It’s Quite True!
The plot takes place in the suburbs of Kurze Miasteczko (Hen Town), which serves as a metaphor of the human world. Although the hens live their hen life and instead of buildings there are henhouses along the streets, their behaviours give a grotesque view of human reactions and emotions related to spreading a gossip.
Jacek and Placek
Karbala
Captain Kalicki’s reconnaissance company takes over recruits from the country, paramedic Kamil Grad among them. On the way to the base the company enters into an ambush. At Kalicki’s request Kamil is accused of failure to render aid to a wounded comrade during the action and is transferred to the City Hall for questioning. On the next day Kalicki’s company arrives at the City Hall with the task of holding the building for the first 24 hours.
Kalicki, his soldiers and Kamil, cut off from the world in rebellion-striken Karbala, will take part in the largest battle that Polish soldiers have fought since World War II.
Karski & The Lords of Humanity
Jan Karski (actually Jan Kozielewski) set out to Great Britain in autumn of 1942 and then on to the USA to present a report on the condition of the Polish Underground State and primarily to inform the international community about the disastrous situation of Jews under German occupation. Before his departure, Karski made it inside the ghetto twice and also to the transit camp in Izbica Lubelska. He passed the shocking account of an eyewitness on to American and British politicians, journalists and artists. However, the dramatic appeals of the emissary to save the Jewish nation proved to no avail.
Knife in the water
Roman Polanski’s legendary directorial debut, surprises with the precision of its screenplay, the maturity of directing, the masterful mise-en-scene (that Polanski owes partly to his DoP Jerzy Lipman), and leading the actors. Plus the atmospheric score by Krzysztof Komeda in the background.
Knife in the water
Roman Polanski’s legendary directorial debut, surprises with the precision of its screenplay, the maturity of directing, the masterful mise-en-scene (that Polanski owes partly to his DoP Jerzy Lipman), and leading the actors. Plus the atmospheric score by Krzysztof Komeda in the background.
Laughter in the Dark
Lesson of the Dead Language
One of the best films in the director's output and another of his works portraying the image of a vanishing world. A story about death, about a man dying and the fading of an era - and also, about the absurd.