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Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:16:40 -0800

]]>A 30-year-old rising-star advertising executive becomes entangled in a series of mysterious and horrifying events when his boss orders him to find a beautiful, and missing model. His private investigation, with the "film noir" look of 8mm home movies, leads him on a dangerous journey into the dark world of pornography, and the ultimate in sex crimes, snuff films.

Run Time: 100 minutes

Directed by Lukasz Zadrzynski

In Polish with English Subtitles
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I love you - Ajlawju DVD

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:58:25 -0800

]]>"Last time I fell in love - I thought that I would die of love. When my friend fell in love - I thought I would die with laughter." This is the key to "Ajlawju" . Director Marek Koterski asks us to think about how we behave when we are madly in love. Especially as adults with families or our own.

Run Time: 88.0 minutes

In Polish with English Subtitles
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Polish Cooking

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:01:46 -0800

]]>Contains video demonstration of 15 popular Polish recipes. Recipes includes:

Kolacky

Hunter Stew

Pork with mushrooms gravy

Pierogi

Blintzes

Mushroom soup

Home-made noodles with cabbage

Dried fruit beverage

Cucumber salad

Special carp preparation

Barley and mushroom soup

Special almond desert

Easter bread

Beetroot soup and Chicken baked with mushrooms

Run Time: 135 minutes
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Learn Polish

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:55:35 -0800

]]>Poland is the great bridge between Eastern and Western Europe. With your new Polish 101 skills, you will be too, as you traverse forgotten country lanes, eat pierogies and explore the museums of Krakow.

-3 Progressive Levels of Instruction: Listen, Learn, and Speak -101 essential Words and Phrases to make your travels fun and safe -Bonus Section includes Numbers and Days of Week -Native Speakers (Male and Female) who speak clearly and slowly -Interactive DVD so you can repeat or skip words and phrases -Bonus Phrase Guide! We include a handy phrase guide to use while you watch the DVD or to carry on your travels.
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Uprising

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:50:06 -0800

]]>After Germany invades Poland in 1939, the Nazis decree that 350,000 Warsaw Jews be forcibly moved into a cordoned area known as the Warsaw Ghetto. Idealistic teacher Mordechai Anielewicz (Hank Azaria) decides the Jews must rise up against the Nazis and creates the Jewish Fighting Organization (JFO). He tries to secure the support of Adam Czerniakow (Donald Sutherland), the morally conflicted head of the Warsaw Ghetto's Jewish Council, but Adam declines because he knows that any act of resistance will provoke the Germans to retaliate by killing innocent Jews. Determined to mobilize a resistance alone if he has to, Mordechai recruits his friends and covert couriers whose ability to pass as Aryan helps them smuggle in arms and explosives from the Aryan side of the city, building up an arsenal to fight the Nazis. When the Germans begin deporting 300,000 Jews to the Treblinka death camp, the JFO begins acts of resistance that culminate with ghetto fighters firing their first gunshots against the Nazis. When it becomes clear that the JFO is a force to be reckoned with, the German High Command sends in General Stroop (Jon Voight), who is determined to end the uprising in two or three days.

Capturing the horror that unfolds is Fritz Hippler (Cary Elwes), a filmmaker assigned by Hitler's chief propagandist to promote anti-Semitism with a film about Jewish life in the ghetto.

When the Nazis continue to suffer more casualties in their battle with the ghetto fighters, General Stroop decides to raze the ghetto. But even that can't stop the JFO. Forced to go underground into bunkers but energized by their success, the resisters fight on, ultimately holding off the Nazi army longer than the entire country of Poland. They're determined to live with honor--and if need be, die with honor--while lighting the torch for resistance in the occupied territories.

Run Time: 177 minutes

Directors: Jon Avnet

Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight, Donald Sutherland
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Polish American Christmas Carols Karaoke

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:29:02 -0800

]]>First ever koledy karaoke release on DVD containing 15 Polish Christmas Carols for everyone. Both original and phonetically enhanced texts of the carols make singing in Polish easy for those who don't speak the language. Just slide disc into your DVD player, enjoy pan pipes background music, and sing what you see on the screen. It works and is great family fun!

Songs Included are:

Cicha Noc - Silent Night

Lulajze Jezuniu - Hush, Little Jesus

Pojdzmy Wszyscy Do Stajenki - Let's All Go to the Stable

Bog Sie Rodzi - God is Born

Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy - In Midnight's Silence

Do Szopy Hey Pasterze - Hey Shepherds Go to the Shed

Jezus Malusienki - Baby Jesus

Dzisiaj w Betlejem - Today in Bethlehem

Przybiezeli do Betlejem - They Came to Bethlehem

Medrcy Swiata - Three Wise Men, Earthly Monarchs

Gdy Sliczna Panna - When the Lovely Virgin Mary

W Zlobie Lezy - In Crib Lying

Gdy sie Chrystus Rodzi - When Christ is Born

Oj Maluski, Maluski - Oh, My Little One

Mizerna Cicha - Barn, Poor and Silent

Total running time: 41 minutes, 22 seconds.

