While the days drag by in prison, an inmate nicknamed Lawstorant (Zbigniew Buczkowski) passes the time by planning the ultimate heist -- a foolproof plan involving a bogus warehouse and enough profit to secure his financial future. But Lawstorant's decision to hook up with the risk-taking Fragler...
An adaptation of B. Prus's novella. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in a manor house falling into ruin. The protagonists are children: the steward's son, the countess's daughter, and a peasant child. The 1970s. The story of a twelve-year-old boy, Kazio, who is unruly but has a...
The film is set in the interwar period. Jerzy, a young journalist, spends his vacation alone, kayaking on rivers and lakes. One day, he stops for the night near an old manor house. He learns from the local residents that the once magnificent residence has now fallen into complete disrepair. Even...
The happiness that has passed away will never return - this is exactly what a young Polish man learns when, in the immediate post-war period, he recalls how he fell in love with a charming Jewish girl before the outbreak of the war. He manages to find her, only she is already married and has a...
The impresario decides to make the theater group's performances more attractive by spreading a rumor that the oldest actress could die on stage at any moment.
The 1960s in Masuria. Mikołaj Biesaga, seriously injured during the war, swore that if he survived, he would build a chapel to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Years passed, and the "miraculously saved" person did not keep his promise. Now feeling that it is probably time to die, he decides to fulfill his...
A young penniless woman comes to a small town with her newborn baby. She goes to work but because her child has no father, life is hard for her. Until she meets a carefree vagabond photographer willing to help her out.
Agnieszka is the daughter of a famous opera singer. However, her mother gives up her career in order to devote more time to her daughter. She cannot live without music, though. After some time, she returns to the stage, but then it turns out that her daughter is seriously ill...
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding...
Two prison cellmates get a one-day leave out of jail to dress up as Santa Claus and an angel and give presents to children from an orphanage. But the presents don't seem to be for kids.
After the death of the director of the Polish company "Gont", the competition for his position begins. It is attended by the chief accountant Joachim Mackiewicz. However, the fight for the director's chair is skilfully manipulated by a certain Szczurowski. Mackiewicz, who wants to remain honest at...
End of August 1939. The Polish-German border is crossed by a German defector from the Wehrmacht, Ernst Hoffman, with the information that on August 26 at 4:45 Germany will attack Poland.
Jurek, a medical student and notorious womanizer, spends the night with Anka, a carefree and spirited girl who does not want to continue the relationship. The couple meets again after a few months. Jurek is forced to look for a place to live. He finds an offer for a room for a medical student in...
A savage parody of the Polish film industry, where a self-appointed director and his hapless sidekick, joined by a bumbling businessman, attempt to make a blockbuster without a script, driven only by egos and the promise of cash. Their shoot devolves into a farce of unpaid castings, half-naked...
