Wiesław Grzelczak

Famous Like Sarajevo

The authorities in favor of the Nazis are trying to restore order in a small town in Silesia. Their actions are fiercely resisted by a small group of residents.

Koniec sezonu na lody

The owner of an ice cream parlor in a coastal town is murdered. The investigation is conducted by platoon leader Rogowski, but soon he is joined by Lieutenant Joanna Szczęsna from the voivodeship headquarters.

Kamienne tablice

The film is set in 1956 in India. John Tokarski has an affair with the beautiful Margit . He is close to abandonment of wive and children, who were in the country. But one day, while in the cinema, he watches a newsreel of the shocking riots in Poznan. Deeply moved by the events that are taking place in the country John is faced with a fundamental problem of the determination of his own nationality.

The Refuge

In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man.

The Fog

Post-war movie

Kazimierz Wielki

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.

Heads and Tails

In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal

Dark River

Small Polish village straight after WWII. Young man Zenek injured and awarded with Cross of Valour during partisan fight is torn between staying loyal to his partisan comrades (continuing their fight) and his own beliefs.

Copernicus

A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.

Mały

A student strikes up a friendship with a young uneducated construction worker to gather material for her work about worker hotels.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Four

The last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three

The third of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, including episodes 5 and 6.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Two

The second of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 3 and 4.

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part One

The first of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 1 and 2.

Jowita

Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he meets a an enigmatic Jowita and becomes obsessed with her, even when he finds seemingly true love in Agnieszka.

Ściana czarownic

A brilliant but undisclipined ski jumper prepares for an event while also trying to win a beautiful singer's heart.

Walkover

Walkover, the autobiographical second feature by Polish enfant terrible Jerzy Skolimowski echoes the French nouvelle vague in its extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.

The Unknown

Two Poles get out of Soviet Union with Polish Army. Based on autobiographical short stories by Józef Hen.

Rendes-Vous with a Spy

A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.

Naganiacz

1945. Home Army soldier who hides in the village must decide if he wants to engage into dangerous situation to help group of Jewish runaways.

Passenger

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

Czarne skrzydła

The miners of one of the mines in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie receive news about the planned layoffs. The miners decide to organize a strike. One of the local MPs is trying to prevent this from happening. The French mine owner makes a dangerous decision - he orders the miners to work in an area at risk of fire. An explosion occurs unexpectedly. The miners lynch Coeur, and their demonstration, in which they carry the bodies of the victims of the crash, is brutally suppressed by the police.

Birth Certificate

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.