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.

부유한 귀족인 발데마르와 가정교사인 스테프치아가 뜨거운 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 발데마르의 귀족 가문은 그녀를 가족의 일원으로 받아들이려 하지 않는다. 1909년에 출간된 헬레나 므니시코브나의 공전의 베스트셀러를 원작으로 하며, 예지 호프만이 연출한 이 작품은 소설의 세 번째 영화화 버전이다.

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.

2차대전이 끝날 무렵, 폴란드는 좌익과 우익의 이념 갈등과 정치적 대립으로 혼란에 빠진다. 민족주의 진영의 무장조직 대원인 안제이와 마치엑은 폴란드의 한 지방 도시를 방문하는 공산당 고위 간부 슈츠카를 암살하라는 지령을 받고 그 도시로 들어온다. 잘못된 정보로 슈츠카가 아닌 지역의 두 노동자를 사살하게 된 둘은 그 사실을 모른 채 숙박을 위해 한 호텔로 가지만, 이내 자신들의 실수를 알게 된 둘은 다시 한 번 자신들의 임무를 완수하기 위한 기회를 노리는데...

1944년, 독일군은 바르샤바를 포위하고 폴란드인들은 처절한 저항을 이어간다. 폴란드군의 자드라 중위는 부하들과 함께 수로를 이용해 후퇴하라는 명령을 받지만 전우들과 함께 마지막까지 싸울 생각이었던 그는 심각한 고민에 빠진다. 1950년대, 감독 안제이 바이다의 주된 관심사는 독일에 의해 파괴된 조국의 고통스러운 현실을 치열한 역사의식으로 재구성하는 것이었다. <카날>은 전쟁의 포화로 초토화된 지상의 상황과, 국가적 이념과 인간적 가치 사이에서 갈등하는 지하의 고립된 인물들을 교차 편집하며 역사와 인간성이라는 두가지 화두를 심도 있게 탐구한 걸작이다. 1957년 칸영화제 심사위원 특별상을 수상하면서 바이다를 전세계에 알린 작품이기도 하다.

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