Agent #1 - DVD Item#: DV475
The adventures of real-life Polish spy and war hero Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow are brought to the big screen in this gripping action drama from renowned screenwriter Aleksander Scibor-Rylski (Man of Iron) and director Zbigniew Kuzminski (On the Banks of ...
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Apple Tree of Paradise - Rajska Jablon DVD Item#: DV066
The sequal to The Girls of Nowolipki is set in Warsaw after the First World War, when Poland regained her independence. Again, the film follows the lives of two young heroines. Druga czesc Dziewczat z Nowolipek, dalsze losy mlodych bohaterek po I ...
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Aquarium, The - Akwarium DVD Item#: DV646
This psychological spy thriller is a study of the methods used to shape the personality of an individual working in the service of a totalitarian empire. Based on the true story of a Soviet GRU spy, Victor Suvorov, who wanders the capitals of Western ...
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Austeria - DVD Item#: DV300
On the first day of World War I, a group of Jews flee from the Cossack army in Polish Galicia and finds itself trapped overnight in a border inn. Relationships develop, love affairs are threatened, the religious pray.The director combines his gifts ...
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Bad Luck - Zezowate Szczescie DVD Item#: DV491
Bad Luck is a comedic criticism of Poland's self-proclaimed bravery, and wartime heroism. Jan Piszczyk, the "hero" of the story, is anything but a hero. This is one of the most popular comedies from post-war Poland. Film wykpiwajacy polskie mity ...
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Beautiful Stranger - Piekna Nieznajoma DVD Item#: DV325
A love story and a thriller in one, set in 1916 during WWI. Young lieutenant Obozow sent on a special mission to Stockholm, falls in love with a beautiful woman. The conflict between love and duty reaches its climax when the lieutenant finds out that ...
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Big Shar - Wielki Szu DVD Item#: DV605
The accomplished Polish actor Jan Nowicki stars in the title role as an aging card shark who gets back in the game. After a naive gambler, Jurek, tries to hustle Big Shar and fails, he agrees to teach the lad his tricks and the pair begin an unlikely ...
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Border Street - Ulica Graniczna DVD Item#: DV340
Considered to be the best post-war Polish film, a tragedy about Warsaw ghetto involving an array of people of different ethnic and social classes who are all neighbors trying to survive in an everchanging period. The film climaxes with the Ghetto ...
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Calls Controlled - Rozmowy Kontrolowane DVD Item#: DV241
Popular writer-actor Stanislaw Tym returns to the screen as Ryszard Ochodzki, the role that made him famous in the hit comedy THE BEAR. When Colonel Molibden of the secret service asks Ryszard to infiltrate Solidarity, a series of misadventures ...
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Cellulose - Celuloza DVD Item#: DV621
Master filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz (Mother Joan of the Angels) made his solo directorial debut with this uncompromising drama based on an Igor Newerly novel. Celuloza follows the inner journey of a peasant's son, who becomes politically radicalized ...
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Clouds of War - Czarne Chmury DVD Item#: DV373
Clouds of War is a TV series that ran in Poland with a total of 10 episodes, approx. 47-55 mins each. Total run 508 minutes. 4:3 format VOLUME 1 1. SCAFFOLD During the second half of the 17th century, Jan Stolpecki is ...
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Colonel Wolodyjowski - Pan Wolodyjowski DVD Item#: DV056
A of tale the modest and heroic "little knight" Michal Wolodyjowski, and his friend Zagloba, a colourful yarnspinner with a cunning mind and a taste for meat. A fresco in picture and a ballad in mood, the film is set in the 17th century Eastern ...
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Consul - Konsul DVD Item#: DV449
Based on a true story about a Polish con artist who gets out of jails and poses an honorary consul. With Piotr Franczewski, Maria Pakulnis, Henryk Bistra, and Jerzy Bonczak. "Delightful" (Variety). Telewizja informuje o aresztowaniu zuchwalego ...
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Deluge, The - Potop DVD Item#: DV059
The action of the film takes place in the 17th century, in the period of the Polish-Swedish war. The plot is woven around the stormy love of the main character in the film, Andrzej Kmicic (Daniel Olbrychski), for a young gentlewoman named Olenka. ...
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Departure - Odjazd DVD Item#: DV472
This tense social drama stars acclaimed Polish actress Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska (White) in her award-winning role as a woman of German ancestry who lives in the Mazurian Lake district of Poland. Never at home in Poland, she wants her daughter to ...
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Depot of the Dead, The - Baza Ludzi Umarlych DVD Item#: DV495
The dramatic story of a desperate struggle for survival by a group of truck drivers locked in a remote mountain base. Living and working in wretched conditions, practically slaves to the timber industry, these brooding men find their ritualized world ...
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Deserters Gold - Zloto Dezerterow DVD Item#: DV825
It has been 20 years since the end of World War I and Kania and his friends are scattered throughout Europe. But when the new war starts, they all return home. The Polish Underground's headquarters are seeking financial sources to cover purchase of a ...
