Synopsis : A study depicting a robbery and the pursuit of a thief taking place in an urban setting.

Synopsis : Physicist Jan worked as a meteorologist. He lives in a small village with his wife, a teacher. Meanwhile, his university friend, Marek, is pursuing a career as a researcher. The latter tries to convince Jan to return to work at the Academy in the capital. Marek is not convinced by Jan's arguments. A clash of two attitudes and ideas about the meaning of life.

Synopsis : A young engineer, Wit, is summoned by telegram to his ailing father's bedside. However, it turns out that his father wants Wit to return to take care of the family and their small factory. He does not agree, while his cousin Bella and Marek, a friend who accompanies him on this trip, form a romantic relationship.

Synopsis : Jan is a young, workaholic assistant professor of chemistry; Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compassion. But the career-obsessed Jan remains immune to Anna's clumsy efforts to penetrate his defenses.

Synopsis : Ten years in the life of a young physicist dominated by his philosophical passion for the search for truth and the meaning of life. His questions are not always answered and he is also faced with the threat of heart disease.

Synopsis : The main character, a 40-year-old accountant, leads a quiet and uninspiring life with her husband and school-aged son. She realizes that she will soon no longer be of much use at home, as her son grows up and her relationship with her husband deteriorates. It is only when embezzlement is discovered at the office and she stands up to her management that she realizes there is much more to life. She meets a well-to-do former classmate who is married to an American. Then she meets Jacek and begins to consider a fresh start. She discovers love for the first time, but prefers to return to old ways rather than break up.

Synopsis : A banker, struggling with professional and personal problems, is transferred to a small town. There, he meets and seduces an older woman. Together, they decide to rob a payroll.

Synopsis : A group of students spends their summer vacation at a university camp to study linguistics. One of the camp directors, Jaroslaw, is a young professor who prefers a direct and intimate approach to students. He is opposed in his liberal views by Jakub, who enjoys manipulating people.

Synopsis : A strange, arrogant tourist arrives at the Morskie Oko mountain hut. The next morning, despite the danger, he climbs up alone and begins his quest.

Synopsis : Because he accepts the barbarity of war, a German loses the woman he loves.

Synopsis : Witold organizes exhibitions in foreign countries. In India, he discovers his boss's schemes. Passionate about mountaineering and tired of the pettiness inherent in the modern world, he decides to pursue his dream: to climb the Himalayas. But the evil fate that pursues the lone individual opposed to the rest of society strikes him hard...

Synopsis : This heroic tale follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Catholic who ascends to the throne of St. Peter as John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a brilliant and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes his special and moving qualities and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the Church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalinist Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a thorn in the side of the communists. His deep respect and commitment bring him back to Poland as John Paul II.

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Synopsis : In a society of Polish profiteers and social climbers, Lilka and Piotr are about to get married. Everyone is gathered, but the bride says "no" and runs away.

Synopsis : Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once again explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in Imperative, released in 1982. The story tells of mathematics professor Robert Powell, who feels that something is missing from his otherwise precise life. What is missing is truth, and more specifically, philosophical truth. He therefore philosophizes at length, leaving Zanussi plenty of room for didactics but little for warmth. Heroines Brigette Fossey and Leslie Caron sometimes get carried away by Imperative's cold logic.

Synopsis : In western Poland in 1946, a Polish widow, Emilia, and her mother try to settle down and survive. Emilia meets and falls in love with an American soldier, whom she cannot follow when he is recalled to Berlin, despite the sacrifice of her mother, who lets herself die to facilitate her daughter's escape...

Synopsis : An unsuspecting student thinks an arms dealer's wife is unhappy, but in reality, she appears as cynical as her capitalist husband.

Synopsis : A Uruguayan diplomat takes his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland during the summer immediately before the outbreak of World War II.

Synopsis : The difficulties of human relationships in a three-part story: a neurotic woman, an idealistic young man, and his mother. Tomek is an upright and ambitious geography student. He lives with his mother, Zofia, a sensitive and practicing Catholic, like his son. When he meets Julia, a depressed woman older than him, he first tries to comfort her, then invites her to stay with him and her mother. Tomek travels to West Berlin to visit his wealthy father. He refuses to take money from her and looks for work as a house painter. Julia ends up in a nursing home for treatment, while Tomek tries to make their relationship work.

Synopsis : The story of Catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Synopsis : Young homeless Luke refuses to obey the laws established by his fellow homeless people, as well as the arbitrary nature of the foreman when he finds himself in forced labor. But simply resisting his fellow workers brings him nothing: without housing or means of subsistence, and, finally, without basic rights to protect the individual, he no longer sees any light in this life.

