One of the few war stories to begin on the last day of a war. Maciek (Zbigniew Cybulski) is ordered to assassinate Szczuka (Wacław Zastrzeżyński), and though he has killed many during the war, Szczuka is not an easy one for Maciek, who has come to respect him. During the war Polish men stood together despite coming from the working, bourgeois and noble classes. Now that it’s over people will begin to resume their former identities, but perhaps not all of their former prejudices. The film was nominated for a BAFTA and won the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice Film Festival.
One of Wajda’s lighter works, this is the tale of Bazyli (Tadeusz łomnicki) a handsome, young doctor who is constantly being pursued by beautiful women, and is tired of it. He meets Pelagia (Krystyna Stypułkowska) yet another...
Kanal is the frustrating story of a group of forty-three men and women fighting during the last days of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis in World War II. After struggling for so long as a united force, the resistance and...
Following on from Man of Marble (1977) and the story of Mateusz Birkut’s heroism, is the story of his son, Maciej Birkut. A journalist is tasked with finding out what’s really going on with Maciej, the leader of the striking...
