Movies: Danuta Szaflarska

The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unre...

A teenager gets killed on his way to school during the tragic events of December 1970 on the Polish coast. The boy's parents launch a crusade to bury their son despite the refusal from the communist authorities....

Piotr manages to buy a splendid though dilapidated villa from the eccentric 80-year-old painter Mimi. The woman treats him like her long-lost only son whereas Piotr tries to send her away to old people's home....

Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form....

The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf. A gift is a kind of talisman he receives from loved ones, and every time he l...

August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities....

Two noblemen live in one castle, which they both own half of. After a wall dividing both halves of the castle gets damaged they start an intense rivalry....

Even in Poland today, Gypsies are viewed with profound suspicion -- not that things are that much better for them anywhere else in Europe. In this coming-of-age drama, Mala, an ordinary Polish girl who is about thirteen years old, is just beginning t...

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The love story between a German cancer researcher and her Polish colleague that drags on for more than ten years. Both are married, which rules out marriage, but fuels their passion, as they only see each other a few days a year at medical congresses...

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka"....

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the sta...

Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance....

A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the aut...

The first Polish post-war comedy. Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the p...

Jakub, who is dominated by his mother, invites a healer to his home....

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Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother....

A simple story of a meeting between two completely different and distant people. By chance, they spend a few days together....

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