director: | Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzyński |
production: | WFD Warszawa |
sales: | WFDiF |
awards: | Oberhausen ISFF 1966 - Grand Prix, Florence IEFF 1967 - Special Prize |
language: | no dialogue |
A coverage of a pilgrimage to the Calvary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska in spring 1958. A recording of the biggest and the most ancient Polish Passion play, performed every year by amateur actors following Christ through the Stations of the Cross.
elaboration: Agata Bratek
director: | Andrzej Munk |
production: | WFD warszawa |
sales: | WFDiF |
awards: | Venice IDFF 1959 - First Prize, Oberhausen ISFF 1960 - Grand Prize, Vancouver IFF 1961 - Honourable Mention |
language: | no dialogue |
A semi-feature miniature, based on music using onomatopoeia. A ten-year-old girl with a violin roams through the Old City, discovering for herself and for spectators the beauty of this place.
director: | Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica |
production: | WFD Warszawa |
sales: | WFDiF |
language: | no dialogue |
An animation, described as an experimental film, inviting spectators to read the daily Sztandar Młodych.
director: | Andrzej Munk |
production: | WFD Warszawa |
sales: | S.F. OKO |
awards: | Venice IFF 1955 - Brown Medal |
language: | Polish |
Winter 1945. Rescue workers of the Tatra Volunteer Emergency Service manage to approach a guerrilla hospital hidden in the mountains and they accomplish an incredible deed, transferring the sick and wounded through two mountain chains, where German troops are stationed.
director: | Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica |
production: | WFD Warszawa |
sales: | WFDiF |
language: | no dialogue |
A humorous story about the happy love of a shy young man, inspired by works of the amateur painter Płaskociński and techniques of silent films.
director: | Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica |
production: | WFD Warszawa |
sales: | WFDiF |
language: | no dialogue |
A theme of the Polish Newsreel.
director: | Jerzy Bossak |
production: | Film Polski |
sales: | WFDiF |
awards: | Cannes IFF 1947 - Best Documentary |
language: | no dialogue |
One of the first documentaries made in Poland after WWII. Bossak filmed the flood which affected the war-damaged country in spring 1947. The camera presents huge areas of land covered with water. People are saved from starvation only by air drops and sappers on pontoons.