Poland Movies

Filmed in 1970, this little-known short by Andrzej Wajda remained unseen for over five decades after being archived under the working title The Artist. Shot at swimming pools in Warsaw, it follows an athlete who savors the freedom of a solitary dive before joi...

A true story. In post WW2 Poland, Kazimierz Moczarski is jailed with the SS officer he tried to assassinate – both enemies of the new state.

An old woman lives in a remote village in Belarus. As the end of her live approaches, she starts to read the worn-out notebooks of her daughter. Together we go on a journey to the unknown world of a person who is abandoned and forgotten by everybody.

Documentary about the previously untold story of a 1945 massacre of Polish partisans by Russian troupes and pro-Russian Polish security forces.

Agata, a member of a rowing club, is preparing to compete in its anniversary regatta as part of the club's elite eight. Her life becomes complicated when she falls for Robert, whose infidelity soon leaves her heartbroken. As tensions at the club grow and she i...

After the suicide of her younger brother, Maks, Wanda returns home to collect the recordings he left her in his will. The videos reveal hints of a long-buried family secret.

A documentary portrait of the Kurylewicz Quintet at work in the recording studio, Opus Jazz captures the stop-and-start process of rehearsal before the musicians lock into rhythm and achieve full improvisational flow. Majewski’s film highlights both the discip...

The end of World War II. The Nazis are close to defeat, and their leader, Adolf Hitler, is surrounded in his bunker. Desperate, he decides to end his life. However, despite his suicide, this is not the end of his story.

Empty shelves, trading cards and chickens sold in a shoe store. This is Polish everyday life from over four decades ago. Although the starting point is the moment of introduction of martial law, thanks to selected recordings we go back in time by 16 months and...

On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture deemed to be a failure - a small cabaret where Liza could perform.

The brothers Ubi and Obi live in Lailonia in the city of Ruru. The authority over the city is held by the god Maior. The basic law of the god Maior is that everything for humans is at the bottom, what for the god is at the top. The brothers live according to t...

Professor Borusiewicz receives a high state decoration, while family and friends await him at home.

Two men in a game of chess. One of the players is a country boy who accidentally discovered a chess talent, and the other is a former lawyer who has not played chess for twenty years. The lawyer tells the story of learning to play chess: during World War II, h...

Follows four friends in their quest to form a punk band. As workers protests sweep across the country, Janek and Staszek, the sons of a navy man, the rebellious Kazik, and the affluent Diabel gel as a band, but their disparate lives are touched by social turmo...

The "Dudek" cabaret group, Edward Dziewoński’s lifetime achievement, one of the greatest post-war cabaret groups recorded by a documentary filmmaker during rehearsals. The stars of Polish acting could be seen on stage, accompanied by excellent songs by Wojciec...

A middle-class Polish make a trip across the Balkans, heading for a refugee camp on the Macedonian-Greek border.

A moving documentary chronicling a Danish aid worker's journey to rescue abused and abandoned children who have been accused of witchcraft in Nigeria.

WWII through the memories of a simple underground soldier, who struggles to keep his senses while caught up in a meaningless bloodshed. Moments of everyday life during three years of war inspired by real diary.