Browse by Country - Poland
The Decalogue (1988)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Henryk Baranowski, Krystyna Janda, Daniel Olbrychski, Adrianna Biedrynska, Miros...
A.k.a. "Dekalog". Krzysztof Kieslowski's modern masterpiece, "The Decalogue", is one of cinema's greatest and most ambitious achievements. This extrao... Read more
Avalon (2001)
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Malgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski
Anime master Mamoru Oshii's ("Ghost in the Shell") live-action feature directorial debut is a mesmerizing sci-fi tale set in a future world where peop... Read more
Three Colours: White (1993)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos
This story concerns a hapless Pole whose beautiful French wife (Julie Delpy) is divorcing him for no longer being able to perform in bed. Full of iron... Read more
A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jan Tesarz, Krzysztof Globisz, Miroslaw Baka
Kieslowski's title is accurate: a hideous murder is followed by a hideous execution. Expanded to feature-length by Kieslowski from his hour long "Deka... Read more
A Short Film About Love (1988)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko
A young man falls in love with an older woman who lives in the flats across the courtyard. He watches her and her succession of lovers until she becom... Read more
The Water Babies (1978)
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Starring: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins
The story of a young chimney sweep who discovers a marvellous underwater world. Mixes animation with live action and stars James Mason, Billie Whitela... Read more
Knife in the Water (1962)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz
An absorbing drama that grows out of the tensions created when a couple off for a sailing weekend pick up a student hitchhiker. Polanski's first featu... Read more
Danton (1982)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Patrice Chereau, Roger Planchon
Gerard Depardieu takes the title role in this dramatic recounting of the power struggle between the leading figures of the French revolution, Danton a... Read more
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzanowska
This brilliant statement illustrates the conflict of idealism and instinct in the story of a young resistance fighter who assassinates the wrong man a... Read more
Wajda's War Trilogy ( A Generation / Kanal / Ashes and Diamonds ) (1955)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Ewa Krzyzanowska, Zbigniew Cybulski
Master Polish director Andrzej Wajda received an Honorary Academy Award for five decades of work, beginning with these three films about the Polish re... Read more