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A documentary about Piłsudski's Legions and other Polish military units fighting for independence in the years of 1914-1921 based on intervews with soldiers and photographs from archives.

"The manager of a big company in danger of losing his job, organizes a press conference and a banquet for journalists. After the meeting, a young girl calls at his office in order to let him know that he has made her pregnant. He vaguely recalls an incident during his stay in Paris and realizes that the girl is the daughter of a prominent government official. He would love to marry her, but he is already married, so he has his wife followed to obtain evidence of adultery ... This film made by Stanisław Bareja shows situations based on the realities of everyday life, especially the absurdity of some of its aspects."

A beautiful girl in a small Polish town dreams of becoming a movie star. She is courted by both the local millionaire and a young boy who is a cinema buff.

In a contemporary social satire, Ludwik, an entertainer, eliminates his competitors for a plum job using every trick he can. Eventually, only one competitor is left: his best friend. Can he, too, be eliminated?

Warsaw 1872, Stanisław Wokulski, a wealthy man returns from the Balkan war full of energy and broad ideas for enterprising ventures. This ambitious man in his late forties is overwhelmed by his obsessive and destructive passion for the beautiful Izabela Lecka. Izabela on the other hand is fascinated by his strong personality but cannot appreciate him.

It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to free herself in her work, in her relationship with her son, in sex, and in hypnosis. In a subplot, Ulla refers the wife of one of her husband's clients Darek, a jailed Solidarity strike organizer to Labrador, a world-weary, aging attorney, who works to free Darek by various political manipulations and psychological ploys.

The history of the Polish cavalry in its fight against the Germans in World War II as symbolized by an off-white horse that passes to various people in the military until it breaks its leg and is shot.

Tells the story of Jerzy, a famous journalist just returned from as assignment abroad. Despite his success, his wife leaves him for an obnoxious young writer and refuses to explain why. Against everyone's advice, Jerzy fights the divorce and searches in vain for an explanation for why she left. At the same time, Jerzy finds that he has fallen out of official favor, for reasons no less mysterious.

Henry is a doctor from Kraków, Ludwig is a popular lawyer from Lódz and Jarek is a Gdańsk auto repair shop owner. They have known each other for most of their lives. They share unconditional friendship and love for mountain climbing. They have money, social position ... but also serious troubles. The three men think up the perfect crime. Is it possible?

"The events are set in December of 1981: mobs of buyers descend on an already depleted supermarket. Most of the film happens on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise. Most passengers, however, have already decided to jump ship when it docks in Hamburg. One of the passengers is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is carrying addresses of underground printing offices, contact points, etc. to sympathizers abroad in case the labor union is banned in Poland. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic Sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return to the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom."-- Polish Cinema Database http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/.

Vienna, 1936. A Danish businessman buys a Jaguar at an auto dealership, undaunted by the exorbitant price. Two hours later, he sells it for half the price, giving rise to the suspicion of a bank fraud in this detective thriller.

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.

The Polish Solidarity strike takes place at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980. An alcoholic TV journalist is ordered to smear one of Solidarity's key figures, coined the "man of iron."

Lives of three school friends from Nowolipki Street in Warsaw in the early 1920s.

Michał, a famous actor in an eccentric actors' community, tries to escape from the public by creating a dangerous theater without the audience, a psychodrama involving life and death. A promising young actor named Jacek becomes immersed in this quest.

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 scientist who believes that rational analysis can manage life has his belief shattered by a difficult affair with an older woman and the death of a close friend in a climbing accident.

This extremely witty story pictures the most fantastic, fascinating and amusing adventures of a young captain of the Walloon guards, under the King of Spain, during his travels through Spain. This 19th century Don Juan must pass numerous tests to prove his courage, honesty and honor in order to become a descendent of the powerful Mauretanian family.

The newlyweds Krysia and Witek are looking for a place to live in devastated Warsaw. Their efforts are continuously thwarted by the scarcity of the apartments and by the treasure hunters.

Interrogation is a scathing condemnation of political systems that resort to any sort of torture to crush dissent. A cabaret singer in 1950's Warsaw is victimized by a Stalinist government.