A plane heading for Paris becomes a time machine for Felicja (Barbara Krafftówna). She travels back in time to the war-time Cracow where during the Second World War she offered a safe hiding place to her greatest love, actor Wiktor Rawicz (Zbigniew Cybulski), hunted by the German secret police Gestapo. The internal monologue of the main heroine recounts the painful history of their relationship. As it shows, sacrifice was not enough for her to be loved while love could not save anyone.

An excellent film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Kazimierz Brandys. The only masterpiece of the Polish Film School with a heroine, a fact which stresses – through a mock reference to the famous scene from Ashes and Diamonds in which the heroes recall their fallen friends – the concealment of the war-time drama of women, which took place outside the boundaries of the great history, in the works of the authors of the Film School. The greatest part in the career of Barbara Krafftówna and Zbigniew Cybulski challenging the myth of Maciek Chełmicki, the protagonist of Ashes and Diamonds.


CYFROWE REPOZYTORIUM FILMOWE (DIGITAL FILM REPOSITORY) IS THE PARTNER OF PURE CLASSICS AT THE 38. GDYNIA FILM FESTIVAL.

Holly is suffering from a shock after her mother dies in tragic circumstances. Her father, who wants to help his daughter, takes her with him to work in marshes. Holly makes friends with an injured swan there and thanks to their friendship the bird recovers. The swan helps the girl forget the trauma of her mother’s death. Unfortunately, a foul man steals the swan. Holly and her father start a...

Anna is a novice, an orphan brought up in a convent. Before taking her vows, she is determined to meet Wanda, her only living relative. Wanda tells the girl that she is Jewish. They both set off on a journey to discover the tragic history of their family, as well as to understand who they really are.

Ian, a new spatial orientation instructor, arrives at an ophthalmology clinic in Lisbon. He comes to work with blind patients. However, the clinic personnel does not approve of his unconventional methods. Ian does not consider sensual perception to be very important. He believes that the mind and imagination make it possible to get about and have an active lifestyle.

A romantic trip to the woods of Wisienka and Robaczek gradually turns into a nightmare when dark secrets of the house they are staying for the night in start coming to light.

Adam, a priest, takes over a small congregation in the middle of nowhere. With great enthusiasm, he organises a music club for boys from dysfunctional families. His energy is very much appreciated, the local community accepts him as one of their kind. Everyone wants to be around him, to feel a hint of his vitality and energy, but no one knows that the priest carries a burden. When he meets...

An old school friend tries to free doctor Weronika from the grip of a hypnotist who steals dreams. The first colour film of the review. The filmmakers set the plot in the present and so resigned from technological innovations and fancy gadgets to make a film which is partly fantastical and partly psychological.

A story of Marek, a young writer who attends the ball of an eccentric millionaire, known as the king of publishers. At the party, he finds out that his debut novel will be published. The same evening, he reaches ecstasy and becomes a killer. A combination of alcohol and psychotropics makes him black out. When Marek regains consciousness, he remembers nothing. He goes through hell to discover the truth...