Synopsis : A friendly young man who pursues intense musical studies finally goes to Denmark to find a retired composer and convince him to get back to work...

Synopsis : The comical adventures of a young boy in early 1950s Poland who leaves the countryside to live in Warsaw with his aunt Idalia, with whom he shares a passion for horses. Idalia hates everything Bolshevik, even though she willingly associates with party officials. She becomes a conspirator and teaches Hubert to lie to people, but never to horses. Despite his aunt's good advice, Hubert falls victim to the jealousy of a comrade, the son of a communist journalist.

Synopsis : Despite its evocative title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Rather, it presents 20 different (linked) short films on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers such as Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud, and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes sit alongside comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The film includes an animated sequence (by Norgaard).

Synopsis : In this adaptation of a historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to dedicate his life to helping the homeless.

Synopsis : The story of a doctor named Tomasz who questions his beliefs, faith, and morality as his end approaches, making every effort to regain dignity in his impending death.

Synopsis : The Supplement is a love story. The man hesitates between returning to working life and the pursuit of money or fleeing these contingencies and retiring to a monastery. The woman works in fashion and as a costume designer and wonders whether she should step aside or force him to face reality.

Synopsis : After the death of his wife, Wiktor, a Polish ambassador to Uruguay, takes stock of his life, both emotionally and in terms of his political ideals.

Synopsis : A 2005 film-novel created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement. It consists of 13 short films, each 10 minutes long. It comes in various formats: mini-feature film, music video, documentary, animation, and interview.

Synopsis : After her husband is murdered, a woman decides to find the murderer and tries to approach the suspects.

Synopsis : A businessman, spoiled by the good life, learns that he suffers from a serious heart condition. His survival depends on the rapid search for a donor. At the hospital, he meets by chance a young man whose grief and job loss have robbed him of all will to live. Suicidal, he is the ideal donor, and they must find a way to help him leave this world...

Synopsis : In this mix of fiction and documentary, Krzysztof Zanussi invites several great Polish actors – Maja Komorowowska, Daniel Olbrychski and Jan Nowicki – to “revisit” the characters they played in the director’s previous works.

Synopsis : A dashing young Italian in Poland finds himself caught between two women—a novice nun and a ruthless social climber—in this heartbreaking vision of contemporary Poland from master filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi.

Synopsis : In the late 19th century, somewhere on the edge of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a fatal overdose of ether to a young woman, the object of his desire. After recovering, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with ether to manage pain and manipulate human behavior. Despite his malevolence, it is not too late for her soul to be saved from eternal damnation…

Synopsis : The young mathematician David has devoted his entire life to the study of prime numbers. Meeting his distant cousin, Joachim, gradually leads him to reevaluate his priorities.

Synopsis : A spy named John learns the importance of sports and health from the citizens of Nowa Huta

Synopsis : A light and comic study by Krzysztof Zanussi about a husband jealous of his wife's secret admirer.

Synopsis : A school study referring to a pictorial motif about lovers' farewells. He, the Uhlan, must ride off into the blue distance, and she, the girl with the flower crown, cannot bring herself to do so.

Synopsis : A confrontation on a rainy night in a boarding school dormitory forces an arrogant teenager to confront his insecurities and the price of rebellion.

Synopsis : This is a short story set against the backdrop of the Krakow Student Festival. The camera, always at the heart of the events, is accompanied by the main character, Jurek, in search of his sister. In this film, the events are part of a larger picture. The lead role is played by Andrzej Paczkowski, now a renowned historian.

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Synopsis : Here we see brief scenes from a day spent at the airport. We see planes in flight, landings, passport checks, and passengers waiting for their loved ones. This documentary shows the ordinary yet unique behaviors and reactions of passengers and airport maintenance staff.

Synopsis : How does a computer work? It's simple! This educational film vividly explains the principles of the binary system, the underlying operating concept of digital machines.

Synopsis : A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki

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Synopsis : A film by Krzysztof Zanussi inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine." The director takes us to the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, where he presents his favorite painting and, using video effects, ironically invites us to compare "Lady with an Ermine" to the famous "Mona Lisa."

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Synopsis : Rose, an elderly woman living in Paris, was born in Poland into an aristocratic family. Her family home is now a retirement home.

Synopsis : Produced to mark the 70th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival, seventy filmmakers created a short film lasting between 60 and 90 seconds about their interpretation of the future of cinema.