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A satirical look at the gangsters of Poland and some teens who accidentally get involved with them. The humor is black, sometimes vulgar, and always hilarious.

From Jan Jakub Kolski comes the story of a famed military officer nearing the end of his own life. Before he can rest in peace, he must fulfill the traditional obligation of passing his sword on to his grandson. The problem is, his son is unmarried and there are few prospects. After much scheming, a potential mate moves into the neighborhood."--Polishflix.com website.

Set in the year 1668, the Turks are invading Poland. Colonel Wolodyjowski, the leader of the Polish troops, forms an alliance with a group of Polish Tartars and mount a final defense against the massive army of the Turkish Sultan.

A hard-nosed debt collector, Lucek, mercilessly repossesses anything from defibrillator machines from hospitals to a statue of the Virgin Mary, without remorse. But things invariably start to unravel for Lucek, and an "epiphany" turns him into a human being, despite everyone's doubts.

One of the few surviving documentaries depicting pre-war Jewish life in Poland and life at the Jewish Labor Bund's Medem Sanatorium, a model residential children's institution. The Medem Sanatorium, which existed from 1926 through 1942, stood as a symbol of health and enlightenment.

"The story about one man- an artist and an intellectual- who was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously surviving imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a bit of ironic fate, he writes a memoir of his life, which becomes the target of the Soviet censors. The so-called "freedom" of Communism becomes just as oppressive as the German concentration camp"--IMDb.

After two Polish tourists meet at a wedding in Italy, they inadvertently become involved with the Mafia, and their problems follow them back to Poland.

Berta Gersten plays Mirele, a noble, dignified widow and successful businesswoman who comes into conflict with the daughter-in-law she chose for her eldest son. Her generosity and love for her son lead to her undoing. Based on Jacob Gordin's popular Yiddish play, the film is set in turn-of-the-century Grodno. A classic study in the relations between mothers-and-daughters-in-law.

An aging card shark, Shar, plays and wins against Jurek, who plays with marked cards. Jurek convinces Shar to teach him his tricks before retiring. The pair begin an unlikely partnership in which they con locals into playing rigged games.

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before World War II, tells the story of the separation and hardships faced by Jewish immigrants in America at the turn of the century.

• 1. Kierunek Nowa Huta = Destination Nowa Huta (1951, 13:00) ; Pamiętniki chłopów = Peasant diaries (1952, 13:00) ; Kolejarskie słowo = The railwayman's word (1953, 22:00) ; Gwiazdy muszą płonąć = The stars must burn (1954, 64:00)
• 2. Błękitny krzyż = The men of the blue cross (1955, 56:00) ; Niedzielny poranek = One Sunday morning (1955, 19:00) ; Spacerek staromiejski = A walk in the old town of Warsaw (1958, 18:00) ; Polska Kronika Filmowa NR 52/1959, A-B (17:00) ; Polska Kronika Filmowa NR 39/1961, B (3:00).

Kierunek Nowa Huta: Shows the construction of the steel works and town of Nowa Huta. Glorifies the vision of a new socialist Poland.
Pamiętniki chłopów: Finds the three authors of the 1935 "Peasant diaries" and shows how they are living in 1950s.
Kolejarskie słowo: Focuses on the crew of a train carrying coal from the Silesia region to the steel mills.
Gwiazdy muszą płonąć: A quasi-documentary featuring two stories: that of an old miner who looks after the mine horse and the search for coal in a mine that has been shut down for 100 years.
Błękitny krzyż: At the end of World War II, local mountain rescuers save wounded Slovak and Soviet partisans hiding out in a cabin in the Tatra Mountains, which were under German control.
Niedzielny poranek: A humorous film showing Warsaw life as seen through the eyes of a bus driver and his passengers.
Spacerek staromiejski: A music school student wanders through the backstreets of Warsaw and discovers a world to which others have no access.
Polska Kronika Filmowa NR 52/1959, A-B: A special edition newsreel with eleven themes joined together by the actor Wiesław Gołas, who plays a shipbuilder, scientist, kindergarten pupil, speaker, cook and sportsman.

