POLISH FILMS ON DVD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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Adventures of Reksio (Reksio) (2004, 65 min.)
Reksio is a very famous children's cartoon character in Poland, and this set of seven different cartoons follows Reksio as he meets up with new friends and has many grand adventures. |
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Angel In Cracow (Aniol w Krakowie) (2002, 89 min.)
Angel Giordano visits the souls in Purgatory far too often. He is fascinated with rock'n'roll and generally leads an outrageous lifestyle for an angel. He is sentenced to life on Earth, where he must perform at least one act of kindness a day. He winds up in Krakow, Poland. He is so deeply enchanted by its atmosphere that he asks his heavenly superiors to let him stay there. He meets Hanka, a single mother, who makes her living selling sausages in the street. Giordano eagerly assists her. Over time, though still regarding him as an eccentric, Hanka begins to trust him. No English subtitles!!! |
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Anger (Gniew) 1998, 89 min
Pawel and Magda escape to a secluded old house where Pawel spent his summers. What they don't realize is that Pawel’s younger brother has run away from juvenile hall and is hiding at the house. The brothers’ reunion becomes a cruel, yet emotional contest when criminal friends of Piotr’s arrive at the house and threaten Pawel and Magda. Only Piotr can stop the cruel game - but does he want to? |
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The Art of Love (Sztuka Kochania) 1989, 97 min
An erotic comedy about the adventures of a famous sexologist, the well-known author of a popular sex advice column, who has some serious problems. First, a jilted bridegroom wants to know why the doctor advised his bride to call off the wedding. Now, he’s faced with his own impotence. The doctor must regain his manhood and help the would-be bride, or his career may be over! |
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Bellissima (2000, 69 min.)
Bellissima follows the unfolding relationship of an ambitious mother and her beautiful and talented daughter through the complications and struggles they each must understand, before realizing their dreams. |
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Billbord 1998
Kuba, a 30-year-old advertising hot shot becomes entangled in a series of mysterious and horrifying events when his boss orders him to find a Masza, the Russian model who has disappeared. His search for the girl on the billboard leads him into the dark criminal underworld of snuff films. |
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Bolek & Lolek On Vacation, Part1 (1964)
It is very popular cartoons about two friends Bolek & Lolek. They have just started their vacations and of course they have a lot of adventures: with poacher, giraffe, in the desert, with treasure, they would travel as hitch-hikers and would have sea adventures. It is a lot of fun for all family. |
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Bolek & Lolek On Vacation, Part2(1964)
It is very popular cartoons about two friends Bolek & Lolek. They are already on their vacations - this time they are going camping. They would see amusement park and they would take part in mushroom hunting. A lot of fun for all family. |
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Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą) (1999, 92 min.)
Teenagers in modern Warsaw: Kuba Brenner wants to become a violinist. Kuba wants to help his very shy friend, Oskar, to meet some girls. Through a series of complicated accidents, Kuba finds himself in the middle of a meeting of the local Polish Mafia. |
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Career of Nikos Dyzma (Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy) 2001, 110 min
An incident of apparently no significance becomes a turning point in the career of Nikodem Dyzma, a funeral eulogist. Once he embarrasses the hated Vice Prime Minister, his life changes dramatically as he rises up the political ladder to become a favorite hero among politicians and their bored wives. |
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Coyote's Morning (Poranek kojota) (2001, 93 min.)
Kuba, a struggling cartoon illustrator and Naomi, a popular and beautiful Polish singer, cross paths, and fall madly in love...but her former lover, a gangster, has other plans for Naomi and her new love. |
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Daddy (Tato) 1995, 121 min
The story of a divorced couple's fierce custody battle over their 7 daughter, and the prejudice against men that is often found in these cases. When his marriage falls apart, Michal decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife. As he finds out, it is easier to be a real man than it is to be a real father. |
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Day of Wacko (Dzień Świra) 2002, 93 min
This black comedy chronicles one day in the life of a 49 year-old teacher who is completely disillusioned with his reality. When he looks for the reasons for his unhappiness he blames his neighbors, his former wife and his own mother. However, any attempts to improve his life will be unsuccessful until he first begins to change himself. |
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Demons of War (Demony Wojny W/G Goi) 1998, 97 min
When Major Keller hears that a helicopter with Polish soldiers on board has crashed in the mountains, he immediately brings his squadron stationed in the former Yugoslavia to their aid. During the heroic rescue, they will have to fight many battles. While on their mission, the group also discovers a mysterious videotape containing evidence of war crimes connected with a very powerful politician. Keller – a man of high principles – must remain loyal to them. |
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Deserter’s Gold (Złoto Dezerterów) 1998, 123 min.
