Krystyna Gryczełowska

The Well

A short film focusing on the lives and problems of the elderly in Poland circa 1986.

Live One Life Well

The protagonist of the film is Wanda Bart-Gebethner (1917-1980), an actress who quit her profession and took a job at Śródmiejska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa (Central Housing Cooperative). She currently runs the "Za Żelazną Bramą" café and feels more needed in the Cooperative than in the cinema and theater.

Our Friends from Łodz

"Our Lodz Friends" is a documentary portrait of three women of different ages working in textile factories in Łódź. In the deafening roar of machines, performing monotonous tasks, they talk about their everyday life and dreams.

In February 1971

Peasants clash with the Party bureaucracy during a village meeting.

His Name Is Błażej Rejdak

The story of a farmer who's also a railway worker, and his family.

90 Days a Year

an agricultural produce facility and the difficulties faced by producers attempting to sell their stock there.

The 24 Hours of Jadwiga L.

A look at the life of a woman in communist Poland whose day is divided between monotonous factory work, standing in queues for food, and taking care of her children.

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays

Documentary about pensioners struggling with loneliness and old age.

Siedliszcze

Documentary about a rural physician in the town of the title.

Alone in the World

The first documentary realized by Danuta Halladin after her studies announces one of the main themes of her future films: children and childhood. Alone in the World is a story about orphanages.

Island of Great Hopes

The work of medical staff in the children's sanatorium in Otwock is not easy. The small patients have skeletal tuberculosis and usually are unable to walk.

Little Town

Documentary Short by Jerzy Ziarnik