Jan Szmanda

Movies

Thou Shalt Not Kill
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Józef Gębski's film is a documentary reconstruction of the crime committed by NKVD officers against Polish officers imprisoned in Starobielsk and Kharkov in 1940. Accounts of historians and prosecutors are juxtaposed with the testimony of the then heads of the central and regional NKVD board.
Polish Feminists
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One of the first films describing the beginning of the feminist movement in Poland after 1989. Its protagonists are activists and cultural researchers fighting for women’s rights in Poland. They are also co-organizers of protests against tightening the abortion law in Poland.
Warszawskie gołębie
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Wigilia '81
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Martial law. Three women at the festive table await the return of Witek, with whom they have had no contact for ten days.
Pobojowisko
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Soon after the end of the war, a former officer moves to a small seaside town in the Recovered Lands. The situation in this post-German territory is still unsettled.
Amnesty
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Wizyta
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An official falls victim to hooligans. He recognizes one of the attackers at a party organized by his director.
Paryż - Warszawa bez wizy
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Shipyard
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The process of building a ship at the shipyard named after the Paris Commune in Gdynia. The protagonist of the film is the ‘Aleksander Zawadzki’ ship. The work of the mind and hands of a man, but also a majestic piece of art.