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A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied city of Lviv. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lviv (formerly Poland).
Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.
Moody, dark, and handsome Dominik is terrorized at school, after video footage of his drunken kiss with classmate Aleksandr goes viral. Grappling with public humiliation, Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based "suicide room," where the pink-haired rebel Sylwia consoles him.
On 3 April 2004, during the holiday of Ashura, Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr, launched an insurgency in the Polish zone. The Poles, together with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police, were given the task of defending City Hall, led by Lieutenant colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak. The clash developed into the biggest Polish engagement since World War II. Not a single allied soldier died, although about 80 insurgents were killed in a counter-attack.
It is 1940. The first transport of prisoners arrives at the newly created concentration camp Auschwitz. One of them is Tadeusz “Teddy” Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champion of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his and other prisoners’ lives. However, his every win strengthens the hope that Nazis are not invincible. Auschwitz officers notice the growing resistance. The confrontation with the authorities of the camp becomes inevitable.
On a mission from Stalin, a Russian officer sets out to convince Polish soldiers held at POW camps to collaborate with Communist authorities.
A Greek getaway for five friends turns into a hilarious detective story when suspicions rise around one of their partners — who may be a famous con-man.
Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals
The story of youth, friendship and love in a time when man took his first steps on the moon, the streets became saturator, transistors pulsed rock'n'roll, and the fondest dream of every fan of the domestic automotive industry was the Fiat 125p. Film trip to the sixties, colorful era "flower children", hippies and bigbitu. Year 1969. Fascinating in aviation Adam is called to the army. However, much to his own chagrin, she gets an assignment to serve in the ... Navy. In Antek, older brother, embark on the sea. During several days of traveling through Poland to visit old friends and make new friends. Antek - incorrigible womanizer and the king of nightclubs - wants to prepare a shy brother to life. However, the meeting with a beautiful and mysterious woman calls a lot of complications in the life of Adam, initiating a series of surprising events.
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Inez is a young, aspiring journalist who dreams of love and a job at a prestigious publishing house. Once she gets to the paradise of her dreams, problems will start to multiply. What's more, two handsome men will appear at her side. Both mysterious and unpredictable.
Documentary about a group of Jews, who collected and hid a lot of stories and documents about everyday jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.
A young girl, her new friend and his dog try to find a long-lost Picasso painting in an abandoned house before a gang of burglars seize it.
The cinema war-action movie takes place partly during WWII and partly in 1975 in Spain. The main characters: agent Capt. Hans Kloss and Herman Bruner, want to find the stolen treasure, putting their lives at stake.
Mary accidentally discovers a mermaid drawn on the wall of her small apartment in Warsaw. It turns out it was drawn by Pablo Picasso during his visit in 1948! She's thrilled, but she doesn't realize the mermaid will turn her life upside down.
The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Maria Skłodowska-Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel Prize, after challenging France's male-dominated academic establishment both as a scientist and a woman.
The story of 16-year-old Janek, who, during a visit to his grandmother Melania's house in Toruń, befriends the teenage Zuza. The plot is set in the climatic period leading up to Christmas. Against the backdrop of a magical Christmas atmosphere, the characters face complicated family relationships, youthful dilemmas and difficulties in communicating with loved ones.
Baska runs a catering company from home. In addition, she takes care of three children and takes care of her husband, Kacper, who constantly works overtime in the office. Somewhere she lost her spark and zest for life. When she meets the handsome and famous choreographer Jim at work, her life turns upside down. Jim helps Baska gain new clients and her business flourishes. Baska is also blooming. However, her home life suffers. In addition, Kacper begins to suspect Baska of having an affair and demands a divorce. Baska must decide whether she wants to start her life anew or return to what she has built over the years.
Piotr returns to his family home after years to confront his alcoholic father and rebuild his relationship with his brother Krzysiek.
A family crime comedy by Juliusz Machulski, written especially for the Television Theater. "Fish canero" is a bit of a comedy of errors, a bit of a study of our recent behavior, and a bit of a criminal investigation full of riddles. Funny and scary at the same time. Funny and fast-paced dialogues, satirical portraits of characters, brilliant observation of customs - all this makes the author's play by Juliusz Machulski an extremely successful criminal family comedy. The play is set in the villa of Professor Stefan Vogel during a wake, which is a family celebration after his mysterious and sudden death. His son Ignacy Vogel, the owner of a publishing house, has a lot of problems on his head: firstly, he has to accommodate the late professor's guests, and secondly, his daughter Marianna - a famous TV series celebrity - is pregnant and is about to give birth.
Jaśliska, a village in Podkarpacie. Wróbel, a middle-aged man, destroyed his relationship with his wife and 12-year-old son, falling into deepening alcoholism. The arrival of the film crew, shooting in a small town, and the proposal to play an episode in the film, becomes a chance for a man to overcome the crisis and regain his family.
Darek is the owner of a shop on the verge of bankruptcy. Things take a strange turn when a large shipment of half-armor arrives. An old man comes to the store and offers to help with the sale.
