A revealing documentary that explores the history and psychology behind the complex triangle of perpetrators, bystanders, and victims in Holocaust-era Poland. Focuses on Natan Grossmann, a Holocaust survivor from Łódź, who doesn't know what happened to his brother and parents, and Jens-Jürgen Ventzki, whose father was mayor of the town during the German occupation.

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible times.

• Córki dancingu
• Aria diva / Mistrzowska Szkola Rezyserii Andrzeja Wajdy, Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich, TVP Kultura ; scenariusz, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Robert Bolesto ; reżyseria, Agnieszka Smoczyńska ; producent wykonawczy, Katarzyna Ślesicka (2007, 31 min.)
• Viva Maria! / Mistrzowska Szkola Rezyserii Andrzeja Wajdy przedstawia ; scenariusz i reżyseria, Agnieszka Smoczyńska ; produkcja, Katarzyna Ślesicka, Anna Wydra (2010, 17 min.)

Córki dancingu: Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczyńskas imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", in which the girls' bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human.
Aria diva: In this short film, directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska in 2007 while she was a student at the Wajda School in Warsaw, a housewife falls under the spell of her new upstairs neighbor, an opera diva.
Viva Maria: A short documentary, directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska in 2010 while she was a film student at the Wajda School in Warsaw, devoted to Maria Fołtyn, eminent Polish opera singer and director and founder of the Moniuszko Music Lovers Society, with music from the opera Halka by Stanislaw Moniuszko. Today, when Fołtyn is losing her voice and past her prime, she focuses on didactic work, educating her successor, a symbolic story of handing over the voice.

Follow a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half-glam, half-decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid," in which the girls' bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister fall

"Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'."--IMDb.com

"Beksiński is a gentle man with arachnophobia, despite his hardcore sexual fantasies and his fondness for painting disturbing dystopian works. Beksiński is a family man who wants only the best for his loving wife Zofia, neurotic son Tomasz and the couple's aging mothers. His daily painting to classical music eventually pays off and he makes a name for himself in contemporary art. Good Catholic woman Zofia tries to hold the family together, but troubled son Tomasz proves to be a handful with his violent outbursts and suicidal threats. Their relief is brief when he starts dating women and becomes a radio presenter and movie translator, and the concerned parents must be on constant watch to prevent their son from hurting himself. But Beksiński never believed that family life would always be sunshine and rainbows. As he tapes everything with his beloved camcorder, the 28-year Beksiński saga unfolds through paintings, near-death experiences, dance music trends and funerals..."--New Europe Film Sale website.

"Jacek is a young policeman, tries to protect his mother and brothers from their despot father, also a policeman with illegal business dealings. When the father is murdered, Jacek becomes the main suspect. While trying to prove his innocence, he discovers, to his horror, that he is becoming more and more like his father."--imdb.com.

"Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'."--imdb.com.

After Kris breaks up with his long-time girlfriend, anything seems possible and Warsaw is his playground. Along with best friend Michal, handsome and wide-eyed, they roam the metropolis at night, floating from party to party, dancing until dawn in makeshift clubs and city squares. With only instinct and desire as their guides, big ideas intermingle with drugs and sex and one thing seamlessly gives way to another.

The story of a successful woman, happily married with a beautiful child and a good job. But finding her life very bland and routine, she begins looking for new experiences. A chance encounter with an old friend who is the antithesis of her husband leads to a love affair.

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• 1. Dekalog: One ; Dekalog: Two ; Dekalog: Three
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• 2. Dekalog: Four ; Dekalog: Five ; Dekalog: Six
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• 3. Dekalog: Seven ; Dekalog: Eight ; Dekalog: Nine
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• 4. Dekalog: Ten
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• 5. A Short Film About Killing ; A Short Film About Love.

Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of the series' fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love.

• Disc one (290 min.). Dekalog: One ; Dekalog: Two ; Dekalog: Three ; Dekalog: Four ; Dekalog: Five
• Disc two (294 min.). Dekalog: Six ; Dekalog: Seven ; Dekalog: Eight ; Dekalog: Nine ; Dekalog: Ten
• Disc three (171 min.). A short film about killing ; A short film about love
• Disc four. Supplements.

A series of ten made-for-television films with themes drawn from the Ten Commandments, presenting the intertwined lives of the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland.

Poland, December 1945. World War II is finally over but the country is still beset by danger. French Red Cross doctor Mathilde is treating the last of the survivors from the German camps when a panicked Benedictine nun arrives at the clinic imploring Mathilde to follow her to the convent, where she discovers a shocking scene: several holy sisters in advanced stages of pregnancy. Bound by a volatile secret, Mathilde enters the sisters' fiercely private world, dictated by order and ritual and overseen by the strict Mother Superior. Facing the hostilities of the occupying Soviet army and an unprecedented crisis of faith, the nuns increasingly turn to non-believer Mathilde as their beliefs and traditions clash with the harsh redlities of a war-torn land.

