Daniel Olbrychski

The Deluge: Postscriptum (2024)

Despite the anti-Semitic campaign launched by the Polish People's Government in the late 1960s, director Jerzy Hoffman finishes working on the film Pan Wołodyjowski. It becomes the ticket to the production of Potop, the most expensive film in the history ...

1953. Fight for Hope (2024)

Boxing was an iconic sport discipline at the time of Poland's first post-war world championship in boxing. In ruined Warsaw, a legendary coach, Feliks Stamm, must rebuild the Polish boxing squad to face the most powerful team in the world – that of the U ...

Powstaniec 1863 (2024)

A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska. ...

Two Words as the Key (2023)

Stories about parent-child relationships, fate, and the unknown forces that guide our steps unfold across several continents. A Japanese businessman wants to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned as a child and sets off with her on a journey to the Hima ...

The New Order (2023)

A Ukranian flight engineer must infiltrate a highly secretive cult in order to save his abducted son who some believe to be the chosen one that will allow their religion to rule all mankind. ...

Maryla. Tak kochałam (2022)

The documentary shows unique, unknown footage from the archives of Polish Television. The film crew accompanied the artist for several months during concerts, rehearsals and preparations for stage performances. In addition to Maryla Rodowicz, the film feat ...

Indián (2022)

Andrew is a tough businessman and an arrogant workaholic. He runs a large, successful company in Prague. The meaning of his life is money. Ondřej has just negotiated the deal of a lifetime in Nebraska with a wealthy investor who will finance the construct ...

Titanium White (2022)

Dominik, a PhD student at the University of Wrocław, specializing in the history of art, is sent to Porto Ercole by order of a professor to collect material about the most mysterious period of Caravaggio's life. When he meets Silvia and the local priest P ...

Talking Heads 2021 (2021)

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as "Who are you?" and "What do you want?". ...

Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. ...

Raz, jeszcze raz (2020)

The movie is an attractive comedy of mistakes with large dose of humor and action. At the same time it is a sentimental story about group of friends who grew up in the same town in the 90s, taking their first steps into adulthood together. The story is abo ...

Bird Talk (2019)

Based on a script by Andrzej Żuławski, this is a fascinating on-screen dialogue between father and son that combines nostalgia and fury, the sublime with humor, and old-school style with a sharp, penetrating look at Polish reality. The eponymous bird tal ...

Politics (2019)

Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years. ...

Passenger from San Francisco (2019)

Our film portrays the precarious destiny of a former employee of the Soviet customs service. Sent into 'forced' immigration on an assignment in the 1980s, he is forgotten after the regime changes that take place in Russia in the early 1990s. Supported by n ...

What a Country! (2018)

A story about suicidal general, a minister in the Croatian government who voluntarily locks himself inside a prison cell, and 4 pensioners, who steal the coffin with the remains of the late Croatian president. ...

The Butler (2018)

The love between Mateusz Krol, a Kashubian boy, and Marita von Krauss, a Prussian aristocrat in whose family home he is taken in when his mother dies, grows and matures thorough the years, while Kashubia, the northern Polish region where they live, suffers ...

Van Goghs (2018)

Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. He's 52, but personal and professional success has escaped him. Many years ago, Mark moved from his native Riga to Tel Aviv to get away from his oppressive father, Viktor, who still supports him f ...

Miracle (2018)

Close to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post-Communist town, finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers. ...

DJ (2018)

The desire for perfection, crossing boundaries can lead directly to obsession with own ego. What happens when music is more important than relationships? Who we become without love? Is having talent enough to climb to the top? ...

Studniówk@ (2018)

Students in the final year of high school are preparing for prom. The anticipation of the prom distracts high school graduates from mundane school duties. The youngsters find the world of school romance and parties more attractive. Will a conflict with the ...

Marie Curie (2016)

The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Maria Skłodowska-Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobe ...

Hidden Reserves (2016)

The insurance salesman Vincent Baumann, a cold-blooded careerist and minion of a merciless system, becomes a victim of the very corporations he is representing. Degraded to a henchman he grimly struggles to get back on the job market. He fights to climb th ...

Aktorka (2015)

A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010. She had a great career in Poland, but the filmmakers focus more on her attempts to make a name for herself as an actress in America, a ...

Fanciful (2015)

After her mother's death, 15-year-old Roma falls ill with a strange disease. Previously distant and emotionally cold towards the teenager, now driven by fear for his daughter's life, her father tries to rebuild their relationship. ...