In their pursuit of perfect Christmas well - known characters accompanied by some new faces happen to experience tiny miracles! The adventures they come across help them realize that the most important things in life - hope, acceptance and family - are within their reach and that real love is the best Christmas present!
After climbing Broad Peak mountain, Maciej Berbeka learns his journey to the summit is incomplete. 25 years later, he sets out to finish what he started.
Tomek and Ania finally decide to get married. The wedding, according to the wishes of Ania, will take place at the family members of Tomek with whom he has had no contact for years. It turns out that his brothers and his mother are like an Italian family where every conversation threatens to lead to an explosion and where a loving relationship and a quarrel are close together. Also the mother of Ania does not make a good impression on the mother of Tomek when she appears at the wedding with a much younger partner. The unexpected arrival of Tomek's father, whom he has not seen for years, is the drop that makes the bucket overflow .
The film "Pilecki" is a fictionalized documentary depicting the story of Witold Pilecki, from his youth through action during World War II, up to the imprisonment and death in May 1948.
Daniel has just been released from prison and is trying to make a new life for himself. Between taking care of his alcoholic mother and finding a job, he might be able to find some happiness and normalcy in a new relationship.
Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.
Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
Zoska, is an attractive, well-educated and hard working woman who doesn't want to be stereotypically labeled by modern world. When she gets fired her world collapses, now she must realize what she really wants from life.
He is one of the top celebrities in the country: a fast-talking TV host, who can joke his way out of any situation. Women want to be with him, men want to be like him. He is looking for a new topic to discuss in his popular talk-show. She is a teacher at a musical school - a timid girl looking for Mr. Perfect on an internet dating site. He will help her realise her potential and teach her how to recognise various types of men for what they are, she will teach him what real life is about. The show will become a huge hit. It seems they are destined to fall in love and be together, but one day she actually does meet Mr. Perfect on the net.
Kapsel is a high school senior party animal who values his close friends more than his final exams. When he realizes that finishing high school also means the breakup of his crew, he decides to ruin everyone's student plans and give them one more year of carefree fun. In order to save his friends from the hardships of entering adulthood, he plans to hack into the innovative system of the Ministry of Education and change the results of their final exams. In this daring action, he involves a group of high school students with the smallest chances of passing their final exams and... his long-lost grandfather, full of controversial life wisdom. Will Kapsel's brilliant plan succeed? Will the boy manage to change the course of events and keep his friends by his side?
Poland, 1978. Edward Srodon, a zootechnician, makes an accidental stop at the Dziabas family farm, located in the remote area of the Bieszczady Mountains. Years later, on a winter day during Martial Law, a People's Militia investigation team examines a crime scene.
Ogrodowa Street in Lódz - just opposite a crowded shopping center, a state-of-the-art museum and a posh hotel - is where some of the city's poorest live, completely forgotten by the world. A heart-warming and funny portrait of people excluded from the mainstream of social life; people who might be more capable of sacrifice and love than those who pushed them to the sidelines of society.
A little known episode from the life of Stalinist security police office Julia Brystiger. Her nickname Bloody Luna was a reference to her incredibly brutal methods of interrogation. In the early 1960s, she appears in a centre for the blind on the outskirts of Warsaw, a place often visited by Cardinal Wyszyński, whose imprisonment in 1953-1956 Brystiger supervised personally. During a difficult and heated discussion with the cardinal, Brystiger denounces the communist ideology and begs for forgiveness for her crimes and for guidance in her search for God.
Four woman, each with their own theory about love. Iga is married and lives in a happy relationship but deeply fantasies about extreme experiences. In her search she uncovers various shades of loves, like the modern femme fatale (Joanna) and a woman (Agata) who is being cheated on. An attractive 30 year old (Roma) is searching for a man who will turn her life upside and desperate for this life changing moment. Set in modern Warsaw, where one night can change anybodies life.
Seven men navigate the confusing world of modern dating as they each chase love and happiness amid confusion over what women truly want. From distracted Filip, who’s just lost his job and learned his new love Zosia is pregnant, to commitment-phobe Tomasz, carefree producer Kordian, aging star Ricky, bus driver Stefan, and lonely Jarosław, each finds their quests for connection.
A teacher and a famous TV host must hide their not-so-merry romance from the public when they present a Christmas special live on-air.
Karol, an ordinary young man, runs into a much older man, whom he believes to be a Red Spider, the terrifying serial killer, prowling the streets of Cracow in 1960s. Karol becomes obsessed with the man and spies on him.
A Polish historical film, based on Marek Nowakowski's book "Report on Martial Law. Notes from Everyday Life." An interesting procedure of the production is the combination of a classic feature film with animation stylized as a comic book.
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in southeast Poland Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of antiSemitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of PolishJewish relations and real findings of his work that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…
This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.
The peace of mind of a tenement house in Warsaw’s Mokotów district is shattered by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building. Using ruthless methods, the man starts forcing more families to move out. Janina Markowska is the most determined in her fight for the right to her apartment. When Janina disappears in mysterious circumstances, the police start investigating.
Oskar and Detective Bruno are about to embark on another fascinating journey full of puzzles and surprising twists. This time the adventure of our detective team will be even more captivating, as they will be on the trail of the real treasure of the Baltic Sea!