"Poland, 1943. Four young characters are connected through a series of unusual events: ROMEK, a Polish boy from the village in which action takes place; GUIDO, a German soldier serving in the village during occupation; FRANKA, the daughter of a well-to-do local farmer; and BUNIA, a Jewish girl that escaped from a train on its way to a death camp. Each of them come across something that at the time is simultaneously a danger to and escape from their harsh reality: love. Will they be able to hold on to their dreams while facing the horrors of their day and uncertainty of future?"--imdb.com

• Walkover = Walkower / directed by Jerzy Skolimowski (1965, 74 min.)
• Innocent sorcerers = Niewinni czarodzieje/ directed by Andrzej Wajda (1960, 87 min.)
• The last day of summer = Ostatni dzień lata/ directed by Tadeusz Konwicki (1958, 61 min.)
• Illumination = Iluminacja/ directed by Krzystof Zanussi (1973, 92 min.)
• Saragossa manuscript = Rȩ̜kopis znaleziony w Saragossie / directed by Wojciech J. Has (1964, 182 min.)
• Knights of the Black Cross = Krzyźacy / directed by Aleksander Ford (1960, 172 min.)
• Austeria / directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1982, 107 min.)
• Night train = Pocia̧g / directed by Jerzy Kawalerwicz (1959, 97 min.).

Walkower -- about a 30-year-old boxer who makes a scant living as a prizefighter. Teresa, a former college buddy, helps him get an engineering job at the factory where she is supervising a big government project. When he learns that his factory has a boxing team, he eagerly signs up. During a major fight he wins because his opponent never shows up, but this will later have consequences.
Innocent sorcerers -- Andrzej divides his time between his medical practice at a boxing arena, constant dating and playing jazz. When he meets Pelagia, he first considers her yet another sexual conquest, but after actuallly talking to her, he realizes that he has fallen for her. But how does she feel?
Last day of summer -- A beautiful, reflexive film about two lost and lonely people, who treat their meeting at a deserted beach as their last hope. But the burden of their recent war experiences and personal dramas is an obstacle in finding their way towards each other.
Illumination -- Illuminacja follows the education of a young man from his entry into college to his final achievement of a doctorate. Paralleling his outer education, his inner education about life, family, sexuality and spiritual values is revealed. By the time he achieves his doctorate, he has been told that he has a life-shortening heart disease. However, because of his two-fold education, he is fulfilled in what he has done and is not much distressed.
Saragossa manuscript -- A magical text is discovered during the Napoleonic Wars by a pair of opposing soldiers. Capt. Worden lives out the book's intricate, devilish story as he embarks on a journey across scenic Spain.
Kights of the black cross -- A portrayal of Polish medieval life and customs focusing on the days leading up to battle of Grunwald (1410), which was a major victory of a civilized Slavonic nation over German invaders. The film also features a romance between Zbyszko of Bogdaniec, a dashing knight, and Daniusia, a handmaiden to a princess.
Austeria -- On the first day of World War I, a group of Jews flee from the Cossack army in Polish Galicia and finds itself trapped overnight in a border inn. Relationships develop, love affairs are formed, the religious pray.
Night train -- Jerzy, a man running from the authorities, and Marta, who's trying to escape her spurned lover, end up in the same sleeper berth on an overnight train. Passengers become a frenzied rumor-fueled lynch mob when police board looking for an escaped killer.

• Popiół i diament = Ashes and diamonds / directed by Andrzej Wajda ; based on the novel by Jerzy Andrzejewski (1958, 103 min.)
• Wesele = The wedding / directed by Andrzej Wajda ; based on the play by Stanisław Wyspiański (1972, 106 min.)
• Przypadek = Blind chance / directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski (1981, 122 min.)
• Krótki film o zabijaniu = A short film about killing / directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski (1987, 85 min.)
• Nóż w wodzie = Knife in the water / directed by Roman Polański (1961, 95 min.)
• Matka Joanna od Aniołów = Mother Joan of the Angels / directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz ; based on the novel by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1960, 109 min.)
• Eroica / directed by Andrzej Munk (1957, 84 min.)
• Trzeba zabić tę miłość = To kill this love / directed by Janusz Morgenstern (1972, 96 min.).

"Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation."--Imdb.com

Go inside one of the most notorious NAZI concentration camps.

A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek₂s journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.

Karski & The Lords of Humanity is a feature-length partially animated documentary project. The film tells the story of a member of the Polish underground who acted as a courier during World War II and whose most prominent mission was to inform the Allied powers of Nazi crimes against the Jews of Europe in an effort to prevent the Holocaust. Jan Karski infiltrated the Warsaw Ghetto and a Transit Camp and carried his dreadful eye-witness report of the atrocities to Britain and the United States, hoping that it would shake the conscience of the powerful leaders or - as Karski would call them - the Lords of Humanity.