List of Polish language films
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There are two lists of Polish language
films:
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
films:
- Alphabetical by Polish title
- Alphabetical by title of English release
Alphabetical by Polish title
- AusteriaAusteriaAusteria is a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, released in 1983.Austeria takes place during the opening days of World War I, in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. Tag is a Jewish innkeeper whose inn is located near the border with Russia...
- Avalon
- Bilans kwartalnyA Woman's DecisionA Woman's Decision is a 1975 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:*Maja Komorowska as Marta*Piotr Fronczewski as Jan*Marek Piwowski as Jacek...
- Człowiek z MarmuruMan of MarbleMan of Marble is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut , who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new socialist city near Kraków...
- Człowiek z ŻelazaMan of IronMan of Iron is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union....
- Dekalog
- Dług
- Eroica
- FaraonPharaoh (film)Pharaoh is a 1966 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the eponymous novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. In 1967 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
- Golem
- EroicaHeroism (film)Heroism is a 1958 film by Andrzej Munk. It is composed of two separate film novels, each featuring the Polish concept of heroism and a role of a hero.Eroica won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1959 Mar del Plata Film Festival....
- Jak być kochanąHow To Be LovedHow to be Loved , a Polish film released in 1963, directed by Wojciech Has.The film, based on a novel of the same name by Kazimierz Brandys, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the Polish Film School...
- KanałKanal (film)Kanał is a 1956 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers...
- Klincz
- LotnaLotnaLotna is a Polish war film released in 1959 and directed by Andrzej Wajda.-Overview:This highly symbolic movie is both the director's tribute to the long and glorious history of the Polish cavalry, as well as a more ambiguous portrait of the passing of an era...
- MiśMISThe abbreviation MIS may refer to:*Miś , a 1980 Polish film directed by Stanisław Bareja*mis, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 three-letter language code for uncoded languages-Biology:...
- Nóż w wodzieKnife in the Water (film)Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish drama film directed by Roman Polański. It is Polanski's first feature film, featuring three characters in a story of rivalry and sexual tension.-Plot:...
- Na Torze
- Ogniem i Mieczem
- Ostatni dzień lataThe Last Day of SummerThe Last Day of Summer is a 1958 romantic drama film directed by the Polish film director Tadeusz Konwicki.-Plot:The action takes place amid the deserted dunes and screaming gulls of a chilly Baltic shore. Two lonely, damaged people, played by Irena Laskowska and Jan Machulski, whose characters...
- Pan Wołodyjowski
- Pasażerka
- PianistaThe Pianist (2002 film)The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman...
- Pociąg
- PokolenieA GenerationA Generation is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel Pokolenie by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script, and it was Wajda's first film and the opening installment of what became his Three War Films trilogy set in the Second World War, completed by Kanal and...
- Popiół i DiamentAshes and Diamonds (film)Ashes and Diamonds is a 1958 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski...
- PotopThe Deluge (film)The Deluge is the English title of the Polish film Potop, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on the novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz...
- PożegnaniaFarewellsFarewells is the English title for Pożegnania, a film released in 1958, directed by Wojciech Has....
- Pręgi
- Przez dotykBy TouchBy Touch is a 1986 Polish film directed by Magdalena Lazarkiewicz and written by Lazarkiewicz and Ilona Lepkowska. It was released in Poland on September 24, 1986.-Cast:*Barbara Chojecka*Tadeusz Chudecki as Priest*Maria Ciunelis as Teresa Jankowska...
- Quo VadisQuo Vadis (2001 film)Quo Vadis is a 2001 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz based on the book of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was Poland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated....
- Rejs
- Rękopis znaleziony w SaragossieThe Saragossa Manuscript (film)The Saragossa Manuscript is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements...
- Sanatorium Pod KlepsydrąThe Hour-Glass SanatoriumThe Hour-Glass Sanatorium is a 1973 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Mieczysław Voit, Halina Kowalska and Gustaw Holoubek. It is also known as The Sandglass in English speaking countries. The story follows a man who visits his father in a mystical...
- Seksmisja
- Trzy Kolory: BialyThree Colors: WhiteThree Colors: White is a 1994 Polish mystery comedy-drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski...
- ZemstaThe Revenge (film)The Revenge is the English title for Zemsta, a film released in 2002, directed by Andrzej Wajda. This film is an adaptation of a perennially popular stage farce of the same name by the Polish dramatist and poet Aleksander Fredro....
- Ziemia Obiecana
Alphabetical by title of English release
- A GenerationA GenerationA Generation is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel Pokolenie by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script, and it was Wajda's first film and the opening installment of what became his Three War Films trilogy set in the Second World War, completed by Kanal and...
- Ashes and DiamondsAshes and Diamonds (film)Ashes and Diamonds is a 1958 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on the 1948 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski...
- AusteriaAusteriaAusteria is a Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, released in 1983.Austeria takes place during the opening days of World War I, in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. Tag is a Jewish innkeeper whose inn is located near the border with Russia...
- Blind ChanceBlind ChanceBlind Chance is a Polish film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Made in 1981, the film was suppressed by the Polish authorities for several years, until its delayed release in 1987...