Legend No. 17 (2013)

Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death ...

The Vulture (2013)

Imagine that you have the power to decide on people's lives. Who would you condemned, and whom he saved? In the center of Europe suddenly, without a trace, people begin to disappear. The investigation goes into the hands of Vulture (Michal Zebrowski) - a p ...

The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (2012)

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks. ...

Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic (2012)

The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera ...

Hans Kloss: More Than Death at Stake (2012)

The cinema war-action movie takes place partly during WWII and partly in 1975 in Spain. The main characters: agent Capt. Hans Kloss and Herman Bruner, want to find the stolen treasure, putting their lives at stake. ...

Jacek (2012)

Friends, fellow artists and members of anti-communist underground remember "the Polish bard" Jacek Kaczmarski. ...

Z miłości (2011)

A young married couple decides to appear in a porn movie to shore up their joint budget. ...

Winter's Daughter (2011)

For 11-year-old Kattaka it's an escape: she's looking for her biological father, a Russian sailor whose ship is currently moored in Gdansk and whose existence her parents have kept secret until now. For 70-year-old Lena it's a journey back: back to her hom ...

Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)

Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. ...

If You Go Away (2011)

The fate of a religious and a young woman intertwine when they both suffer the loss of a loved one. ...

Tolko ne seychas (2011)

1953. A Russian soldier stationed in Poland falls in love with a local girl. Their forbidden romance turns them into traitors to their countries. ...

War of Love (2010)

Klara and Aniela are two young girls who decide not to get married. This decision makes bachelors even more eager to conquer them. Adaptation of the classic comedy by Aleksander Fredro. ...

Salt (2010)

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative ...

Classmates (2010)

So Much for Justice! (2010)

Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras of the king's life: the young Mátyás fights for the throne, the older Mátyás as king, and the fate of the royal crown ...

Lesser Evil (2009)

There is a writer who in the late 1970s managed to publish a poem in the monthly "Nowy Wyraz". It was enough to become a self-confessed writer whose name began to appear in the state media. The writer takes full advantage of his privileges - he flirts with ...

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba (2009)

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies. ...

Revisited (2009)

In this mixture of fiction and documentary Krzysztof Zanussi invites a number of Poland's great actors—Maja Komorowowska, Daniel Olbrychski, and Jan Nowicki—to "revisit" characters they played in the director's earlier works. ...

The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (2009)

When Kostek gets in the wrong taxicab and sees Luna, it is love at first sight. But Luna already has a girlfriend named Klara Rojek and is a lesbian so Kostek has more than a few things that are in his way of ever being with her. Kostek does whatever it ta ...

A Man and His Dog (2009)

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means. ...

Nietzsche in Russia (2008)

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche never went to Russia – yet he was always fascinated by this mysterious country and wanted to visit it. This film gives him the possibility to do so after all. However, Nietzsche doesn't arrive in 19th century Russia, but in a ...

Tomorrow, We're Going to the Movies (2007)

Three high school graduates prepare to start the next chapter of their lives, but the outbreak of World War II may derail their dreams forever. ...

Anthony Zimmer (2005)

François, an ordinary Joe, falls hard for the sublimely beautiful woman who has just picked him up on the train and invited him to spend the weekend with her on the Riviera. But when the lady disappears the next morning and the police drag him in for ques ...

Persona non grata (2005)

A Polish ambassador finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife. ...

The Turkish Gambit (2005)

The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from Turkish pris ...

Nitschewo (2004)

Jim and Elise are bound to each other by an uncompromising love, excessive passion and romance, which they like to experience up to life-threatening situations. But when film director Frank Morris gets stranded in the solitude of their east-German village, ...

Break Point (2004)

A touching love story of two pupils of the famous European tennis school - the Russian girl Asya and the Croatian Duchamp - who unexpectedly find themselves with a difficult choice: a sports career in the name of fame and international recognition or high, ...

Milady (2004)

Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her suitors. And sometimes very dangerously. ...

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003)

In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and ...

The Revenge (2002)

A winter day at a Polish castle, half owned by a fatalistic notary and half by a volcanic old soldier's niece. The old soldier, Cupbearer, and the notary are sworn enemies, which may doom the love between the niece, Klara, and the notary's son, Waclaw. On ...

Gebürtig (2002)

A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a scoop tries to lure him back, Geburtig must decide whether to confront ...

Gulczas, what do you think... (2001)

A feature film starring mostly the participants of the first edition of Polish "Big Brother" reality show in 2001. ...