The Polish Underground’s headquarters are seeking financial resources to cover the purchase of a huge delivery of weapons. The Polish Underground’s Secret Service learns that the German Army is storing gold in one of the former Polish banks. The only people who can manage to rob the bank are Kania and his crew. |
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Eddie (Edi)
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Everything For Sale (Wszystko Na Sprzedaż) 1969, 94 min.
Inspired by the tragic death of the great Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski, this Andrzej Wajda film focuses on the behind-the-scenes lives of a director and his actors when they are disrupted by the mysterious murder of their leading man. |
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Father’s Law (Prawo ojca) 1999, 98 min.
It's Martha's 16th birthday, and dad's on the road, driving a big-rig truck far from home. Against her father's direct orders, Martha and a young boyfriend celebrate the evening, end up dancing in a local club. But she's in for more trouble than she ever imagined possible... and the nightmare begins. The only person who can save her now is her father, who must take drastic actions that he may live to regret. |
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The First Million (Pierwszy Milion) 2000, 98 min.
This dynamic and finely constructed comedy chronicles the lives of three young entrepreneurs and their love interest in their pursuit of making big money. Funny and entertaining, this film offers an inside view into the Polish economy as it changes from communism to capitalism. |
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Hacker 2002, 91min
Marcin is a shy man who knows nearly everything about computers, but close to nothing about girls. His friend Turbo is willing to teach him how to handle women in return for a little hacking. Soon, both boys are competing for the heart of the same girl and a 1 million dollar prize. Who will get the girl and the money?? |
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Happy New York (Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku) 1997
The clash of emigrant reality is both painful and absurd. Even though they live on the edge of poverty, they send videotapes back to Poland pronouncing their prosperity. Where there are two Poles, there are three attitudes and where there are six of them, the only thing to do is wish you.... A Happy New York! |
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The Hexer (Wiedźmin) 2002, 129 min.
Geralt, The White Wolf, is the perfect warrior – a weapons expert who knows magic and will fight any opponent. But he is also a human being who struggles for recognition of his own humanity while battling the monsters and villains that threaten his people. With the help of his friends, Geralt, the perfect warrior, defends the inhabitants of his world, each day drawing nearer to his Destiny... although he does not know it. In the style of "The Lord of the Rings ", "The Hexer" is based on the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski, Poland's most talented fantasy author. |
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Hijacking Agatha (Uprowadzenie Agaty) (1993, 75 min.)
Poland's own "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," a romantic, rock 'n roll, coming-of-age adventure, a 90's Polish Cult classic. Gypsy is behind bars, with only one week to go before he's cut loose. But he's an impulsive kid, and he escapes. Shortly afterwards, he meets and falls madly in love with 16 year old, Agatha. Agatha's father is an Old School Communist control-freak, and orders Agatha to stop seeing her new, low-life, musician boyfriend. Right, Dad. Good luck, Dad. |
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I Love You (Ajlawju) 1999, 88 min.
'Last time I fell in love – I thought that I would die of love. When my friend fell in love – I thought I would die with laughter.' The Director, Marek Koterski, says that this is the key to the film. He asks us to think about how we behave when we are madly in love, especially as adults when we have families of our own. |
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In Heaven as it is on Earth (U Pana Boga Za Piecem) 1998, 96 min.
