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How I Unleashed WWII (Jak rozpetalem druga wojne swiatowa) is a classic Polish comedy broken into th..
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Czterej Pancerni i Pies (Four Tank Men and a Dog) is a classic Polish TV series spanning three seaso..
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While the nefarious and ruthless strategies and tactics of the Staasi in E Germany and the Polish po..
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This is a terrific, intelligently made film that is both sensitive and brutal in its examination of ..
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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A movie I found out of the blue this week is SALTO, a 1965 film by Tadeusz Konwicki. It's being rele..
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Five from Barska Street (Piatka z Ulicy Barskiej) is a story about post-war Poland set in 1947. It b..
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Wirus (Virus) is a suspenseful movie about computer terrorism, an issue that is just as much a conce..
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With a title like Tylko Mnie Kochaj (Just Love Me) you know it is going to be a love story. It borde..
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| Salto DVD by Richard J. Brzostek |
Date Added: Friday 15 January, 2010 |
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The story in Salto begins a day after the war. A man named Karol (Zbigniew Cybulski) jumps off a tra..
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Double (Dublerzy) begins with two Poles getting mixed into a bad situation at wedding in Sicily. But..
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Warszawa (Warsaw) brings us into a day in the life of several people. The story all takes place in W..
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Mis Kudlatek Kolorowe Psoty (Curly Hair Teddy Bear: Colorful Mischief) is a collection of six cartoo..
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Mis Kudlatek Przygoda w Lesie (Curley Hair Teddy Bear: Adventures in the Forrest) is a collection of..
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The Last Stage (Ostatni Etap) is about the women who were interned at Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp..
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"Co Mi Zrobisz, Jak Mnie Zlapiesz?," directed by Stanislaw Bareja, is an entertaining comedy with a ..
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Immoral Story (Historia Niemoralna) is a film about a film. The movie starts out with a director ask..
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"Trzeci" (Third) begins with a couple enjoying themselves on a sailboat. Their sailboat crashes into..
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Andrzej Hoffman (Janusz Gajos) is a surgeon that saves lives on a daily basis. However, he is haunte..
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Major Hubal, a foreign film DVD from Poland, looks exactly like your cliché art house foreign movie:..
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] |
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The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie) is a classic Polish film directed by Wojc..
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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I did not get all of the jokes in H.M. Deserters as many of them are culture centered but it is noth..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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Crown Witness (Swiadek Koronny) is a suspenseful tale of a mobster telling his story to filmmakers m..
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This understated 1974 epic tells the story of the birth of the Polish state through a psychological ..
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Colonel Kwiatkowski (Pulkownik Kwiatkowski) is a comedy about a con-artist in the time period just a..
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Józef Pilsudski is beloved by many for bringing Poland back on the map at the end of the World War I..
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The Cradle (Gniazdo) is movie about Mieszko I, the first historic ruler of Poland. Because there are..
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List: The Best Straight-to-DVD Films of 2008
http://www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/12/best-strai..
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Apple Tree of Paradise (Rajska Jablon) takes place about eight years after Girls from Nowolipki, sho..
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Krzyzacy (Knights of the Teutonic Order) is a historical epic based on the book by Henryk Sienkiewic..
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On the Silver Globe (Na Srebrnym Globie) is a remarkable science fiction epic by Andrzej Zulawski. T..
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Girls from Nowolipki is a drama about four young women in the early 1900s. At the time, the area of ..
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Bolek and Lolek is one of Poland's most popular and well-known cartoons. This DVD is the third colle..
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| Billboard DVD by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Monday 29 December, 2008 |
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"Billboard" is a film that will leave a lasting impression on you. After I first watched it, I was a..
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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"Ajlawju" is a cute "Polishized" spelling of "I Love You." It is part of director Marek Koterski's "..
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Porwanie Baltazara Gabki (Kidnaping of Baltazar Sponge) is a collection of 13 cartoons made in 1969-..
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Sztos is a film about two conmen. These guys are probably not the type of people you would want to m..
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Some birthdays can be uneventful or forgettable while other birthdays are unforgettable. "Birthday" ..
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"List of Lovers" (Spis Cudzoloznic) is a drama with a dilemma. Professor Gustaw (Jerzy Stuhr) is ask..
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"Between the Cup and the Lip" (Miedzy Ustami a Brzegiem Pucharu) is a turn of the century romance. I..
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"Enigma Secret" (Sekret Enigmy) takes us into the history and shows the adventures of a few Polish m..
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"Horizontal Landscape" (Pejzaz Horyzontalny) is an entertaining coming of age Polish film from the l..
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"It's Spring, Sergeant" (Wiosna, Panie Sierzancie) is a great comedy about a quaint town and it's po..
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"It's Spring, Sergeant" (Wiosna, Panie Sierzancie) is a great comedy about a quaint town and it's po..
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| Cien (Pl) by Michael Atkinson |
Date Added: Wednesday 01 October, 2008 |
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A contemporary of Andrzej Wajda who's little acknowledged in this country, Jerzy Kawalerowicz helped..
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A contemporary of Andrzej Wajda who\'s little acknowledged in this country, Jerzy Kawalerowicz helpe..
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Jerzy Kawalerowicz's "Under the Phrygian Star" (Pod Gwiazda Frygijska) is the sequel to "Celuloza." ..
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Jerzy Kawalerowicz's "Under the Phrygian Star" (Pod Gwiazda Frygijska) is the sequel to "Celuloza." ..
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"Follies of Miss Eva" (Szalenstwa Panny Ewy) takes us back to 1932, a time period that befits the st..
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"Follies of Miss Eva" (Szalenstwa Panny Ewy) takes us back to 1932, a time period that befits the st..