The Hexer (2001)

A heroic fantasy based on the famous novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, "The Sword of Destiny" and "The Last Wish". This film immerses us in a world inhabited by kings and knights, princesses and sorcerers, priests and magicians, where fire-breath ...

Przedwiośnie (2001)

Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots. ...

Odwrócona góra albo film pod strasznym tytułem (2000)

An adaptation of the book by Jerzy Niemczuk. The protagonists are strange but friendly creatures inhabiting the heart of the forest - Tatun, Mamuna, their child Sonek and grandfather Lesavik. The grandfather's inventions - including a kite, a znikolina and ...

It's Me, the Thief (2000)

A teenager works in a car repair shop and makes a living from petty thefts. In order to impress the boss of a gang of car thieves, he decides to steal a jaguar. What's more, he can realize his grandmother's dream – he can drive her to mass in the basilic ...

The Last Days (1999)

Romance brings two warring families together in this historical drama. As citizens fight for independence in 1810s Lithuania, Tadeusz, the son of a murderer, and Zosia, a young woman, come together for a wedding against a backdrop of changing politics, anc ...

With Fire and Sword (1999)

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Po ...

The Barber of Siberia (1998)

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: ...

Weekend Stories: The Last Circle (1998)

An aging ballet legend who defected to France years before returns home to Poland for the first time to appear in a charity performance, and he immediately clashes with his ex-wife, who stayed behind when he defected. ...

Escape (1997)

Budapest, 1948. Gyula Molnár, interpreter to the Supervisory Committee of the Allied Powers, is carried away from a party by plain-cloth police investigators. Recsk, 1950. Molnár, having attempted an escape and with a wound made by a bullet in his neck - ...

Poznań 56 (1996)

The film depicts the momentous and tragic history of the Poznan uprising of 1956. The memory of the director, who was a nine-year-old boy at the time, is the only canvass of the script. The main characters of the black-and-white film are two boys aged ten ...

The Story About Master Twardowski (1996)

On his way home, Mikołaj Twardowski is attacked by bandits. He calls on the devil for help, who rescues him from danger. The devil's intentions are not selfless. Twardowski signs a pact with Hell, unaware of what he is agreeing to. Eighteen years pass, an ...

Pestka (1996)

Agatha is reaching her 40s, but despite her many romances she has not started a family. She lives as if everything could still happen. She works at Polish Radio, has published several volumes of poetry and is still ready to meet a great love. Boris, whom s ...

Children and Fish (1996)

Emotional adventures of a 40-year-old Warsaw businesswoman whose life lacks nothing but a man. One day, the protagonist, busy running a large advertising agency, faces a life choice: her ex-husband, who returns from the US after ten years, her current love ...

Transatlantis (1995)

In this German drama a middle-aged physicist experiences a vision at a class reunion and with the help of a young female student, sets out across the Himalayas to find the lost island of Atlantis. ...

Smród (1995)

A wino bumps into a 25-year-old man waiting at the train station. This accidental encounter turns into an escalating conflict and eventually the young man runs and hides in a public toilet. ...

Bastard (1994)

Ambrus, the canon pretender and Gerzson, the stinking rich lawyer, taking advantage of a sect and a fake hospice, are engaged in doing unsuspecting old people out of their money. ...

Lepiej być piękną i bogatą (1993)

There is a strike at the spinning mill in Łódź. Among the protesters, Dorota Waltz, the granddaughter of the factory's founder and owner, stands out. Soon, a lawyer arrives from France who, under the terms of the will, makes Dorota the sole owner of the ...

Ivan & Abraham (1993)

In 1930s Poland Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying tog ...

Sequence of Feelings (1993)

A renowned actor, Rafal Nawrot, is invited to play the main part in a theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet" in a backwater town. Upon arriving he realizes his mistake and is packing to leave when Julia, a beautiful blonde teenager appears at his hotel r ...

Short Breath of Love (1992)

Having been captured, an Afghan officer decided not to return to his homeland. He settled in Finland, met Rita, a tourist from St. Petersburg, and lost his peace. Everything was against him: his beloved was older than him, had a sick son, the doctor treati ...

Laços de Sangue (1992)

Lina and Mariana run from an orphanage in Porto towards the south, in search of Lina's father. It is in a difficult and chauvinistic world that they end up finding Alberto who lives with Júlia on a hill somewhere in the Alentejo. Without informing that Ma ...

Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1992)

Butterflies (1991)

In an abandoned apartment there are former spouses. Barricaded, the husband, thus, trying to escape from the criminals who hunt for compromising photos. But the ex-wife is there not by chance — she is the mistress of one of the kidnappers. But with an u ...

The Silence Of Elsewhere (1990)

Most of the characters in this romantic drama are waiting for something. Jeanne is waiting for her husband Francois to return; he abandoned her and their son Christophe a couple of years ago. The boy is waiting for his father, too. Meanwhile, Jeanne's curr ...

Love Steps (1990)

The story revolves around Elisa, a young talented ballet dancer. After an unjust accusation at her school, she has to stop her studies. The events take her away from ballet but only for a short period of time. ...

L'Orchestre rouge (1989)

The Last Wager (1989)

Orestes is a journalist who used to be part of a radical left-wing group. When two of the people who sent members of this organization to prison are murdered, the police accuse him of being responsible. He, being in a difficult and troubled psychological a ...

Decalogue III (1989)

It's Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when thei ...

The Jeweller's Shop (1989)

Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring drama about three married couples and their ups and downs in holy matrimony. With a faithful jeweler acting ...

Zoo (1988)

Martina lives in the Rome's zoo, because her father is the guardian. She becomes friend with a young Slavic escaped from a gypsy camp. When the police arrives searching for the kid, they run away riding an elephant! ...

To Kill a Priest (1988)

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it. ...

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occur ...

Kampf der Tiger (1988)

Kampf der Tiger 2 (1988)

Farewell Moscow (1987)

Axiliad (1986)

A young, idealistic poet, turns his back on civilization and goes to small, backwood village, rents a bed in the house of an old woman, and decides to make his living as a lumberjack. Soon he realizes that the world around him is far from perfect. ...

Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes (1986)

Scope is a prisoner on a behemoth space station and is chosen, like all his fellow prisoners, to 'volunteer' for the exploration of far-away planets. Landing on planet Australia 458, he is given a hero's welcome with all the sex, booze, and violence that a ...

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vi ...

...jestem przeciw (1985)

A girl who overdosed on drugs dies in the intensive care unit. The doctor on duty notifies the management of Monar, where the deceased was being treated before she ran away. Jacek, who ran away with Jola a few weeks earlier, returns to the Monar center. Dr ...

Le Monde Désert (1985)

At the beginning of the twentieth century, two friends, one a homosexual and the other a writer, fall in love with a young divorced woman. ...

The Cop & the Girl (1985)

A tough cop but his life in ruins. His superiors are only looking for a reason to sack him. The girl is 17 years old and lives on the street. As the cop helps her one night, she steals his gun and flees. He should report the loss of his gun to his boss, so ...

Casablanca, Casablanca (1985)

Francesco forgot billiards because now he lives with Chiara. She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards. ...

Dangerous Moves (1984)

During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political. ...

Dear Karl (1984)

A coming-of-age drama about an unhappy teenager who is repressed by his conservative and ambitious family. ...

Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (1984)

Based on Nikolai Erdman's banned 1928 comedy play The Suicide, a socially critical grotesque about a man tired of life ...

A Love in Germany (1983)

In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover what happened then, the truth about an affair his mother had with a young Polish prisoner of war, how the auth ...

If I Were 1000 Years Old (1983)

A long time ago, on a French island, a group of villagers saved a girl from being sacrificed by the local lord. To this day the place is cursed. Mysterious knights emerge from the fog each year, while a woman disappears. ...

Roza (1982)

In an inn in Trieste, Kyveli, wife of a political prisoner of the junta, falls in love with an old student of her husband, who has been distinguished for his activities against the dictatorship. But he will be forced to run away, along with his lover, as t ...

The Trout (1982)

The sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when a naive married woman becomes the obsession of two wealthy suitors. ...

From a Far Country (1981)

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities ...

The Fall of Italy (1981)

The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man j ...

Bolero (1981)

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, wit ...

Terrarium (1981)

During the holidays, a famous actress gets into an affair with a student. ...

Wizja lokalna 1901 (1981)

More documentary in its approach than dramatized history, this is a compelling story about a 1901 children's strike in Wrzesnia near the Polish border with Prussia. Poland was partitioned at this time, and a rigidly patriotic Prussian teacher in Wrzesnia f ...

We Summon You (1981)

A record of the unveiling of the monument to the victims of December '70 that took place in front of gate 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard. Witnesses to the December events describe their experiences. ...

The Knight (1980)

A tale of medieval quest for a golden harp called "the Knight". ...

