Halina Nawrocka

Bronek Pekosinski lives in Zamosc, Poland. He is probably 83 years old. He has no family and does not really know who he is. Everything about his life is fictitious: symbolic is the date of birth - the day World War II broke out, as well as his surname - after PKOS, an abbreviation of a charitable institution, and the place of birth - the Nazi concentration camp, from where his mother threw him over a barbed wire fence. Even his friends and guardians turned out to be false. Only his loneliness and his hump seem to be authentic. Two great powers have vied for young Bronek's soul: Roman-Catholic church and a totalitarian state. He fell into alcoholism. Partially paralyzed as the effect of cerebral hemorrhage, he is fired with an ambition of acquiring a mastery in a game of chess.

A captain and lieutenant of the Russian army are buried in the basement of the Przemysl Fortress during the First World War.

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

"The Dancing Hawk" refers to the son of a peasant who senses he can climb to the job in troubled times by playing his cards right. His slavery to work match his ambitions, and gradually he reaches the social position he desires. But the costs have included a dehumanized soul and a loss of a moral conscience. People have had to pay for his advancement, including those nearest to him. The downfall is equally painful: either imprisonment or the easy wasy out are offered as the alternatives.

A simple governess and a wealthy aristocrat fall madly in love with each other. However, his family are prejudiced towards her and have other plans for him.

Żagota lost his fortune, family and friends. His only hope is a horse which got stolen.

A coming of end story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.

Unconventional pedagogical methods of a new teacher raise concerns of the provincial school's principal.

A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.

Two friends from army meet in a harbour and start to reminisce about their adventures.

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

The young and beautiful wife of a prominent diplomat complains of boredom. To change her monotonous life, she has an affair, through which she gets entangled in intrigues and espionage affairs. (telemagazyn.pl)

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.

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.

第二次世界大戦末期、ポーランド。反ソ派テロリストのマチェック（チブルスキー）は、ソ連から来た共産地区委員長暗殺の指令を受ける。しかし、誤って別の男二人を殺してしまう。「世代」「地下水道」に続くワイダの戦争三部作。モノクロの画面の中、虫けらのように儚く消えてゆく青年の命。その空しい死に様は、観る者を絶句させずにはおかない。

'４４年、ソ連軍の進軍近しと判断したロンドンの亡命政府の指令で敢行されたワルシャワ蜂起。しかし２０万もの犠牲を出す壊滅的打撃を受け、レジスタンスたちは地下水道へと逃げ込む。物語は、ほぼ全編、その地下水道の中で出口のない、あるいはあっても出られない緊迫感を持って繰り広げられる。語られる人間ドラマもさることながら、その状況こそが当時のポーランドの姿そのものの暗示であった。脚本のスタビンスキーの実体験に基づく、衝撃的な青春の物語。'５７年カンヌで審査員特別賞に輝いた。

The fate of a German found by the French peasants - a deserter from the Legion of Foreign Affairs fighting in Vietnam.