Search results for "Andrzej Wajda"
A Generation

A Generation

A Generation
IMDb: 7.1
87

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful…

Genre: Drama, War
The Possessed

The Possessed

The Possessed
IMDb: 6.2
116

In 1870 Russia, a group of young and idealistic anarchists plots to overthrow the established order through violent means.

Genre: Drama
Danton

Danton

Danton
IMDb: 7.5
136

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France’s ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass…

Genre: Drama, History
Man of Marble

Man of Marble

Man of Marble
IMDb: 7.8
165

Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage…

Genre: Drama
The Promised Land

The Promised Land

The Promised Land
IMDb: 7.9
170

The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Wladyslaw Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a…

Genre: Drama
Kanal

Kanal

Kanal
IMDb: 7.9
96

During the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising following World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the…

Genre: Drama, War
Everything for Sale

Everything for Sale

Everything for Sale
IMDb: 6.8
105

Wajda’s homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the “Polish James Dean” who starred in the director’s ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to…

Genre: Drama
The Ashes

The Ashes

The Ashes
IMDb: 7
234

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion…

Genre: Drama, War
Without Anesthesia

Without Anesthesia

Without Anesthesia
IMDb: 7.3
131

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world…

Genre: Drama
Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents

Chronicle of Amorous Accidents
IMDb: 6.9
90

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping to pass the entrance…

Genre: Drama
Korczak

Korczak

Korczak
IMDb: 7.4
115

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

Genre: Drama, History
Katyn

Katyn

Katyn
IMDb: 7
122

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Afterimage

Afterimage

Afterimage
IMDb: 7.0
98 min

In 1945, since Stalin puts his palms across Poland, famous writer Wladislaw Strzeminski will not compromise his art with all the doctrines of social precision. Persecuted, expelled out of his…

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Genre: Drama