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1) Kanał
Series
Criterion collection volume 284
Language
Polish
Description
Begins on the 56th day of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis during World War II. A ragtag group of trained and untrained Resistance fighters hold on to the front line. They try to live a relatively normal life, and even find time to play the piano. They achieve small victories, but must retreat into the sewers in order to survive.
4) Faustina
Language
Polish
Description
In 2000, Sister Faustina was canonized as the first saint of the new millennium. This stirring and evocative film depicts her life, from her girlhood through miraculous healings and her evolution within the Catholic Church. Based on Faustina's spiritual diary.
Language
Polish
Description
From Jan Jakub Kolski comes the story of a famed military officer nearing the end of his own life. Before he can rest in peace, he must fulfill the traditional obligation of passing his sword on to his grandson. The problem is, his son is unmarried and there are few prospects. After much scheming, a potential mate moves into the neighborhood."--Polishflix.com website.
6) Nóż w wodzie
Series
Criterion collection volume 215
Language
Polish
Description
A middle-aged journalist and his wife invite a footloose young hitch-hiker aboard their sail-boat for a Sunday outing in the Polish lake district. Like two peacocks, the men proceed to flaunt their virility before the woman, revealing a cynical sadism on the part of the husband and a growing resentment in the knife-wielding youth.
Language
Polish
Description
A day in the life of a 49-year-old divorced man, a frustrated intellectual who teaches for a living. Adras is also a hypochondriac with a ritualistic health regimen. He believes that the most difficult challenge in life is surviving the next five minutes. Adras blames his friends, his former wife and his mother for his dissatisfaction with life.
12) Tato =: Daddy
Language
Polish
Description
When his marriage falls apart, a father decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife.
Language
Polish
Description
"Tom, a young illustrator at "Fantasy World" magazine must deliver new, sensational comic strips or lose his job. One day while alone in his studio, he remembers a favorite childhood book and decides to make it a cartoon. His drawings magically come to life. Now he enters the animated world of fantasy, where he encounters one adventure after another as the evil Alojzy Bombel tries to lure Mr. Kleks and friends into a tricky trap"--Container.
14) Trzeci =
Language
Polish
Description
"Pawel and Ewa are the typical young and ambitious couple: he is a workaholic, a pragmatist who is in constant search of success; she is a beautiful woman, intelligent and full of life, tired of her husband's relentless dedication to his work. As the years go on, they find that their ability to communicate with each is not what it used to be. In an attempt to salvage their marriage, they plan the perfect get away trip on a yacht. During the trip,...
15) Gniew = =: Anger
Language
Polish
Description
"Pawel and Magda escape to a secluded old house where Pawel once spent his summers. What they don't realize is that Pawel's younger brother Piotr has run away from juvenile hall and is hiding at the house. The brothers' reunion becomes a cruel, yet emotional contest when criminal friends of Piotr's arrive at the house and threaten Pawel and Magda. Only Piotr can stop the cruel game - but does he want to?"--Container.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of World War II, an American soldier (Norman played by Scott Wilson) forms a delicate friendship with a war widow (Emilia played by Maja Komorowska) amid the devastation of 1946 Poland. In spite of the language barrier, painful memories of their past, and the many cultural divisions that separate them, Norman and Emilia dare to steal a moment of happiness together.
Language
Polish
Description
A science fiction film about the year 2044. Two men, voluntarily hibernated in 1991, are awakened 53 years later to learn that males don't exist anymore. A nuclear war destroyed everything, including men. Women are ruling from the underground. Facing harsh treatment from their female guards, these two men are determined to save themselves and reestablish the male population.