Movies

The ‘Żywe kamienie’ (meaning living stones) from the title are architectural monuments that convey the history of past generations....

A documentary about the problems of post-war reconstruction and the beginnings of socialism in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

A film suite divided into three parts showing successively the defeat of Warsaw, the gradual awakening of the capital and the first post-war Warsaw...

A man has a day he would rather forget. From the very morning, nothing seems to go his way. Told through pantomime and slapstick, this short film was...

Short documentary about the flooding that struck Poland in the spring of 1947.

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is...

The documentary promotes the outdoor attractions and folklore of the village of Szlebark, located in the Podhale Valley.

A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices...

Report from the sports parade on July 22.

A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

A documentary showing the First of May celebrations.

"Peace Will Win" documents the Second World Congress of Peace Defenders, held in Warsaw in November 1950 after the event was relocated from...

This reportage is focused on Wilhelm Pieck’s visit in Warsaw in 1950. He was the president of East Germany between 1949 and 1960. The visit...

Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey,...

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Documentary about the Peace Congress held in Vienna in 1952. The film shows the opening speech of the President of the World Peace Council, Professor...

The dark drama of a peasant family from the second half of the 19th century: Seduced by a municipal clerk (in exchange for a promise to release her...