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Krzysztof Krauze's "The Debt" (Dlug) was a stressful movie for me to watch, absolutely stressful. Ho..
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Mother of Kings is a story about a family and how the government changes after the war influenced th..
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Getting by in Communist Poland wasn't easy so those who were good at contriving got ahead. Of course..
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Rather than review each of the three films included here, let me say something about them as a whole..
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This Box set by Criterion contains 3 films by Andrzej Wajda about Poland during World War II
Eac..
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These films come with high critical acclaim, yet rarely have they screened in local, Sydney, arthous..
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Not knowing what to expect is normal for Polish films, but it is taken to a new level with "Instabil..
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Hubal takes us back in history to the early part of World War II. It is the courageous story of Poli..
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Hubal takes us back in history to the early part of World War II. It is the courageous story of Poli..
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Krzysztof Kieslowski's "A Short Film About Love" is a story of a young man that likes to watch a pre..
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For aficionados of foreign film, great Polish cinema generally brings to mind such names as Wajda, K..
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"Angel in Krakow" is about an angel, Giordano, sent on a mission to Earth to help it's people. The m..
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"Jancio Wodnik" (Johnny Aquarius) is a very unusual and special film. It is bizarre, supernatural, t..
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Jan Lomnicki's Operation Arsenal (Akcja Pod Arsenalem) is an action movie about a group of men in th..
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Jan Lomnicki's Operation Arsenal (Akcja Pod Arsenalem) is an action movie about a group of men in th..
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Marysia I Napoleon (Maria and Napoleon) starts out in modern times (it was made in 1966) with a Fren..
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Marysia I Napoleon (Maria and Napoleon) starts out in modern times (it was made in 1966) with a Fren..
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Don't let the title of The Breads of One Rosary (Paciorki Jednego Rozanca) mislead you into thinking..
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Don't let the title of The Breads of One Rosary (Paciorki Jednego Rozanca) mislead you into thinking..
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Vabank (the American title is sometimes given as Hit The Bank) is a 1981 Polish mystery thriller abo..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| Vabank DVD by themysterysite.com |
Date Added: Friday 02 May, 2008 |
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Vabank (the American title is sometimes given as Hit The Bank) is a 1981 Polish mystery thriller abo..
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It would be a Polish joke of another sort entirely if the story Roman Wionczek's movie tells is fact..
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It would be a Polish joke of another sort entirely if the story Roman Wionczek's movie tells is fact..
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] |
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After the end of WWII, there existed a strong movement among a few filmmakers to examine wartime atr..
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After the end of WWII, there existed a strong movement among a few filmmakers to examine wartime atr..
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| Agent #1 (ES) by Glenn Erickson |
Date Added: Thursday 01 May, 2008 |
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This Soviet-bloc espionage film recounts the true-life exploits of a Polish spy in WW2. His adventur..
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] |
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This Soviet-bloc espionage film recounts the true-life exploits of a Polish spy in WW2. His adventur..
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Celebrated Polish director Andrzej Wajda was already pushing toward more youthful themes in the last..
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Celebrated Polish director Andrzej Wajda was already pushing toward more youthful themes in the last..
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A well-dressed old lady strolls through the Warsaw ghetto with a haughty look, as if sneering at its..
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A well-dressed old lady strolls through the Warsaw ghetto with a haughty look, as if sneering at its..
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On the heels, well, four years later, of his very successful crime comedy Vabank director Jan Machul..
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| Vabank 2 DVD by theseriouscomedysite.com |
Date Added: Thursday 01 May, 2008 |
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On the heels, well, four years later, of his very successful crime comedy Vabank director Jan Machul..
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Polish director Juliusz Machulski's capers inspired by Rififi and The Sting offer a hint of the pote..
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| Vabank DVD by Jason Gargano |
Date Added: Thursday 01 May, 2008 |
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Polish director Juliusz Machulski's capers inspired by Rififi and The Sting offer a hint of the pote..
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With the end of World War I, Poland was placed back on the map after being partitioned for 123 years..
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Imagine Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealism mixed with the broad scope of Shakespearean tragedy and yo..
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In 1978, in communist Poland, the government had full control over every aspect of life, including t..
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| Diabel (Pl) by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Monday 21 April, 2008 |
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Andrzej Zulawski's The Devil (Diabel) is a portrait of insanity. It is a horror movie that not every..
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Andrzej Zulawski's The Devil (Diabel) is a portrait of insanity. It is a horror movie that not every..
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Big Brawl (Wielka Wsypa) is entertaining movie about the ups and downs of a criminal. The story take..
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"Noce i Dnie" (Nights and Days) is a long historic epic based on a novel. The movie runs over four h..
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In the days after World War II, Poland was a bit wild. The official war was over, but it raged on wi..
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"Sami Swoi" (Our Folks) is a classic 1967 Polish comedy about two feuding families, the Pawlaks and ..
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"Giuseppe in Warsaw" is a very funny comedy set during the Second World War. From its opening scene ..
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"Wielki Szu" (Big Shar) is an entertaining story about a professional gambler. The movie is directed..
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| Konsul (Pl) by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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"The Consul" (Konsul) is an entertaining film about a con artist. Czeslaw (Piotr Fronczewski) has a ..
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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Some jobs are tough and some jobs are hell jobs. "The Depot of the Dead" (Baza Ludzi Umarlych) is a ..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| Celuloza (Pl) by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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"Cellulose" is a film about hard times and the effect they have on a young man. The movie starts out..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| Upal (PL) by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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Upal (The Heat) is a Polish comedy that strongly uses ridiculous situations to create a fairly funny..
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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| Akwarium (Pl) by Richard Brzostek |
Date Added: Tuesday 08 April, 2008 |
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The Aquarium (Akwarium) is a Polish movie the communist censors would probably not have allowed to b..
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