The Marriage of Convenience

The Marriage of Convenience 1967

5.90

Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.

1967

When Love Was a Crime

When Love Was a Crime 1968

1

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.

1968

The Ashes

The Ashes 1965

6.40

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

1965

Pills for Aurelia

Pills for Aurelia 1958

5.00

Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.

1958

Cat and Mouse

Cat and Mouse 1967

5.30

In 1966, a former gymnast returns to his hometown Danzig, which is now a part of Poland. He begins to reflect on one of his classmates, Joachim Mahlke, who disappeared during World War II. Mahlke was initially marked as an outsider due to his oversized Adam’s apple, but when he turned out to be a great diver, the in-crowd embraced him. Then he steals a Knight’s Cross from a soldier and is expelled from school. Volunteering for war service, he earns a medal himself and hopes his reputation will be rehabilitated. But the school principal refuses and Mahlke deserts from the army…

1967

Return to Earth

Return to Earth 1967

6.50

After the war, Stefan cannot go back to a normal life.

1967

Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate 1961

7.30

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.

1961

Westerplatte Resists

Westerplatte Resists 1967

6.80

Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.

1967

Husband of His Wife

Husband of His Wife 1961

6.30

Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.

1961

Korn's Password

Korn's Password 1968

6.00

An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn.

1968

Sposób bycia

Sposób bycia 1966

3.50

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.

1966

Hell and Heaven

Hell and Heaven 1966

6.00

A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.

1966

Naprawdę wczoraj

Naprawdę wczoraj 1963

4.00

The story concerns a succesful writer at the height of his career. He is in a state of crisis, unable to forget the girl he had a brief affair in the 40's. At the promotion of his new book he meets her after the years and reminisces about the past, when he was on a government mission to recover a missing art treasure, a triptych. After the years the girl, now married, barely remembers the whole thing, while he re-examines the affair which he has so much romanticized.

1963

Rzeczpospolita babska

Rzeczpospolita babska 1969

5.50

After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.

1969

Inspekcja pana Anatola

Inspekcja pana Anatola 1959

5.90

PZU Inspector Anatol Kowalski is sent to the city of Paryżew on a special mission to catch a gang of bathing suit robbers.

1959

Echo

Echo 1964

6.20

It seems that nothing can ruin Henryk’s (Wieńczysław Gliński) happy life. He’s a respected lawyer with a loving son and wife. One day, he receives a letter from the prosecutor’s office. He’s accused of collaborating with the Gestapo. It’s an echo of his past under occupation.

1964

Pavoncello

Pavoncello 1967

6.00

In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs.

1967

The Touch of the Night

The Touch of the Night 1962

5.70

Roman Jacenko, a local photographer tries to turn his fortunes around and rob a bank transport.

1962