Wojciech Alaborski

Narra los destinos personales de varias personas, en su mayoría mineros italianos y sus familiares y amigos, golpeados directa o indirectamente por la terrible tragedia que tuvo lugar el 8 de agosto de 1956 en la mina de carbón de Marcinelle (Bélgica)

Lituania, 1812. Polonia está tachada del mapa de Europa. Dos grandes familias se enfrentan entre sí: los Soplica, aliados de los rusos, y los Horeszko, defensores de la independencia polaca. Tras veinte años de conflicto, Jacek Soplica ha matado al último señor de la casa de los Horeszko, que le había negado la mano de su hija. Para reparar su terrible falta, Jacek adopta la identidad de un monje bernardino y se encarga de la educación de Sophie, descendiente de los Horeszko. Su objetivo es desposarla con su hijo Tadeusz, quien acaba de regresar tras finalizar sus estudios. Pero en junio de 1812, Napoleón Bonaparte, en su avance hacia Moscú, franquea el Niemen. Entonces Tadeusz decide unirse al ejército, frustrando así los planes matrimoniales que su padre tenía para él.

Partly thriller, partly dark comedy, the tagline of this film announce that any resemblance to real-life characters and situations were completely intentional. This had the audience guessing who the main characters were supposed to represent: those biznismeni and post-socialist yuppies who after 1989 teamed up with their former enemies to exploit Poland ruthlessly.

A Polish writer is arrested by the Nazis in 1942 and sent to the notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw. He will spend the next 111 days fighting for survival.

An odd couple of old people lead their simple lives close to nature. The man is an amateur constructor and his goal now is to build a small river dam to produce electricity for his country house.

A young architect is locked up in prison. He recalls his uncompromising youth and gradual sliding into the moral swamp of compromises. He was not alone. A group of his friends, dreamers and glass house builders, accompanied him.

Narra las jornadas revolucionarias en los astilleros navales de Gdansk (o Danzig) protagonizadas por los obreros del sindicato Solidaridad, en el verano de 1980. Ese mismo año, un periodista radiofónico, más amigo del régimen comunista que de la verdad, debe cumplir una misión de difamación contra un destacado militante del sindicato Solidaridad, que resulta ser el hijo del héroe de "El hombre de mármol" (1977).

Most important events of November Uprising in Poland.

A few hours before the official visit of the communist party representative, the management of the visited factory learns about it. Everything must be prepared to show the guest how well the place is being managed.

A film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...

1846. Edward Dembowski takes part in the Krakow Uprising.

A group of students are spending the summer vacation at a university camp studying the science of linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers the straightforward, intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who likes to manipulate people. There is a confrontation from the beginning when Jaroslaw allows to attend the seminar a student who presents the views not according to the official line. In the end, a jury prize is given to mediocre paper, while the suspected school of thought still draws a recommendation. Finally the deputy rector arrives for the closing ceremonies, and since he disfavors the line of thought awarded by the recommendation the tensions rise. They climax when student in question bites the rector in the ear while receiving recommendation. The confrontation results in a scandal and the police is called in.

Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.