Young wannabe musicians from the province decide to write hit song and gain the top of the charts in order to become legends of disco polo
8 things that you don't know about men. Years after “happily ever after,” five old friends grapple with new midlife crises: Ricky’s in a creative slump, Jarosław battles panic attacks, Filip’s risking it all on the stock market, Stefan struggles with his temper, and Kordian mourns a broken heart, while only Tomasz still fearlessly chases his dreams, landing him in fresh trouble. When their worlds collide again alongside returning partners Basia and Zosia, and a mysterious newcomer, Pestka—they’re swept into chaotic adventures that test the strength of their bond and remind them what true friendship means.
K., together with his inseparable mother, wins a grave-digging contest, which he shouldn't have won.
A story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who prepared the uprising, fought in it and won.
The true story of rapper Tomasz Chada, a block‐born poet whose raw, brutally honest lyrics mirror his talent for falling into serious trouble. His life, defined by music as both passion and refuge, ends in unexplained circumstances, shocking his fans and the girlfriend he loved.
A western, inspired by the likes of Tarantino and Leone, set in the 1920s in the borderland between Poland and the USSR: Twin brothers plan to rob a rival Mafia style family, an instance of female empowerment in that it is run by sisters.
Second half of the 1970s. A few teenagers from the town of Ustrzyki Dolne, led by a charismatic and undisciplined student of the local school, Siczka, decided to become punks and get into punk rock and start a band called KSU.
Pre-war, elegant Warsaw, the Olympic arena in Amsterdam and the wilderness of eastern Poland. These in September 1939 Konopacka traveled while being one of the drivers of a convoy evacuating the reserves of the Bank of Poland, led by her husband Colonel Ignacy Matuszewski. The action takes place on two time planes: the dramatic evacuation of the reserves of the Bank of Poland is supplemented by flashbacks, in which the most important events in the life of the main character will be introduced.
1991, several months after the fall of communism, Gdansk. Reemigrant Jacek Waldemar returns to Poland with a desire to act. Seeing the home mess, poverty and unemployment, he launches the first private radio on the coast. This is a shock for Slominski, director of the local radio station of the state broadcaster. So far, whether anyone listens to his broadcasts has not mattered to him. Waldemar fights fiercely, because winning the listenership means real revenues from advertising... but one day the inhabitants of Gdansk have even more choice.
At their beloved grandfather’s funeral wake, the family learns his lifelong lottery numbers just won, but the winning ticket lies in his jacket buried three meters underground. Racing against time and grief, they and his friends desperately try to exhume him one last time to reclaim the fortune.
A possessive mother, furious that her pregnant daughter’s lover is unacceptable, blackmails her unsuspecting subordinate into marrying the young woman sight unseen. On the wedding day, the groom wakes up hung over beside a stranger, and must scramble to hide his secret lover before the bride, her mother, and the best man arrive.
A touching story about the most important human matters: love, loneliness, sacrifice and courage, around the life of Ewa, a woman who works looking for families for orphaned children.
For his birthday, eight-year-old Oskar receives a clue about a mysterious treasure hunt left to him by his deceased parents. He immediately hires the best detective he knows: The star of the popular TV series "Detective Bruno". Together, the two embark on a turbulent paper chase and discover far more than just the next clue. A heart-warming family adventure to guess along with!
A young policeman gets into trouble after winning the lottery. Adventure and problems follow, as well as lots of beautiful women. The officer runs danger to fall prey to a large scam, but he also can find true love and realizes: in order to win his fate, he has to take chances and play.
Bogdan and Marta take part in a TV show 'Blind Date' and eventually win a romantic stay at the luxurious hotel for the long May Day weekend. They seem to be so different, however, that they hardly stand each other.
Kaytek, an unusually stubborn twelve-year-old, is brought up by his grandma and dad. One day, the troublemaker discovers that he’s got supernatural powers, which completely take over his life.
Residents of the village of Wadlewo celebrate a double wedding, where a fight between Wojtek and Bartek takes place.
An unemployed actor, suffering from a mental block, is offered to play a tragicomic part in his own life. In return for a flat, he is meant to pick up a girl and then “transfer” her to his employer.
Three stories of young disillusioned Poles of different background and region of origin. What binds them together is that they all meet on the bus to London shortly after Poland's entry into EU.
During the brutal 1944 Warsaw Uprising, young poet Marek is forced to grow up in an instant as he joins the resistance amid the city’s desperate fight. When he meets a captivating woman, he must confront harsh choices.
Michal Szczesniak's staging combines the aesthetics of a psychological film and a comedy series. Moving the action of the drama to contemporary reality allows us to see a sad portrait of today's thirty- and forty-year-olds. She - an actress of the capital's theater and He - an acclaimed writer, decide to leave Poland. They emigrate to New York. Little did they think that, escaping the loans they took out in the belief of an eternal boom, they would end up locked in a small apartment in a neighborhood of dealers, prostitutes, thieves and artists. They slowly become slaves to the lies about their supposed success that they themselves spread online. Insomnia and anxiety make them paranoid.
