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Brief portrait of a conformist.

After finishing her training a young woman returns to the village of her birth to teach but encounters resistance from the children's farmer parents.

Over a decade after the almost total wartime destruction, Warsaw still looks bruised and battered. Ruined houses are nevertheless inhabited which can...

Impressionistic study of the fate of a stray dog, trying to avoid the results of human indifference and cruelty.

A film saga about the Horst family from the small town of Zakrzewo in Western Pomerania.

A documentary depicting life in Targówek, a deprived and crime-affected district of postwar Warsaw, where reconstruction and cultural...

Joseph Malesa is a former party activist, labor leader, and mason. The documentary describes his career and life through ups and downs.

The process of building a ship at the shipyard named after the Paris Commune in Gdynia. The protagonist of the film is the ‘Aleksander...

A holiday training camp for young married couples who belong to the Polish Socialist Youth Union (ZSMP) begins at the campsite. From the commander's...

A young music student strolls through Warsaw’s Old Town as the city’s everyday sounds—children, traffic, machinery, music, and...

The filmmakers depict the hard-working life of 85-year-old peasant woman Anna Jachimiuk.

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...

One of several films by the Hoffman-Skórzewski duo, made as part of the "black series" of Polish documentaries showing social problems hidden...

A story of one of the builders (Szczepan Brzezisnki) of Nowa Huta. He talks about the beginning of the city and combine. The past makes him proud....

Kazimierz Karabasz visits circles of amateur photographers in small towns (most of the photographs were taken in Włodawa) and listens to their...

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

Pigeon breeders (men mostly) are a special kind of enthusiasts. Their hobby includes an element of competition – a long-distance race of...

A documentary short constructed from the photo album of a German officer, tracing his movements across multiple World War II fronts. The film...

In a small village in Kielce, a conflict over access to a water source takes on absurd proportions. The unexpected appearance of a source, instead of...

Redyk is a ceremonial exit of shepherds with sheep flocks to the mountains. The sheep graze there. The Great Redyk is a post-war propaganda film with...