Tango

Tango 1992

1

A TV adaptation of Sławomir Mrożek's play, about a family whose rejection of traditional values leads to erosion of their daily lives and Artur's, the youngest one's efforts to reinstate rules in the house.

1992

Deborah

Deborah 1995

5.00

In a small Polish town in the summer of 1939, a married painter and a young Jewish woman begin an affair. Based on the novel by Marek Sołtysik.

1995

Inner State

Inner State 1989

1

December, 1981. World-class champion Ewa Jaskólska is looking forward to a cruise around the world with her yacht. At her farewell party, several people are present that are connected to the new Solidarnośc movement. The guests are filmed by a TV journalist. The introduction of the martial law in Poland leads to problems for all people involved. Can Ewa go back to her home country after these dramatic changes in Poland?

1989

X-Ray

X-Ray 1974

5.70

Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.

1974

Honey Hunters

Honey Hunters 2016

9.00

A life story of bees and people. In order to get to the bottom of the mysteries of the life of bees and show them to the audience, the camera enters a contemporary hive and a traditional wild beehive drilled in the trunk of an old tree. It wanders the forests in Poland and Ural, mountains in Nepal and... roofs of Paris and Warsaw. For millions years bees have been laboriously building the natural environment of our planet. These days, they started to die by millions. A programme of wild tree beekeeping reintroduction was launched in Polish forests. It has been an ancient local tradition. Maybe reaching for the past, the original model of coexistence of bees and people, for wild tree beekeeping, can help us to save the bees? After watching “Honey Hunters” everyone wants to have their own beehive and harvest their own honey!

2016

Barrier

Barrier 1966

6.70

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

1966

War of Love

War of Love 2010

4.33

Klara and Aniela are two young girls who decide not to get married. This decision makes bachelors even more eager to conquer them. Adaptation of the classic comedy by Aleksander Fredro.

2010

The Lullaby

The Lullaby 1986

1

The movie consists of three novellas, the events of which take place during World War II. The first, "White Daisies", tells how a Polish priest saves a Jewish boy who survived a mass shooting. Another movie story, "Desolation," is about a ghetto boy in love who must, by all means, bring wildflowers to his beloved. The third novel, "The Cuckoo's Prediction," is about a prisoner who escapes from a POW camp. He escapes after his bunkmate tells him that he heard him speaking Yiddish in his sleep.

1986

Small World

Small World 2021

7.58

After disappearing from a small Polish town, a mother discovers her 4-year old daughter, Ola, has been abducted by the Russian Mafia. In pursuit of her daughter, she is stopped for speeding by a police officer, Robert Goc. His intervention results in the escape of the kidnappers across the Eastern border. Feeling guilt for failing to prevent the abduction, Robert becomes engaged in an international investigation to find the missing girl.

2021

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds 1958

7.39

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.

1958

Johnny

Johnny 2022

7.26

After a court order sends him to work at a hospice, an ex-criminal strikes up a friendship with a compassionate priest who changes his life.

2022

We'll Be Fine

We'll Be Fine 2022

4.50

When, despite being in your thirties, you are still living with your parents. When you're short of cash, your girlfriends aren't getting along, and your life increasingly tastes of cheap discount beer - then you recognize that it's high time to finally change something. Such conclusions are reached in unison by Albert, Marcin and Jacek - three buddies from the housing estate, who, after a series of business disasters, finally come up with an idea on how to make a nice profit. Thus is born a plan for a daring plot that will lead the heroes into the middle of a big wedding, where not only money, but also a chance for a hot romance awaits them. Along the way, all they have to do is not to spoil anything. And with that, as we all know, things can vary. Sometimes it's easier said than done to do something yourself.

2022

Normal People

Normal People 2011

6.00

Daniel has just been released from prison and is trying to make a new life for himself. Between taking care of his alcoholic mother and finding a job, he might be able to find some happiness and normalcy in a new relationship.

2011

Pożegnanie z Marią

Pożegnanie z Marią 1993

6.00

On their wedding day in occupied Poland, poet Tadeusz brings Sarah, the Jewish woman he rescued from a Gestapo officer, to the celebration, only for her captor Cieślik to crash the party and force her into an impossible choice: become his lover or betray her to the Nazis. Filip Zylber’s debut uses Tomasz Stańko’s music and expanded characterizations to breathe new poetic life into Borowski’s terse wartime tale.

1993

Fascinatrix

Fascinatrix 2018

10.00

Fascinatrix is a musical about a bold woman driven by revenge, who cross-dresses as a witch hunter and enters the Inquisition's castle...

2018

Winter Twilight

Winter Twilight 1957

5.50

Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.

1957

The Bait

The Bait 2009

2.33

A star New York City detective is investigating the beating of a young girl. Following the crime trail he finds new victims. As the bodies start to pile up, so does the list of possible suspects. This "Who Done It" starts to look like a "Who Didn't Do It" with a surprising twist when love, romance, envy and rage collide.

2009

Clergyman

Clergyman 1970

1

In 2011, a psychiatric patient is visited by a postulate. The patient is a retired head of the "D" Group – a secret department of the Security Service to fight against the Polish Catholic church. Murders, beatings, blackmails, provocations, robberies, those are standard methods of operation for its officers. The postulate wants to unravel the mystery of the death of priest Roman Kotlarz, a parish priest from Pelagow.

1970

Barnaby

Barnaby 1968

7.00

A French/Polish stop-motion animated TV series starring Colargol, a little bear who wants to sing and travel the world. The series was renamed Barnaby when it was dubbed into English and broadcast in the UK by the BBC.

1968

At Home - Poland

At Home - Poland 2020

1

Spring 2020, Poland. 16 filmmakers create 14 short films about unexpected experience of isolation caused by pandemic.

2020

Mission Afghanistan

Mission Afghanistan 2012

1

Polish soldiers from different backgrounds bond while stationed in the Middle East under the command of inexperienced lieutenant.

2012

39 i pół

39 i pół 2008

5.90

39 i pół is a Polish comedy-drama television series that appeared on TVN for three seasons from March 4, 2008 through December 1, 2009. The series tells the story about Darek, a man just before his 40th birthday who wants go back to his wife and teenage son.

2008

Public Prosecutor

Public Prosecutor 2015

6.83

District attorney Kazimierz Proch with policeman Witold Kielak tries to figure out what happened with his family.

2015

Droga

Droga 1975

7.50

Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.

1975

Days of Honor - Powstanie

Days of Honor - Powstanie 2014

6.63

This is really season 7 of Days Of Honor, though the timings are out as some of the events in this series pre-date season 6. More about Polish resistance to the Nazis during WWII

2014

Plebania

Plebania 2000

4.80

Plebania is a Polish soap opera broadcast from October 5, 2000 to January 27, 2012 on TVP1. The series is about the lives of ordinary people in the fictional Polish village of Tulczyn. The plot revolves around the family, religious, and social issues of the village inhabitants with central roles played by a parish priest, his family and friends, and a wealthy business man known for shady dealings. Plebania is the second-longest Polish soap opera.

2000