Krzysztof Komeda

A feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.

Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda succeeded in writing his own chapter in the history of soundtracks. This documentary follows the life story of the composer by the means of his melodic sounds. It is a reflection on his soundtracks, which changed the common film scores forever. It is a contemporary document about the attitude to life in a time of social, political and cultural change after war, about work and exodus of Polish artists in the 50s and 60s. A story about how film music is created and how it affects people. Directors who worked with Komeda and who are also friends talk about him: Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski, Henning Carlsen and Andrzej Wajda. His wife, Zofia Komeda, and his sister, Irena Orlowska, recollect him.

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

Mientras el alcaide de la prisión del estado se halla ausente, un grupo de treinta y cinco presos, con Red Fletcher al mando, se amotina y se apodera de un sector de la cárcel. Cully Briston, que cumple una condena de cinco años, no quiere unirse a los rebeldes, pero se ve envuelto en el motín cuando, dejándose llevar por un impulso, ayuda a capturar al guardián Grossman.

Una joven pareja, Rosemary y Guy, se muda a un infame edificio de apartamentos de Nueva York, conocido por aterradoras leyendas y misteriosos sucesos, con el propósito de formar una familia.

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.

Marc da una vuelta en un Porsche prestado e intenta conseguir un coche para participar en una carrera belga. De momento, trabaja como esteticista. Pero conoce a Michelle, quien ayudará a Marc a encontrar un coche... (FILMAFFINITY)

El doctor Abronsius y su ayudante Alfred, viajan por Transilvania para confirmar una teoría que afirma la existencia real de los vampiros y que tropieza con el escepticismo de sus colegas de la Universidad de Könisberg. Se detienen en una posada, cuyas paredes y ventanas están cubiertas de ristras de ajos, pero tanto los parroquianos como el posadero afirman que no existe ningún castillo por los alrededores y justifican la presencia de los ajos como un motivo ornamental típico de la región. El rapto de la hija del posadero y la vampirización de éste proporcionan a los protagonistas pistas suficientes para llegar al castillo.

En la Polonia de los años sesenta, un estudiante de medicina recién graduado sigue los movimientos de una misteriosa mujer, conductora de tranvía, por las calles de una Varsovia comunista conformando un imaginario repleto de una exquisitez insospechada. Sueños y realidad se mezclan con grandes dosis de realismo mágico. (FILMAFFINITY)

The protagonist dreams of a better life, and his dreams take the form of colorful magazines.

Un escritor anónimo malvive por las calles de Kristiania (antiguo nombre del Oslo actual) intentando vender sus escritos a las revistas. Adaptación de la magna novela del noruego Knut Hamsun, Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1920.

Un gángster herido y su socio moribundo se refugian en un castillo cerca de una playa, donde viven un inglés pusilánime y su esposa ninfómana.

A famous Polish conductor meets a young Polish student in Czechoslovakia and pretends to be Czech to impress her.

A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve.

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

Allegorical animated short about the power of creation and destruction. An unknown man carries a wicker basket filled with elements resembling human figures. After their combination the small creatures are come to life. The creator tries to force them to listen. As a result of refusal, a conflict arises.

Trata sobre una legión polaca que lucha bajo la bandera de Napoleón, con la esperanza de asegurar la libertad de su país dividido.

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the workplace.

A sly critique of the communist regime in Poland, one of the carefree participants disrupts a patriotic march by retrieving a collection of unnecessary "bourgeois" items from inside his head. It introduces the disunity in their ranks as everyone starts playing with objects brought by him.

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

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people.

Film por episodios que reúne a directores tan distintos como los franceses Claude Chabrol y Jean-Luc Godard, el italiano Ugo Gregoretti, el japonés Hiromichi Horikawa y el franco-polaco Roman Polanski. Cada uno de ellos relata una estafa supuestamente célebre y real.

After years of working in the city, Róża returns to the countryside. The property she has accumulated draws the attention of local bachelors.

The film shows the tedious process of inspection and maintenance of passenger cars. To the accompaniment of jazz music, we get to know the hardships of the employees of the railway. A request for respect for their work addressed to passengers is the main message of the image.

A modest and plain young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills driver and two security guards and takes the money. The police finds out that the stolen banknotes are being spent at a fashionable spa resort. The only way to find the criminal is to favor Małgorzata with a seaside holiday in the company of a handsome Captain as her "brother"...

A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relations. But she has many adventures instead.

A young man, Kuba, is returning from the army. At home, an image of misery and despair remains: the father is seriously ill, and the mother has become emotionally attached to the man who exploits her and intends to take over the farm. After the death of his father, the young man guards the farm, but his girlfriend leaves him. Unable to bear the atmosphere of envy and resentment, Kuba leaves for the city.

A young couple goes for a car ride. As a result of careless driving, an accident occurs.

Dos hombres, un trineo y un pájaro muerto avanzan sin destino.

A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.

Una breve historia sobre la malicia de los objetos inanimados.

A budding playwright is thrilled to find out that his play will be performed at a prestigious theater, but a series of problems pile up, along with the general feeling that opening night will be disastrous.

En el transcurso de un día a bordo de un yate de vela se establecerá un extraño triángulo entre tres personas, una pareja y un hombre, de diferentes estratos sociales, convirtiéndose la mujer en el centro de una lucha de poder entre los dos hombres.

Film starring Wienczyslaw Glinski, Lidia Korsakówna and Grzegorz Roman

In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily representing comfort and safety, becomes the group’s death chamber. Morgenstern’s presentation of the incident serves as a metaphor for the horror of the Holocaust, and provides a powerful trigger for discussion of the disturbing issues raised by the film. The figure of the children's’ teacher specifically parallels Janusz Korcak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.

A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her.

A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love. But he loses her when he goes out to see some friends and then rushes madly around the city after her.

Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful, charming French girl. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical...

Jacek is a handsome, charming young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful, charming French girl. He falls for her but the young lady is whimsical...

Jan Piszczyk está en dependencias policiales. Le han pedido que cuente la historia de su vida, una vida marcada por la mala suerte. Así narra los sucesos que le han marcado durante casi tres décadas, en la Polonia fascista, en la II guerra mundial y ocupación alemana, y en el comunismo.

Cuenta la historia de una anciana que se encarga de cuidar unos extravagantes urinarios públicos art decó. Mientras observa el tránsito de usuarios, va recordando los días de su juventud.

Dos individuos, que salen del mar con un armario a cuestas, se adentran en la ciudad y, sin separarse del mueble, tratan de llevar una vida normal.

The first Polish film about jazz and, at the same time, an unusual documentary record of a concert of two legendary music bands: Hot Club Melomani and The Komeda Sextet.