"A letter to mother's tale of family disintegration and poverty serves as a metaphor for the displacements facing European Jews in 1939. One of the last Yiddish films made in Poland before the Nazi invasion, the film tells the story of a mother's persistent efforts to support her family. While her husband lives in America, Dobrish struggles to care for her three children in pre-WWI Polish Ukraine. After her family is pulled apart by severe poverty and the turmoil of war, Dobrish and her family make their way to New York and turn to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in search of a brighter future. Released on September 14, 1939, two weeks after the German blitzkrieg over Poland, this film opened to packed audiences at the Belmont Theater in New York. Hailed by the New York times as one of the best Yiddish films to reach America, A letter to mother was the highest grossing Yiddish film of its time"--P. [4] of cover.

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• 1. Uwaga chuligani! = Look out, hooligans! / Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski (1955, 12:00)
• Dzieci oskarżają = The children accuse / Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski (1956, 10:00)
• Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc = Where the devil says goodnight / Kazimierz Karabasz, Władysław Ślesicki (1956, 11:00)
• Ludzie z pustego obszaru = People from an empty zone / Kazimierz Karabasz, Władysław Ślesicki (1957, 15:00)
• Paragraf zero = Article zero / Włodzimierz Borowik (1957, 16:00)
• Skalna ziemia = Rocky soil / Włodzimierz Borowik (1956, 16:00)
• Miasteczko = Little town / Jerzy Ziarnik (1956, 10:00)
• Warszawa 1956 = Warsaw '56 / Jerzy Bossak, Jarosław Brzozowski (1956, 7:00)
• Miejsce zamieszkania = Place of residence / Maksymilian Wrocławski (1957, 16:00)

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• 2. Czy jesteś wśród nich? = Are you among them? / Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski (1954, 8:00)
• Lubelska starówka = The Lublin Old Town / Bohdan Kosiński (1956, 5:00)
• Miasto na wyspach = The city on islands / Jerzy Dmowski, Bohdan Kosiński (1958, 9:00)
• Z Powiśla = From Powiśle / Kazimierz Karabasz (1958, 10:00)
• Wielki wiec : dodatek nadzwyczajny PKF = Great gathering / Prod. WFD (1956, 9:00)
• VIII Plenum : dodatek nadzwyczajny PKF / prod. WFD (1956, 3:00)
• Sopot 1957 / Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski (1957, 16:00)
• Rozmowy jazzowe = Jazz talks / Andrzej Brzozowski (1957, 13:00)
• Rozbijemy zabawę = Break up the dance / Roman Polański (1957, 8:00)
• STS 58 / Agnieszka Osiecka (1959, 9:00)
• Dzień bez słońca = Day without sun / Kazimierz Karabasz, Władysław Ślęsicki (1959, 19:00)
• Wyspa wielkiej nadziei / Bohdan Poręba (1957, 14:00)

• 1. Z miasta Łodzi = From the city of Łódź (1969, 17:00) ; Byłem żołnierzem = I was a soldier (1970, 17:00) ; Refren = Refrain (1972, 10:00) ; Murarz = Bricklayer (1973, 16:00) ; Prześwietlenie = X-ray (1974, 13:00) ; Życiorys = Curriculum vitae (1975, 29:00) ; Klaps = Slate (1976, 5:20)
• 2. Pierwsza miłość = First love (1974, 52:00) ; Szpital = Hospital (1976, 20:00) ; Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera = From a night porter's point of view (1977, 15:30) ; Siedem kokbiet w różnym wieku = Seven women of different ages (1978, 15:00) ; Gadające głowy = Talking heads (1980, 14:00).

Krzysztof Kieślowski's films are portraits of the everyday Poland, looking at such subjects as blind veterans, unmarried mothers, surgeons, funeral home employees and bricklayers.

The prophet Elijah makes a supernatural appearance whenever a wrong marriage seems about to take place; complicating the plot are a villainous rich man, his cringing stooge and an eloquent marriage broker. Portrays the orthodox practice and social life and customs of Polish Jews in the 1930's.

• Rysopis = Identification marks: none / scenariusz i reżyseria, Jerzy Skolimowski (b&w, 70 min.)
• Walkower = Walkover / Syrena przedstawia ; produkcji, Jerzy Nitecki ; scenariusz i reżyseria, Jerzy Skolimowski (b&w, 70 min.)
• Bariera = Barrier / Zespól Realizatorów Filmowych Kamera przedstawia ; scenariusz i reżyseria, Jerzy Skolimowski ; produkcji, Stanisław Zylewicz, Ryszard Straszewski (b&w, 76 min.)
• Ręce do góry = Hands up!/ scenariusz, Jerzy Skolimowski, Andrzej Kostenko ; produkcja, Jerzy Nitecki, Tadeusz Karwański (b&w and col., 75 min.).

