Krystyna Rutkowska

Biography film directed by Stanislaw Rózewicz.

The hard-working son of a dying country woman hires a stranger to take care of his mother.

От сердечного приступа умирает Антек Зыро — адвокат от бога. Скоро его жена Ульяна осознает, что ее существование потеряло смысл. Антек был для нее самым близким человеком. Ни работа переводчиком, ни воспитание сына не могут вернуть ей вкус к жизни. Искренне желая помочь Иоанне, мужа которой защищал Антек и которого обвиняли в организации забастовки, Ульяна находит нового адвоката. Пожилой Лабрадор перед уходом на пенсию вопреки своим идейным принципам берется за политическое дело.

Set in the early years of the century. A story of a country gentleman haunted by the memory of his first wife. His current wife, had enough of his obsession and has taken a lover, who is mysteriously paralyzed. Meanwhile, main character's son gets his first taste of sensual experience with a mute peasant girl.

The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unrests among the mixed population of Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Russians. He, however, is captivated by a paradise surrounding him, the forest, and his fantasies.

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

The main character, nicknamed "Teddy Bear" by his friends and acquaintances, is a manager of a sports club in Poland. One day he is detained at the border just as his sport team is off to a tournament. It appears that somebody has torn out a few pages from his passport. It occurs to him that perhaps his ex-wife has done it in order to get her hands on their joint account in a London bank. Therefore, he has to get to London as soon as possible in order to transfer the money to a different bank. The solution is taking part in a movie, made by his friend. The script requires a double role, thus the search for another actor is announced. The double has to apply for the passport, and that is solved through a girlfriend who agrees to play the dope's new fiancée. At the engagement party he is slipped a drug, and Teddy Bear runs off to the airport with the false passport. On the plane, however, he meets his ex-wife...

Drama directed by Ewa Petelska and Czeslaw Petelski.

Tadeusz Krzakoski (Krzysztof Kowalewski), the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.

Предновогодние приключения скромного редактора Михала Романа. Его жена и дети уехали на выходные в деревню, а к пану Михалу пришла цыганка и предсказала ему довольно неправдоподобное будущее. И самое главное — то, что вскоре «вечерней порой» явится к нему брюнет, которого редактор непременно убьёт. Михал Роман поначалу не поверил, но когда предсказания цыганки стали удивительным образом сбываться, он решил сделать всё возможное, чтобы не совершить это преступление…

Порт-Саид, 80-е года XIX века. Англичанин Джордж Роулинсон и поляк Владислав Тарковский работают на строительстве сети каналов в Египте и дружат уже много лет. Они должны поехать в Эль-Фаюм для надзора над строительными работами. Их дети — восьмилетняя Нэль и четырнадцатилетний Стась — собираются через неделю приехать к отцам вместе с пани Оливер, гувернанткой Нэль. Обстановка в Египте тревожная — в Судане продолжается восстание против англичан во главе с Махди, его войска окружили Хартум. Англичане не выпускают из Порт-Саида Фатьму — двоюродную сестру Махди и жену одного из его эмиров Смайна. Фатьма решает, что если верные Махди люди похитят детей англичан, ей будет легче добиться разрешения на выезд…

Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.

A 12-year-old boy (Gregorz Zuchowicz) and his father embark on a fishing trip where the boy hopes to get to know his father better. When a young woman leaves her boyfriend after a quarrel, the father invites her along on the trip. The boy's hopes of a father-and-son retreat are shattered when it becomes obvious dad is after more than fish. The girl's boyfriend finally returns for the girl as the son watches the two men face off from his position above on a sand dune. Sadly, the boy goes off by himself to fish while his father is busy with other things in this drama of a boy's realization of the harsh realities of the adult world.

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany. Death, imprisonment or stigmatization awaited both sides for closer contacts with the Germans. A Pole, Władysław, and a widow and her daughter Linda, another Pole for an affair with a German girl, two American prisoners of war and a German woman who gave birth to a child to one of them, a German soldier who met his dream girl in a foreigner, Marice.

Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.

Małżeństwo z rozsądku ("Marriage of Convenience") is a Polish musical comedy from 1966 directed by Stanisław Bareja.

В Гданьск к своему кузену, капитану дальнего плавания Клементу, приезжает на три дня из Австралии фермер Роберт Воланский. Задача у него непростая. За эти три дня найти себе жену и уехать вместе с ней обратно. Причем, желательно, чтобы она была крестьянкой. Перед уходом в плавание капитан Клемент поручает заботы о брате своему другу, редактору местной газеты Михалу Желязкевичу, который всюду вхож и все может. Редактор предлагает Роберту сходить на концерт ансамбля «Мазовше», гастролирующего в Гданьске. Ибо в нем имеется богатый выбор красивых крестьянок. Расчет Желязкевича оказывается верным. На концерте Роберт с первого взгляда влюбляется в солистку ансамбля Ханку Рембовску. Теперь очередь за малым – уговорить Ханку выйти за него замуж. Желязкевич узнает о том, что Рембовска, как натура романтическая, мечтает о том, чтобы ее похитил какой-нибудь рыцарь на белом коне. Он организует похищение девушки, в ходе которого Роберт привозит Ханку на роскошную виллу своего кузена…

The viewers visit a school located high in the Tatra mountains, in the village of Zaczerczyk. There are only few students there. Teachers arrive at the place every day, including the film's protagonist, a young woman.

A day in the life of women from the "Nawojka" Dormitory at the Cracow Jagiellonian University. In the 15th century, the patroness of the dormitory tried to study at the university disguised as a man. Today, more than 700 female students studying humanities or science live here.

Documentary of the Kurylewicz Quintet rehearsing a jazz piece in a recording studio. After a few fits and starts the band finally hits its stride.

"A Meeting in Bajka" tells a seemingly banal story of a marital triangle which bristles with intrigues and psychological nuances as a man, his wife and her lover rendezvous at the Bajce cafe.

Five short stories.

Экранизация популярной комедии Е.Юрандота "Муж Фолтасювны" о непредвиденных осложнениях и неприятностях в жизни молодой супружеской пары, происходящих из-за того, что муж - талантливый композитор, а жена - спортсменка.

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

St. Mary's Altar, stolen by the German occupier during the Second World War and hidden in Nuremberg, returned to Cracow in 1946. Thanks to conservators and filmmakers, we can see the beauty and majesty of the story of the Virgin Mary.

St. Mary's Altar, stolen by the German occupier during the Second World War and hidden in Nuremberg, returned to Cracow in 1946. Thanks to conservators and filmmakers, we can see the beauty and majesty of the story of the Virgin Mary.

About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.