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.

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

로즈메리는 배우인 남편 가이와 맨하탄의 중산층 아파트에 이주한다. 평화로워 보이는 이 아파트에서 이들은 이웃의 친절한 노부부와 가까워져 함께 많은 시간을 보낸다. 그러던 중, 로즈메리가 화장실에서 만났던 한 여자가 의문의 죽음을 당하는 일이 발생하고, 로즈메리는 악몽을 꾼 뒤 임신하게 된다. 그녀가 임신을 하면서 산부인과 의사를 통해 믿기 어려운 사실들을 알게 되는데...

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.

브뤼셀의 어느 미장원에서 일하는 청년 마르크는 자동차 경주대회에 출전할 꿈을 갖고 산다. 주인의 차를 몰래 끌고 나와 거리를 방황하곤 하는 그는 젊은 여인과 사랑에 빠지지만 동시에 부유한 여인으로부터 유혹을 받는다. 예르지 스콜리모프스키가 벨기에에서 장 피에르 레오와 만난 작품으로, 68년 전후 유럽의 공기를 만끽할 수 있는 아름다운 영화. 1967년 베를린영화제 금곰상 수상.

어느 눈 덮인 루마니아를 여행 중인 아브론시우스 교수(Professor Abronsius: 잭 맥거번 분)와 그의 제자 알프레드(Alfred: 로만 폴란스키 분)은 한 이상한 마을을 발견한다. 온통 마늘과 십자가를 쌓아놓은 동네였다. 이 마을의 여관에 머물던 알프렛은 여관집 딸인 아름다운 처녀 사라(Sarah: 샤론 테이트 분)가 이날 밤 흡혈귀에게 잡혀가는 것을 보게 된다. 그리고 울부짖던 그녀의 아버지도 마늘을 갖고 성을 갔다가 다음날 시체가 되어 돌아온다. 그의 팔목에는 급숙한 이빨 자국이 두 개 나 있었다. 마을 사람들은 그것이 흡혈귀의 짓임을 알면서도 늑대의 짓이라고 일축하고 만다. 흡혈귀를 연구하고 있는 대학 교수는 그날 밤 살아난 시체의 가슴에 말뚝을 꽂고자 일대 소동이 일어난다. 교수와 알프렛은 사라를 구하고 흡혈귀들을 없애버리기 위해 이날밤 스키를 타고 성으로 향한다. 성에서 곧 꼽사에 이끌려 본 클로로 백작(Count Von Krolock: 페어디 마인 분)을 만난 두 사람은 이날밤 무사히 하루를 보내고, 다음날 백작과 그의 가족이 잠들어있는 관이 위치한 지하실로 향한다. 알프렛은 박사의 지시대로 이들에게 말뚝을 꽂으려하지만 차마 그럴 수가 없어 결국 그냥 나온다. 이때 목욕을 하고 있는 사라를 발견한다. 바로 이날밤 이 성에는 1년에 한번씩 열리는 무도회가 열리기 때문이다. 성 건너편에 있는 묘지에서 모든 시체들이 깨어나 무도회에 참석하는 것이다. 백작은 무도회를 마치고 알프렛과 교수, 그리고 사라를 해치울 계획을 가지고 있다. 관에서 깨어나고 있는 묘지를 바라보던 알프렛과 교수는 백작에게 들켜 성 밖에 갖힌다.

한 무리의 청년들이 이상한 의식을 시도하며 사회의 낡은 관습과 기성 세대를 비판한다. 이 중 한 명인 주인공은 마치 연극 무대처럼 텅빈 거리로 나와 이곳저곳을 돌아다닌다. 그러는 동안 주류 사회의 위선과 경직성, 사람들의 공허와 외로움이 초현실적인 분위기 속에서 드러난다. 현실의 문제를 다루면서도 핍진성의 요소를 의도적으로 빗겨가는 실험적 연출이 돋보이는 작품.

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

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.

로만 폴란스키 감독의 세 번째 장편영화. 갱스터 이야기를 전복적으로 우스꽝스럽게 비튼 작품인 막다른 골목은 처음에 제목을 사무엘 베케트의 부조리극 에서 제목을 따 로 지었을 정도로 초현실주의와 부조리 연극의 영향을 강하게 받았다. 이 영화는 로만 폴란스키 감독이 주로 다루는 모티브 중 하나인 캐릭터 사이의 파워 게임을 다룬다. 이 파워 게임의 특징은 희생자와 가해자의 역할이 끊임없이 바뀐다는 점. 로만 폴란스키 영화답게 사건은 갇힌 공간에서 펼쳐지는데, 배를 배경으로 한 , 아파트가 배경인 , , 만큼 폐쇄적이지는 않다. 그렇지만 도망갈 데가 없다는 점은 매한가지.

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.

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.

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.

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.

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.

"Waiting for Godot" on ice and snow, without words. Against a barren winter landscape, a figure approaches: it's a man, pulling a small sleigh on which another man sits, plucking a dead bird. They stop to trade places; the one now on the sleigh takes out his knitting. Accidents, misunderstandings, disagreements, and an outright fight await our absurd protagonists as their trip to nowhere continues, first with one pulling, then the other. What if they were to lose the sleigh? What rules of civilization and partnership would guide them then?

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

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.

On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.

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.

의사가 본업이지만 재즈 밴드에서 드러머로도 활동 중인 바실리는 여러 여성들과 만남을 가진다. 그러던 중 한 클럽에서 독특한 매력의 여성을 만난 뒤 그녀와 함께 밤의 도시를 걸어다니며 긴 대화를 나눈다. 음악 감독으로 참여한 크리스토퍼 코메다의 아름다운 재즈 음악이 깊은 인상을 남긴다.

의사가 본업이지만 재즈 밴드에서 드러머로도 활동 중인 바실리는 여러 여성들과 만남을 가진다. 그러던 중 한 클럽에서 독특한 매력의 여성을 만난 뒤 그녀와 함께 밤의 도시를 걸어다니며 긴 대화를 나눈다. 음악 감독으로 참여한 크리스토퍼 코메다의 아름다운 재즈 음악이 깊은 인상을 남긴다.

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...

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

A short Polish black and white silent movie directed by Roman Polański. The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to carry into a town. Carrying the wardrobe, the two encounter a series of hostile events, including being attacked by a group of youths (one of whom is played by Polanski himself). Finally, they arrive back at a beach and then disappear in the sea.

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.