This award winning, feel-good film is full of good humor and philosophical wisdom. It depicts a quiet town on the eastern border of Poland where everyone knows everyone else and a very strict priest rules over all the citizens. But when a lovely Russian girl arrives, nothing will ever be the same again. With solid acting performances from the entire cast along with an effective visual style, the film does a superb job of aesthetically matching the feel of the small Polish village. This heart-warming comedy is a great film for anybody with a taste for the unexpected. |
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In the Desert and Wilderness (W Pustyni I W Puszczy) 2001, 111 min.
This internationally acclaimed and award-winning film combines a children’s adventure story with the look and feel of Lawrence of Arabia. At the end of the 19th century two kids – children of engineers working on the Suez Canal – are kidnapped in the heart of the African continent. The children along with two African kids manage to escape from the hands of their captors and embark on a journey across the harsh yet breathtakingly beautiful African landscape. Their great adventure is full of obstacles, dangers, and fun as they learn about life on their return home. The film is the screen adaptation of the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Nobel Prize winner and author of the internationally acclaimed "Quo Vadis?". |
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It's Me, the Thief (To Ja, Złodziej)
A young boy steals a luxury limousine to earn the respect of a gang of car thieves – hoping to join their gang. The trouble he gets into causes him to reevaluate his dreams and forces him to make some difficult decisions. |
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Landscape After Battle (Krajobraz Po Bitwie)
A budding love and the war that would not end. |
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Last Mission (Ostatnia misja) (1999, 95 min.)
The French dispatch a professional assassin to kill one of the richest entrepreneurs in Poland, who cheated them in business dealings. The corrupt businessman is illegally protected by the Polish Secret Police. On a level with Day Of The Jackal, this action thriller keeps you guessing right through the surprise ending, with great performances by Peter J. Lucas and Janusz Gajos. |
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Legacy of Steel (Szabla od Komendanta) 1995, 101 min.
From Jan Jakub Kolski, director of such acclaimed films as "Wonderful Place ["Miraculous Place"] and "Plate Players" comes the story of a famed military officer nearing the end of his own life. Before he can rest in peace, he must fulfill the traditional obligation of passing his sword on to his grandson. The problem is, his son is unmarried and there are few prospects. After much scheming, a potential mate moves into the neighborhood. |
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Let’s Make Ourselves a Grandchild (Zróbmy sobie wnuka) (2003, 85 min.)
Everywhere in a large Polish city, each square meter of valuable, vacant land is quickly disappearing to new construction and greedy land developers. In the middle of it all, one man, Marian Kosela (played by Andrzej Grabowski)... |
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Love Stories (Historie Miłosne)
Jerzy Stuhr directs himself in four separate stories of people who don't know how to handle love in their lives. Stuhr illustrates the ironic truths of human destiny as his characters - a college professor, an army officer, a priest and a criminal - struggle between career and love. Humorous and sentimental, this internationally acclaimed film was one of few Polish films in recent history to be both an artistic and a commercial success. |
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Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza)
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Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru) 1977, 165 min.
Agnieszka is a film school student whose final film centers around Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer from Nowa Huta, who was considered a great hero and a leader at work. Later – like many others – he was fired without any pity . In examining the truth about his life, Agnieszka discovers a more general truth about the bitter years of the 50s and about the difficult fate of the Polish nation. |
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Mr. Kleks Triumpf (Tryumf Pana Kleksa)
Based on a classic Polish fairy tale by Jan Brzechwa. Tom, a young illustrator at “"Fantasy World" magazine must deliver new, sensational comic strips or lose his job. One day while alone in his studio, he remembers a favorite childhood book and decides to make it a cartoon. His drawings magically come to life. |
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Newie (Fuks)
A young man named Alex (Maciej Stuhr) has a clever plan to trick a very large sum of money out of a very influential businessman/gangster. With the help of his girlfriend Sonia (Agnieszka Krukowna), Alex gets hold of some confidential information and in no time at all he has a policeman on his trail. When the policeman discovers the real motives of the young man’s plan he doesn’t stand in his way. Alex, in fact, is not after the money, but wants to punish the businessman for a certain sin from his past. |
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Nothing Funny (Nic Śmiesznego)
"Damn it!", says director Adam Miauczynski, “Nothing Funny happened to me in my bloody life". He always has bad luck. He is unsuccessful in his career and in his relationships with women. His life is an unusual mixture of bad luck, ignorance, lack of common sense and inability to function in society. |
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The Old Fairy, When Sun Was a God (Stara baśń, kiedy słońce było bogiem) (2003, 107 min.)