Kung-fu (1980)

A well-regarded engineer in a big enterprise is hounded by trumped up attacks on his integrity when he delves too deeply into how bonuses are handled by the management. He gets into an argument with the guard, is arrested and subsequently fired. An old fri ...

The Maids of Wilko (1979)

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt and uncle for a while, but gets involved with a family of five women who had been in love with him at one tim ...

The Tin Drum (1979)

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out. ...

Screen Tests (1977)

Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first love affair, which ends badly. In the second a provincial boy with dreams of life in the theater has an aff ...

Dagny (1977)

Dagny Juell was the doctors daughter who left Kongsvinger for Berlin to study music, and became famous painter Edvard Munchs mistress and model. Than she ran into August Strindberg. They had a brief affair but after a couple of weeks Dagny left him for Sta ...

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 ...

The Promised Land (1975)

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town. ...

The Deluge (1974)

During the Swedish invasion of Poland, the brave warrior Andrzej Kmicic, considered a traitor to the nation, fights for a country, redemption and love across the 17th-century Polish territories. ...

Rome Wants Another Caesar (1974)

In this costume epic, the last days of Julius Caesar are chronicled. ...

The Wedding (1973)

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's ...

Pilate and Others (1972)

The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany. ...

Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin (1971)

In this the fourth episode, "Battle of Berlin," the Soviets start their assault on Berlin, and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies. ...

Agnus Dei (1971)

Allegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented ...

The Pacifist (1970)

A journalist preparing a story on extremist youth falls in love with a young radical who fears being killed by his companions when he is unable to commit a political assassination. ...

The Birch Wood (1970)

A man suffering from tuberculosis returns from abroad to stay at his brother's farm, hoping to make amends, while also beginning a love affair with a farm girl. ...

Landscape After Battle (1970)

Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to cont ...

Różaniec z granatów (1970)

Fall 1944. A wounded Polish officer, Ryszard, is brought to the Allied field hospital. He notices another soldier on the table - also a Pole - a rosary made of pomegranate seeds. Józef, overjoyed at the arrival of his countryman, tells the story of the ro ...

Liberation - Part 2 : Breakthrough (1970)

Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they ...

The Taste of the Black Earth (1970)

During the 1920 Silesian uprising, seven brothers take part in the struggle with the Germans to keep the region in the Polish hands. ...

Mountains at Dusk (1970)

An old professor and his student go mountain climbing together. ...

Scenes From The Director's Life (1970)

Shots from Hamlet's rehearsals at the National Theatre in 1970, directed by Adam Hanuszkiewicz, performed by Daniel Olbrychski. The film presents various stages of the preparations – from trying on the costumes and memorizing lines to the final staging. ...

The Structure of Crystal (1969)

Two friends who used to study physics together are forced to make tough decisions as their lives take different paths. ...

Hunting Flies (1969)

Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Włodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive fo ...

Makbet (1969)

A staging of William Shakespeare's tragedy, directed in 1969 by Andrzej Wajda. The roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are played by Tadeusz Łomnicki and Magda Zawadzka - actors who at that time gained popularity in the series "Pan Wołodyjowski". This perv ...

Skok (1969)

Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)

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. ...

Everything for Sale (1969)

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. ...

Examination (1968)

A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor's house to beg to be allowed to take it. ...

Countess Cosel (1968)

The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704. ...

Roly Poly (1968)

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? ...

On The Set (1968)

Reportage from the set of the film "Everything for Sale", focusing on the director - Andrzej Wajda. At one stage of the filming, Wajda planned to include all the documentary material shot by Ziarnik in his film. Ultimately, however, he changed the concept. ...

Jowita (1967)

Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he meets a an enigmatic Jowita and becomes obsessed with her, even when he finds seemingly true love in Agnieszka. ...

Boxer (1967)

A promising but hot-headed young. boxer studies with a kind, knowing manager, grooming him for the Olympics. ...

The Marriage of Convenience (1967)

Joanna, the daughter of quite wealthy traders from the Różycki bazaar, is in love with Andrzej, a young, talented, but poor painter. However, the girl's father, Kazimierz Burczyk, decides to find a suitable husband for her himself. A shrewd tradesman, un ...

Then There Will Be Silence (1966)

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

The Ashes (1965)

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the h ...

Wounded in the Forest (1964)

While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come. ...

Hunting Flies (1969)

Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small apartment. When Włodek draws the interest of a library patron, the beautiful young woman encourages him to strive fo ...