- By TouchBy TouchBy Touch is a 1986 Polish film directed by Magdalena Lazarkiewicz and written by Lazarkiewicz and Ilona Lepkowska. It was released in Poland on September 24, 1986.-Cast:*Barbara Chojecka*Tadeusz Chudecki as Priest*Maria Ciunelis as Teresa Jankowska...
- Camera BuffCamera BuffCamera Buff is a 1979 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life.- Plot summary :...
- Colonel WolodyjowskiColonel Wolodyjowski (film)Colonel Wolodyjowski is the English title of the Polish film Pan Wołodyjowski, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1968. The film is based on Fire in the Steppe, a novel by the Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz...
- The Cruise
- The Debt
- The DecalogueThe DecalogueThe Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner...
- The DelugeThe Deluge (film)The Deluge is the English title of the Polish film Potop, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1974. The film is based on the novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz...
- The Double Life of Véronique The Double Life of VéroniqueThe Double Life of Véronique is a 1991 French- and Polish-language film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, starring Irène Jacob, with original music by Zbigniew Preisner. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside Poland.A...
- FarewellsFarewellsFarewells is the English title for Pożegnania, a film released in 1958, directed by Wojciech Has....
- HeroismHeroism (film)Heroism is a 1958 film by Andrzej Munk. It is composed of two separate film novels, each featuring the Polish concept of heroism and a role of a hero.Eroica won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1959 Mar del Plata Film Festival....
- The Hour-Glass SanatoriumThe Hour-Glass SanatoriumThe Hour-Glass Sanatorium is a 1973 Polish film directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, starring Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Mieczysław Voit, Halina Kowalska and Gustaw Holoubek. It is also known as The Sandglass in English speaking countries. The story follows a man who visits his father in a mystical...
- How to Be LovedHow To Be LovedHow to be Loved , a Polish film released in 1963, directed by Wojciech Has.The film, based on a novel of the same name by Kazimierz Brandys, examines the emotional casualties of war, which is perhaps the central theme of the Polish Film School...
- KanalKanal (film)Kanał is a 1956 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It was the first film made about the Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers...
- Knife in the WaterKnife in the Water (film)Knife in the Water is a 1962 Polish drama film directed by Roman Polański. It is Polanski's first feature film, featuring three characters in a story of rivalry and sexual tension.-Plot:...
- Korczak
- The Last Day of SummerThe Last Day of SummerThe Last Day of Summer is a 1958 romantic drama film directed by the Polish film director Tadeusz Konwicki.-Plot:The action takes place amid the deserted dunes and screaming gulls of a chilly Baltic shore. Two lonely, damaged people, played by Irena Laskowska and Jan Machulski, whose characters...
- LotnaLotnaLotna is a Polish war film released in 1959 and directed by Andrzej Wajda.-Overview:This highly symbolic movie is both the director's tribute to the long and glorious history of the Polish cavalry, as well as a more ambiguous portrait of the passing of an era...
- Man of IronMan of IronMan of Iron is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union....
- Man of MarbleMan of MarbleMan of Marble is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut , who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new socialist city near Kraków...
- Man on the TracksMan on the TracksMan on the Tracks is a 1956 film by Andrzej Munk.Man on the Tracks was one of the first films of the so-called Polish Film School and as such influenced the whole generation of young directors who participated in the movement....
- Night Train
- No EndNo End (film)No End is a 1985 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski ultimately concerning the state of Martial law in Poland after the banning of the trade union Solidarity in 1981....
- The PassengerPassenger (film)Passenger is an unfinished 1963 Polish film directed by Andrzej Munk, which Witold Lesiewicz assembled for release.Passenger, using the form of a documentary, relates the experiences of one female SS officer at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust and her relationship with an...
- PharaohPharaoh (film)Pharaoh is a 1966 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the eponymous novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. In 1967 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
- The PianistThe Pianist (2002 film)The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman...
- The Promised Land
- The RevengeThe Revenge (film)The Revenge is the English title for Zemsta, a film released in 2002, directed by Andrzej Wajda. This film is an adaptation of a perennially popular stage farce of the same name by the Polish dramatist and poet Aleksander Fredro....
- The Saragossa ManuscriptThe Saragossa Manuscript (film)The Saragossa Manuscript is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements...
- Sexmission
- A Short Film About KillingA Short Film About KillingA Short Film About Killing is a 1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski expanded from the fifth episode in the Polish television series Dekalog...
- A Short Film About LoveA Short Film About LoveA Short Film About Love is an expanded film version of the sixth episode of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's 1988 Polish language ten-part television series, The Decalogue...
- Three Colors: WhiteThree Colors: WhiteThree Colors: White is a 1994 Polish mystery comedy-drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski...
- Teddy BearMISThe abbreviation MIS may refer to:*Miś , a 1980 Polish film directed by Stanisław Bareja*mis, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 three-letter language code for uncoded languages-Biology:...
- A Woman's DecisionA Woman's DecisionA Woman's Decision is a 1975 Polish drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:*Maja Komorowska as Marta*Piotr Fronczewski as Jan*Marek Piwowski as Jacek...