The Old Fairy When The Sun Was a God takes place in Ninth Century Europe, when different Slavic tribes lived on the land that later becomes Poland, at a time when each tribe worshipped it's own, separate god. |
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Operation Simoom (Operacja Samum) 1999, 83 min.
The war between Iraq and Kuwait is just about to begin. While all foreigners are leaving Iraq, Pawel, a young Polish engineer is captured by the Iraqi Secret Service. His father, a retired secret service operative goes to Iraq to attempt to rescue him not knowing that he is secretly being used as bait. Now, two Polish secret agents have been assigned by the CIA to attempt a rescue mission. The stakes are high, but are they high enough to risk the life of one of the best officers? |
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Pan Tadeusz (1999, 150 min.)
A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in a poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families, as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives to unite simply as Poles, and begin a heroic effort to free the country they deeply love from Russian control. |
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Pigs (Psy) (1991, 111 min.)
After the collapse of the Communists, some former Polish KGB agents find work in the Polish police force. Franz had it pretty easy in the KGB, only because his wife was politically-connected to the Soviets. Now the Party's over, and Franz must work like every other cop, except for a few who've chosen the more lucrative life of crime. Franz's first big assignment is to infiltrate and bring down the powerful Polish mafia. He soon discovers that many of his old KGB colleagues have joined the Mob that he's trying to bust. In one dramatic shootout, three of his fellow cops are killed, and Franz vows to revenge their deaths. |
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Pigs 2: The Last Blood (Psy II: Ostatnia krew)
This cult film is forever rooted in Polish culture. Franz, the ex-communist secret police agent has recently returned from a tour of duty in former Yugoslavia. Trying to find his place in the new democratic system, he is hired to collect a debt from Russian mafia with the help of Wolf and Nowy – only to find that the money will be used to buy arms for Sarajevo. |
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Polish Kitsch Project
The Alleged genius is not a real director – just cheap cheat, who exstracts money from naive wannabe actors who would do anything to be in the movie. |
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Pornography (Pornografia) (2003, 152 min)
Set in a private protected Polish country estate, juxtaposed against a country decimated by World War II, Pornografia is a profound look at life's basic sexual themes, somehow twisted by the same human needs for power and control; two older men reveal their inner, twisted drives and search for gratification by affecting the lives of a young boy and girl, at the same time surrounded by the worst kinds of human destruction unfold just beyond the quiet, equally strange world that our anti-heroes explore. |
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Promised Land (Ziemia Obiecana)
Andrzej Wajda's 19th century epic about the sweeping changes in values brought about by the industrial revolution. Praiseworthy for its physical scope, masterful direction, and fine acting. This new version of Andrzej Wajda’s masterpiece has been re-edited by the director himself and the picture and sound have been re-mastered for enhanced quality. |
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Revange (Zemsta) (2002, 100 min.)
Andrzej Wajda's latest - a costume comedy. The hilarious tale of two 17th century families divided by love, greed ... and a crumbling stone wall that runs through the middle of their castle. The feuding noblemen try to outwit one another in a bid for romance and control over their humble realm. Based on Aleksander Fredro's epic poem. |
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Rich (Reich)
Alex and Andre are two hit men with strong personalities and dark pasts. They face death and violence every day but they also understand love and can be very gentle. They would like to start a new life but their involvement in the criminal underground is too deep. The story is set in the world of expensive hotels, cars and discotheques frequented by drug dealers and thieves. With the typical crosses and double-crosses of the genre, the story has an unexpected conclusion. |
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The Risk Is Yours (Rob swoje ryzyko jest twoje) (2002, 94 min.)