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Devil, The - Diabel DVD Item#: DV655
A political allegory wrapped in the guise of a gory horror film, Andrzej Zulawski's The Devil did not escape the wrath of communist censorship. The film was banned in Poland for 15 years before getting a sporadic release in 1987. Jakub (Leszek ...
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Dismissed from Life - Zwolnieni z zycia DVD Item#: DV483
Thriller. 1990 - Poland. Milicia security unit officers threatend by dissident statement on State TV are trying to kill him. Failed attempt leads to a number of following actions that end in a tragic final. An excellent performance by Krystyna Janda ...
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Emergency Exit - Wyjscie Awaryjne DVD Item#: DV664
In a small Polish village during the 1980s, the Koledowie family lives a happy, quiet life. Mrs. Koledowie enjoys a prominent standing in her community, while her husband breeds ducks and grows flowers in their greenhouse. One day, Mrs. Koledowie ...
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Enigma Secret - Sekret Enigmy DVD Item#: DV074
The story of the breaking of the Nazi secret coding machine Enigma, by three Polish athematicians. Although Alan Turing tends to get much of the credit for breaking the Nazi "Enigma" codes during World War II, three Polish mathematicians did ...
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Eroica DVD Item#: DV490
A truly great film and one of the key works of postwar Polish cinema, this feature by Andrzej Munk is a fine example of the Polish myth of romantic heroism. The Warsaw Uprising is looked at through the eyes of a drunken black marketeer; in the second ...
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Faustina - Faustyna DVD Item#: DV409
An Artistic representation of the mystical life led by Faustina Kowalska, a member of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, based upon experiences recorded in her spiritual diary. Movie of a religious character depicts the complexity of ...
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Girls of Nowolipki, The - Dziewczeta z Nowolipek DVD Item#: DV019
A picture of turn-of-the-century Warsaw as experienced by four young girls. The film begins as the heroines finish school and must begin adult life. Based on the story by Pola Gojawiczynska. Continued in Apple Tree of Paradise. Ekranizacja ...
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Giuseppe in Warsaw - Giuseppe w Warszawie DVD Item#: DV615
Legendary Polish screen stars Zbigniew Cybulski and Elzbieta Czyzewski lead this light-hearted comedy set in occupied Poland during World War II. Cybulski plays an artist whose kind-hearted sister, Maria, brings an Italian deserter named Giuseppe into ...
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H.M. Deserters - CK Dezerterzy DVD Item#: DV011
This fantastic comedy begins when a bunch of "politically suspected" soldiers of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, whose job it is to guard a camp for Italian POW's, desert from their duties. A long string of adventures soon follows. Cast: Marek ...
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Heat - Upal DVD Item#: DV662
Based on the old Polish variety theater, Kabaret Starszych Panow, or "Old Gentlemen's Cabaret," this cult comedy classic is renowned for its slapstick gags and absurd humor. Two entertainers in top hats and tails wreak havoc around town as they search ...
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Immoral Story, An - Historia niemoralna DVD Item#: DV653
From Barbara Sass, the popular Polish director of The Girls of Nowolipki, comes this bittersweet tale of an aging actress in the twilight of her career. Once a significant stage performer, Ewa (Dorota Stalinska) wiles away her time drinking in her ...
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Innocent Sorcerers - Niewinni Czarodzieje DVD Item#: DV368
A neglected masterpiece by Andrzej Wajda, reflective of the best of 1960s Polish cinema. Cynical in tone, the work is important for being "the first film in Eastern Europe to chronicle the disillusionment of the younger generation" - San Francisco ...
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Its Me, the Thief - To ja zlodziej DVD Item#: DV822
This is the award winning hard luck story of Jojo, a sixteen year old boy who has high aspirations for the future but who unfortunately has no chance at achieving them because he is forced to support his family by working in an auto repair shop. The ...
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Janosik: The Highland Robber DVD Item#: DV669
Janosik is a legendary hero of the Tatra Mountains. As the leader of a band of outlaws this mountain robber steals from the rich and helps the poor. An exciting action film, in the tradition of Robin Hood, full of adventures, fights, duels, pursuits ...
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Just Beyond This Forest - Jeszcze tylko ten las DVD Item#: DV501
Set in 1942, film opens with an Aryan washerwoman arrival to the Warsaw's ghetto. The Jewish wife she worked for before the war hires her to take her young daughter to the countryside until the war is over. Realizing she has the upperhand, the maid is ...
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Kingsize - Kingsajz DVD Item#: DV126
"Kingsize" is a fairytale happening now. The cellar of an old library is a haven for miniature men whom civilization has driven out of the forests. The gnomes kingdom also has its elite holding fast to position of authority and privilege. The most ...
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Law and the Fist, The - Prawo i piesc DVD Item#: DV480
Six men are assigned the duty of guarding treasures recovered from the Germans in 1945 and must fight the temptation to keep the items for their own wealth. A tense, involving drama and an interesting look at the postwar moral climate in Poland, this ...
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Leper, The - Tredowata DVD Item#: DV079
A moving, melodramatic story of the forbidden love affair between a wealthy young a nobleman and the beautiful teacher of a high society girl. She will never be accepted in those circles, she will always be rejected, just like a leper. A moving, ...
