a little long in the tooth but still eager to find love. His friends...LEARN MORE.
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The hilarious adventures of hapless Private Franek Dolas, a Polish soldier during WWII who misses his train stop and finds himself in Germany. In this episode, he is hiding on a ship...LEARN MORE.
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Polish television star Zbigniew Buczkowski takes to the big screen in this violent caper about a small-time crook nicknamed "Lawstorant." After years of planning behind bars, he puts...LEARN MORE.
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Or as they say in Poland, Wirus. This suspenseful story follows a computer virus that's eating its way through Warsaw, and features Polish action stars Olaf Lubaszenko, Jan Englert, and...LEARN MORE.
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Polish filmmaker Jerzy Hoffman followed With Fire and Sword with another epic historical adventure. The Old Fairy Tale, or Stara Basn, features a cast of renowned Polish stars, including...LEARN MORE.
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Modern-day Warsaw shines in this romantic comedy about the love life of a young, hip architect. In his break-out role, popular Polish television star Maciej Zakoscielny plays a handsome...LEARN MORE.
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In this action-packed comedy, Max and Leon--two hapless tourists from Warsaw-- meet at a wedding in Sicily, where they run into members of a powerful mafia family. They inadvertently get...LEARN MORE.
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Pawel, an ambitious young professional, is neglecting his beautiful wife, Ewa. They hope a long-awaited vacation aboard a yacht will recharge their marriage, but the plan is shattered...LEARN MORE.
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A wayward wedding where everything goes wrong provides the setting for this bawdy black comedy from Polish filmmaker Wojciech Smarzowski. An award winner at the Karlovy and...LEARN MORE.
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Winner of Best Screenplay at the Polish Film Festival, Juliusz Machulski's patented mixture of comedy and action makes for "zippy, mainstream entertainment" (Variety)...LEARN MORE.
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