Lutek, a well-known Polish actor in a very popular TV soap opera, is jailed on the obscure suspicions of his hairdresser. In the morbid jail atmosphere, Lutek, alone, and without his adoring fans, pines away for the touch of the lovely, Beate, his girlfriend. Emil has put himself in jail, a peaceful and quite place to work on his new screenplay, and a place to hide from his four wives. The dysfunctional duo decide to combine their enormous talents and create the "perfect" screenplay, a foolish fantasy world just like the one they already live in. |
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Sara
16 years old Sara’s father is a wealthy gangster with a lot of enemies. Her father says whoever touches Sara will die and no one is better suited to be Sara’s bodyguard than Leon. Things get complicated and as a secret love emerges between Sara and Leon, he find himself a moving target between the Sara's father and his enemies. |
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Segment 76 (2002, 80 min.)
This fortunate young man seems to have it made; he has a great job, a lovely girlfriend, a great apartment, almost everything one could hope for, except, he doesn’t have any furniture to put in his apartment. And to find some nice furniture, before his fiancé arrives, is not so easy. Trójmiasto, during the Gdansk summer of 1976. |
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Six Days of Ostrich (Sześć Dni Strusia)
Tom Strusinski – "Ostrich" to his friends – has got it all: good looks, brilliant career and money. Everything is going great until he meets a beautiful girl named Justyna. To win her heart he needs to join the basketball team owned by her father’s Fettering Company. Tom meets Dr. Devilish, a physician who makes an extraordinary offer that can’t refuse: a shot of a miraculous substance that results in outstanding physical abilities, which will enable him to play on the team. What he dose not know is that he made a deal with the devil. |
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Soccer Poker (Piłkarski poker)
A comical behind-the scenes look at the Polish Football league – where everyone is trying to get in on the money generated by the sport. Laguna, a former star player turned international referee, plans to end his career with one last “Arrangement" of results in the championship round. Illegal practices of game fixing and dishonest refereeing are hidden from thousands of loyal but naive fans who have no idea that the outcome of the league has already been decided. Fair play is out. Only money counts. |
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Squint Your Eyes (Zmruż oczy) (2002, 88 min.)
The film tells something more than just a story of an adult man and a teenage girl's friendship. Just like early Kustorica or Tanovic in his No Man's Land, Polish director Jakimowski is a master of balancing on the borderline of gravity and irony, comedy. |
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Station (Stacja)
At a small remote gas station, in the middle of a winter snowstorm, a badly injured gangster shows up with a bag full of money. This sets the stage for a series of connections and coincidences among a group of people who live near the gas station. The station’s owner, a sympathetic college student/part time gas station attendant, a police officer, and other mobsters all become entangled in the unfolding events. |
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Superproduction (Superprodukcja)
This satire of the Polish film industry offers a humorous look at the "business" of movies. It centers around the complicated relationship between Yanek, a film critic who complains regularly about poorly-made Polish films, a gangster who wants to help his girlfriend Donata realize her dream of becoming a movie star and cast and crew of strange. characters. Yanek soon realizes there is a big difference between making movies and reviewing them. |
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Sucker Season (Sezon na leszcza) (2001, 100 min.)
A story of a young couple trying to get money for a journey of their lives in an unacceptable way. They are ready to do everything to have what they want. Meanwhile, a policeman tries to find out who sleeps with his wife... |
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Teddy Bear (Miś) (1881, 111 min.)
A comedy from Poland, the story of a divorced couple who compete with each other for the money they share in a joint account in a London bank. With Stanislaw Tym, Bronislaw Pawlik. |
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Yellow Scarf (Zolty szalik) (2000, 57 min.)
A melancholic story, set during a joyous Christmas season, follows an older man's hopeful attempt to repair his history of relationships damaged by his drinking. The yellow scarf, a magical gift from his mother, reveals the outcome of this man's struggle to overcome the grip of alcoholism. |
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Young Girls of Wilko (Panny z Wilka) 1979, 116 min.
This Oscar nominated Andrzej Wajda film is an unsentimental but poetic exploration the ironies of love and hope. After 15 years away, Wiktor returns to his home town of Wilko where he encounters five sisters who are forced to reconsider their complicated lives and personal failures. |
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Zhoorek (Zurek) ( 2003, 70 min.)
The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother (played by Katarzyna Figura) becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child. The naive daughter (played by Natalia Rybicka) is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and understanding of her own life. |
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