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Lotna - DVD Item#: DV365
The history of Polish cavalry in its fight against the Germans in WWII as symbolized by an off-white horse that passes to various people in the military. Wajda, son of a cavalry officer killed in the war, made his first color film as a tribute to the ...
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Major Hubal DVD Item#: DV254
Legendary Hubal-Major Dobrzanski continued to fight the Nazi occupation of Poland despite the incredible odds against him and his band of soldiers. This war drama is based on a true story. Utrzymana w tonacji balladowej opowiesc o dziejach ...
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Man on the Tracks - Czlowiek na torze DVD Item#: DV504
Based on a short story by J.S. Stawinski, the film is a study of an old railway worker who cannot fit into the contemporary world and its ideals. Devoting his life to his work, he gives his life to save a train. A blatantly anti-Stalinist film dealing ...
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Mother Joan of the Angels - Matka Joanna Od Aniolow DVD Item#: DV331
Mother Joan of the Angels is a neglected masterpiece of the Polish cinema. Based on the same historical events that inspired Aldous Huxley's novel The Devils of Loudon and Ken Russell's film The Devils, Mother Joan of the Angels is a disturbing ...
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Night Train - Pociag DVD Item#: DV466
Suffering an inner crisis, Marthe (Winnicka) buys a ticket from a stranger, for a crowded holiday train, and finds herself in a "Men Only" sleeper with an unhappy doctor. The police board the train in search of a killer... A powerful, psychological ...
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Nights and Days Noce i Dnie DVD Item#: DV053
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this epic family drama based on Maria Dabrowska's novel Noce i Dnie was described as "Poland's Gone With the Wind" (The Washington Post). Set in the second half of the 19th century after ...
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On the Banks of Niemen - Nad Niemnem DVD Item#: DV052
An epic love story, set in the Grodno area after the January 1863 uprising, pairs two lovers from different social classes. Their families, in the meantime, have strong objections to their union. Based on a novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa. Cast: Janusz ...
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On the Silver Globe - Na srebrnym globie DVD Item#: DV637
"One of cinema's most stunning extravagances, and the most frightening art film you will ever see," says Film Comment's Michael Atkinson about this banned science fiction epic by controversial director Andrej Zulawski. The Polish Ministry of Culture ...
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Peasants, The - Chlopi DVD Item#: DV013
Based on the Nobel prize winning novel by Wladyslaw Reymont. Set in a small central Polish village at the beginning of the 20th century, the plot revolves around a father's and son's violent love for the same woman, set against the rich detail of ...
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Pope of the Century DVD Item#: DV678
For the past quarter century, Pope John Paul II led Catholicism through perhaps the most trying epoch of its history, challenged by some of the most searching examinations of the Church's teachings. This is the only COMPLETE DVD of John Paul II's ...
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Promised Land - Ziemia obiecana DVD Item#: DV802
Andrzej Wajda's 1974 19th century epic about the sweeping changes in values brought about by the industrial revolution, based on the novel by Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Promised Land. Praiseworthy for its physical scope, masterful direction, and fine ...
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Quack, The - Zanchor DVD Item#: DV098
Set in Poland of the 1930's. A famous surgeon loses his memory and begins wandering alone through Poland's Eastern frontier. Unbelievable happenings abound, including an intriguing amorous adventure. Melodramat wg. powiesci Tadeusza ...
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Samson DVD Item#: DV395
Based on the novel by Kazimierz Brandys, Samson (1961) is a profound psychological study of a man who accidentally kills a schoolmate in a brawl and is imprisoned. He is released with the onset of World War II, only to be locked up once more, but in ...
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Sexmission - Seksmisja DVD Item#: DV453
Two men, voluntarily hibernated, are awakened 50 years later to learn that men don't exist anymore. Nuclear war destroyed all the Earth's vegetation, men were exterminated and women are ruling from the underground. Facing harsh treatment from their ...
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Sienkiewicz Trilogy - Trylogia 5 DVD Set Item#: DV999
Set contains all three films by director Jerzy Hoffman, based on novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz: With Fire and Sword The Deluge Colonel WolodyjowskiAll three moves are directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The set is released on 5 DVDs containing moving ...
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Vabank - DVD Item#: DV526
This charming caper film about a legendary thief who must pull one last job is the debut feature film of Juliusz Machulski, director of the beloved comedy hits Kingsize and Sexmission. Set in Lodz in 1930's, the film follows the exploits of Kwinto, a ...
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Vabank II - DVD Item#: DV527
In this sequel to the hit comedy Vabank, Poland's most popular screen actor (Jan Machulski) returns as legendary bandit Kwinto. When the suave thief's long-time enemy Kramer escapes from prison to get even, Kwinto calls upon his old gang to meet the ...
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With Fire & Sword - Ogniem i mieczem DVD Item#: DV670
At the time of its release, this lavish historical epic was the most expensive Polish film ever made. Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis, this grand drama is set in 17th century Poland during the Cossack uprising against the Polish ...
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