It’s 1936. The US government hires the archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis obtain its incredible powers.

The film features Franz Klammer, an accomplished Austrian skier, dubbed by many the ‘king of skis’. The authors depict the loneliness of this ‘successful man’, who currently does not participate in any sports competitions, in a somewhat ironic and, at times, grotesque manner. The viewer is surprised by numerous intriguing cinematographic solutions, which accentuate the emotional and aesthetic qualities of the film.

The story was based on a folk ballad and morality tale. To the accompaniment of a countryside band, we follow the fate of Kasia, a debauched girl taken to hell for her unholy deeds. The staging, imagery and scenery resemble a Nativity play and aim to instruct and warn the viewer about the consequences of ‘bad behaviour’.

The main character is a poor porter at a luxury hotel. He takes pride in his job, especially the grand uniform he wears, which earns him the respect of his family and friends. One day, however, he is relegated to working in the hotel toilet. Film from the collection of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (www.murnau-stiftung.de) in Wiesbaden.

The play is a grotesque portrait of a Polish intellectual over thirty. One morning, the protagonist is woken up (or is it still part of his dream?) by mysterious figures who accuse him of not taking part in the competition going on in the world, of living ‘too slowly’, of being a grey ‘everyman’ – a nobody. Despite his objections, he ends up on a training ground that is supposed...

A seemingly ordinary event, signing a mortgage contract with a bank, becomes a pretext for a fascinating game played between two characters: a Banker and his female Client. The man knows her: she teaches his daughter. Unexpectedly, their conversation deviates far from the usual contract signing procedure. The drama of the meeting stems from Banker’s fight for the Client’s ‘soul’. His position as a representative of a powerful system is...

The film is based on a narrative about war improvised by a small boy. A seemingly child’s play contains echoes of a real war, battle struggles and images of defeat. It is an expressive children’s poem with an anti-war message.