Barbara Rachwalska

Controlled Conversations (1991)

Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland. ...

Daze (1989)

An actor is married to a dancer whose drug addiction drives them to desperation when World War II breaks out. ...

Boczny tor (1988)

Old couple dreams about a cruise. ...

And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988)

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust. ...

Freelancer (1987)

Piotr is a freelancing journalist in early 1980's Poland. One day, he comes across a curious case of a woman's death during work and the workplace's refusal to pay the insurance to her mother. ...

Woman in a Hat (1985)

A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespear ...

Fucha (1985)

Stonemasons take part in the restoration of a historic tomb. ...

Follies of Miss Eva (1985)

From the popular series of Polish books by Kornel Makuszynski comes this charming comedy following the misadventures of Ewa, who tries to right the wrongs of this less-than-perfect world. ...

Pensja pani Latter (1983)

The action takes place in Warsaw in the second half of the 19th century. The main character is the head of the girls' school - Mrs. Emma Latter. Ms Latter is struggling with the financial problems of her institution, because the parents of the students are ...

Barbed Wire (1983)

Three Kościuszko Division soldiers, each of a different background, volunteer to take up the task of cutting German barbed wire before an offensive. ...

Uczennica (1982)

Based on the diaries he has obtained, a young journalist tries to recreate the struggle of sixteen-year-old Hania with the German occupier. ...

The Haunted (1982)

1950, a small town in Poland. Not the best times for shop owners like Jozef Piasecki - obstacles from authorities, restricted wholesale supplies. Moreover, he constantly argues with his son, the 17 year old Witek. Witek experiences love for the first time. ...

Carmilla (1980)

In 19th-century Styria, isolated Laura's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she develops an intense, homoerotic bond. As Laura's life slowly drains, themes of forbidden desire, identity, and t ...

Cham (1980)

"Ty pójdziesz górą..." (Eliza Orzeszkowa) (1980)

A film from the "Silhouettes of Polish Literature" series ...

Party przy świecach (1980)

The marriage struggling with financial problems decides to impress visiting relatives. ...

Provincial Actors (1979)

The film is set in a small town near Warsaw, to which a young and coming director comes to produce a classic play (Wyspianski "Wyzwolenie") with a modern vein. Everyone in the production gets his usual stereotypical role, but the aging idol of the ensemble ...

Józia - Die Tochter der Delegierten (1977)

1929: The little girl Józia has to go a few days without her mother, who is traveling abroad for political reasons. Another story is told to the neighbors after Józia visits her relatives in the country. But 10 days can be an eternity for a small child. ...

Faust (1976)

Old Faust, a great scholar makes a pact with Mephistopheles - in exchange for his soul, the devil offers him youth and knowledge of the meaning of existence. Faust becomes a beautiful young man. He meets a young, virtuous girl Margaret - he asks Mephistoph ...

Kazimierz Wielki (1976)

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great. ...

Zawodowcy (1975)

Nights and Days (1975)

A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The pl ...

Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany (1974)

Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon. ...

Padalce (1974)

An old farmer comes into conflict with his daughter and son-in-law, who value the teaching profession more than farming. ...

Remember Your Name (1974)

Beginning of WWII. Zinaida, a Russian woman, is taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp together with several other women. She is imprisoned with her baby son, Gena, who is learning to walk and takes his first steps in the sn ...

The Peasants (1973)

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkows ...

The Gift of the Magi (1972)

The story of a young couple who try to make ends meet to afford Christmas presents for one another. ...

Obcy w lesie (1972)

A young forest ranger wages a decisive war with poachers, while trying to convince the villagers of his righteousness. ...

Piąta rano (1970)

Every morning, a mysterious trombonist plays a concert in one of Warsaw's tenement houses. ...

Nowy (1970)

A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed. ...

More Than Life At Stake Part Six (1969)

The sixth and final episode compilation of the TV series released theatrically, featuring episodes 16 and 17. ...

When Love Was a Crime (1968)

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler's "racial purity" law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany. ...

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three (1968)

The third of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, including episodes 5 and 6. ...

Sposób bycia (1966)

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life. ...

The Holy War (1965)

To secure their team's success, dedicated football fans (Boleslaw Plotnicki, Mieczyslaw Czechowicz) plot to kidnap their opponents' star player (Andrzej Kopiczynski). ...

Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965)

Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a "Polityka" magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski. ...

Córeczka (1965)

A Soviet soldier stays with a Polish family. ...

Beata (1965)

Teenaged Beata, disgusted with hypocrisy around her, runs away from home. ...

Interrupted Flight (1964)

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there. ...

Kryptonim Nektar (1963)

A journalist investigates a hot new drink that just hit the market. ...

Skąpani w ogniu (1963)

Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there. ...

Guests Are Coming (1962)

Guests from America came to Poland, and there were three of them. One, a businessman, intends to buy the land from the battlefields in order to cash it for a profit abroad. The second is looking for a wife in his home village, highlander, and the third wan ...

Drugi brzeg (1962)

A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars. ...

Komedianty (1962)

Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success. ...

Birth Certificate (1961)

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In "On the Road," the two main protagonists are lost in the September's strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless document ...

It Started Yesterday (1961)

Based on real events story of stealing methyl alcohol causing mass poisoning in town. ...

Tysiąc talarów (1960)

An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years. ...

Argument About Basia (1959)

Through various misunderstandings young Basia gets into the custody of several people after her mother's death. ...

Ostatni strzał (1959)

A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars. ...

Two from the Big River (1958)

A Pole and a German fall in love to the discouragement of their parents. ...

Free City (1958)

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II. ...

Król Maciuś I (1958)

A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results ...

Ewa Wants to Sleep (1958)

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 thie ...

Koniec nocy (1957)

A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour. ...

Two Hours (1957)

Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form. ...

Kapelusz pana Anatola (1957)

Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one. ...

Trzy starty (1955)

Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is ...

Uczta Baltazara (1954)

Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country. ...

Adventure in Marienstadt (1954)

While visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. ...

Soldier of Victory (1953)

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs. ...

Gromada (1952)

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers. ...

The Last Stage (1948)

Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate. ...

Jasne łany (1947)

A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like. ...