El 1 de septiembre de 1939, la Alemania nazi invade Polonia, dando principio a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El 17 de septiembre, el Ejército Rojo soviético cruza la frontera. El ejército polaco, incapaz de luchar en dos frentes, es derrotado. Miles de hombres polacos, tanto militares como funcionarios gubernamentales, son capturados por los invasores. Su destino solo será conocido varios años después.
Basada en la historia real del héroe de guerra polaco Jan Nowak-Jeziorañski, que se convirtió en "El mensajero de Varsovia". Perseguido por varios servicios secretos del Eje del Mal, Jan sale de Polonia con destino a Londres con el objetivo de llevar una información que podría cambiar el futuro de Polonia.
Polonia, 1970. Firmemente decidido a luchar contra la tiranía soviética y a evitar la destrucción del mundo, el oficial de alto rango del ejército polaco Ryszard Kukliński toma una grave decisión que pondrá en peligro su vida, a su familia y el destino de toda una nación.
Comedia sobre Zdzisław Najmrodzki, el criminal polaco más famoso en la época de la República Popular de Polonia, llamado "el rey de la fuga", conocido por robar autos y escapar de la prisión muchas veces, pero nunca lastimar a nadie.
Polonia, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Martha Weiss, una mujer judía, llega al campo de exterminio de Auschwitz con su familia. A ella se le asigna el papel de intérprete, pero sus seres queridos son mucho menos afortunados.
September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in science fiction literature involved in mysteries and paradoxes that need to be enlightened.
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.
The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged when he learns of the incident, the nobleman has Mazeppa tied naked to a wild horse which is then released into the wilderness. The bulk of the poem describes the long hazardous journey during which Mazeppa almost dies twice but ultimately survives and returns to his native Ukraine.
A woman whose passport was denied under the previous Communist regime by a vindictive party secretary is given a chance to confront the woman and take revenge.
Polonia, 1970. Cuando las protestas populares estallan en las calles debido al aumento de los precios, el gobierno comunista organiza un equipo de crisis. Poco después, la policía utiliza sus porras y luego sus armas de fuego. La historia de una rebelión desde el punto de vista de los opresores.
A well-known publisher - Melchior Wańkowicz asks famous writer Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz to create a reportage about "success a la Polonaise". Tadeusz goes with his assistant Diana on a journey to do a series of interviews and meet historical, distinguished personalities. The initial antipathy between Tadeusz and Diana turns into friendship first, and then into... Who will the pair of our heroes meet? How will their relationship develop? What successes and achievements of the young Polish state will they learn about? We invite you to watch Niepospolita (The Unique)!
June 1941, during World War II. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the mass abduction of particularly well-bred young children from Poland and the occupied territories of the Soviet Union in order to be educated in German culture, by both state schools and German families…
The story of what daily life was like in Poland under communism: private conversations, cruel interrogations, recruitment attempts, recorded and filmed with hidden devices; of how the secret services spied on every activity of ordinary citizens: nothing escaped the brutal system of control developed by the Soviets in the name of freedom.
A follow up to the 2009 sketch comedy referencing urban legends from the Ceausescu regime, the film is expected to expand to accommodate stories from different ex-communist Eastern European countries, including Poland.
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, better known as Witkacy, enivsages the future horrors of the Polish nation, as embodied by Stalin and Hitler, and the world collapsing into chaos.