The first of Skolimowski's semi-autobiographical Andrzej Leszczyc films. Rysopis revolves around a day in the life of Andrzej Leszczyc. His dog has been bitten by a rabid dog, his mistress is discontented, the conscription board has finally caught up with him and because he's dropped out of the university, he's going to do two years in the navy.
In Walkower, Andrzej Leszczyc is now a 30 yr.-old amateur boxer who makes a scant living as a prizefighter. A former college buddy helps the fighter get an engineering job. 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. Later the other fighter shows up demanding part of the money because he was told to throw the fight. They end up in a fight and the older fighter is badly beaten.
Bariera concerns a newly graduated medical student in his pursuit of an unattainable woman. He follows her through the streets of 60s Poland where spontaneous dance parties and candle-light rituals erupt.
In Ręce do góry, a group of former medical students (including Leszczyc) meet at a reunion. The five confront the past during a trip to visit a missing classmate. The film begins with a sci-fi motif: abstract images and electronic music takes the viewer from ruins of Lebanon to London street scenes, and has a later framing story about the stop-and-start production of the film.

A romantic comedy about a drifter, who wanders from shtetl to shtetl. He finds brief happiness when he falls in love with a shoemaker's daughter in a small Galician town in this likable fantasy about a love triangle and man's quest for the unobtainable.

Three construction workers live together in a tiny private apartment while building a new factory. Their foreman, Lolecki, is supposed to be supervising the production line, but instead he abuses his position by neglecting his responsibilities.

A young man grows to manhood during World War II. The film covers four days in his life, his birthday in September in the years 1938, 1939, 1943, and 1944. By The end of the war, Jerzy has joined the resistance and is taking part in the Warsaw Uprising.

"Local police chief Wladyslaw Lichniak is about to take the exam for his 'matura, ' which is similar to a high school diploma. The whole village is rooting for him, so much so that the residents agree to not get drunk and cause trouble."--Container.

• Zdjęcia próbne = The film test / Zespół Filmowy "X" ; reżyseria, Agnieszka Holland, Paweł Kędzierski, Jerzy Domaradzki ; scenariusz, Agnieszka Holland, Paweł Kędzierski, Jerzy Domaradzki, Feliks Falk (1976, 99:00)
• Aktorzy prowincjonalni = Provincial actors / Zespół Filmowy "X" ; Film Polski ; scenariusz, Agnieszka Holland, Witold Zatorski ; reżyseria, Agnieszka Holland (1978, 104:00)
• Gorączka = Fever / Zespół Filmowy "X" ; scenariusz, Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz ; reżyseria, Agnieszka Holland (1980, 110:00)
• Kobieta samotna = A lonely woman / Telewizja Polska, Zespół Filmowy "X" ; scenariusz, Agnieska Holland, Maciej Karpiński ; reżyseria, Agnieska Holland (1981, 91:00).

Zdjęcia próbne: A film about a film being made by a group of young directors. Story is divided into three parts. The first follows Anka, a girl from a working- class family. She finishes school, plans to attend screen tests, and has her first love affair during the summer holidays. Her experience with a boy who wants to pass her to his buddy leaves an emotional scar. In the second segment the film follows Pawel, who leaves the children's home and wants to become a theatre actor. He joins a provincial amateur production where he has an affair with a married woman, the wife of his employer. In the final piece the two are found at the screen tests. They make it to the final list and have an affair together.
Aktorzy prowincjonalni: Christopher, the leading actor in a rural theater troup, must choose between stardom and his wife.
Gorączka: A gripping political thriller, set in 1905. A group of anarchists plots to assassinate the Russian Tsar's governor in Russian-partitioned Poland. A sensitive script subtly probes the psychological motivations of the anarchists as the bomb is passed among them.
Kobieta samotna: Maria, a postal worker and single mother, gets involved with a handicapped man.

Father and daughter, separated during World War II, try to meet in Berlin in 1961. He travels from Soviet Lithuania, she from the United States. The KGB follow the father, hoping to lure the daughter back to the East. Trying to save one another from a trap, the father and daughter are ready to give up their long anticipated meeting.--Summary adapted from IMDB.

Two brothers, trying to unearth a secret from the days of the German occupation, come into conflict with the people of their village.

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.

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.

• 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.

"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