NTSC format - ready to use in the USA and Canada - no need for multisystem equipment.

Language: Polish

Subtitles: Polish, English Phonetics In Color
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Mazowsze Slask

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:39:54 -0800

]]>Our Special Price offer includes the following DVDs:

SLASK DVD: Gala Concert of Song and Dance Slask Ensemble 50th Anniversary Concert - Live from Katowice, Poland 2004

MAZOWSZE DVD: AS SEEN ON PBS THE MUSIC & DANCE OF POLAND: MAZOWSZE
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John Paul II - The Millennial Pop

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:41:41 -0800

]]>PBS Frontline's "Pope John Paul II: The Millennial Pope," a bold, innovative biography on this controversial world leader, is a journey through the 20th century to the sources of John Paul II's character and beliefs, and the passionate reaction to him. Drawing on interviews with those who have studied and analyzed John Paul II, or whose lives have intersected with his, the program weaves a biographical narrative through several thematic chapters.

He's the charismatic Holy Father who commands great influence not only over the Catholic Church but also among world leaders and politicians and issues of human rights and social justice. Pope John Paul II is as much a prominent world figure as the presidents and monarchs. Here, now, is his biography, a telling story that covers the past 50 years of a man and spiritual leader who has been at the center of some of the world's most historic events the Holocaust, World War II, liberation theology, the demise of communism and much more.

Run Time: 150 minutes

In English
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Jak rozpetalem II wojne - How I unleashed II WW - bundle

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:36:47 -0700

]]>3DVD bundle It is 4:00 AM, September 1st, 1939. The German troops are about to invade Poland. Private Franek Dolas Overslept his train stop and instead of protecting Poland's border finds him self on the German side. Suddenly awakened, Dolas notices a German soldier, makes his one and only shot... and all hell breaks loose. From this time on Private Dolas is convinced that he single handedly started the World War II. He will now desperately try to return to his Polish until traveling across the war-ridden Europe. This new, color version of the popular Polish comedy, is full of laughter and amazing landscapes.

Language: Polish, English subtitles Director: Tadeusz Chmielewski Run Time: 80 min 73mins 73 mins (226 mins)
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The Debt - dlug DVD

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:05:14 -0700

]]>True events inspired this hard-edged, dark drama about law-abiding entrepreneurs who run afoul of the Russian mob in Poland. Two friends starting a small business are strong-armed, threatened and pressured into paying off an imaginary debt to an unscrupulous mobster, who use any means possible to get what he wants. "...a dark parable about the price of ambition, as well as a cautionary exemplar of Poland's currently uneasy moment. In this true story of laissez-faire capitalism gone insane, Krauze finds a metaphor for a nation that has lost its moral balance. (Peter Ritter, Minneapolis City Pages). In Polish with English subtitles. Runtime: 101 mins

Color, Widescreen
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Three Colors Trilogy (Blue/White/Red) DVD

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:12:07 -0700

]]>Director Krzysztof Kieslowski's superb cinematic representations of the three colors of the French flag, Blue (1993, 98 mins.), White (1994, 92 mins.) and Red (1994, 99 mins.), are collected in an impressive 3-DVD box set. These equally beautiful, somber, sexy and humorous explorations of liberty, equality and fraternity have garnered numerous honors, including 3 Oscar and 4 Golden Globe nominations and a Best Actress Award from the Venice Film Festival for Blue star Juliette Binoche.

In French or English with English subtitles.

Runtime: 289 mins.
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The Decalogue - Dekalog DVD

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:59:34 -0700

]]>One of the great movie achievements of our time - (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune), Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue explores the timeless moral issues of human existence through ten contemporary tales, each based on one of the Ten Commandments. Originally produced for Polish television, this brilliant series of ten separate but subtly intertwining films transcended the boundaries of film and TV, winning honors in both arenas as it played around the world. The Decalogue won the FIPRESCI Award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival, was honored as Best Foreign Television Program by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and was named Best Foreign Language Film by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 1997. Each episode was co-written by Kieslowski's longtime collaborator Krzysztof Piesiewicz and features music by Zbigniew Preisner. In Polish with English subtitles.

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

Running time 584 mins.

All ten movies on 3 DVD disc set
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Mazowsze

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:15:40 -0700

]]>AS SEEN ON PBS

THE MUSIC & DANCE OF POLAND: MAZOWSZE is a thrilling kaleidoscopic display of dazzling movement, vibrant color and stunning beauty. The incomparable Mazowsze (Mah-ZOF-sha) performance troupe whirl and leap, stamp and glide in a glorious outpouring of sound and motion, rhythm and music that celebrates the cultural legacy of Poland. Polish-American entertainer Bobby Vinton narrates. While the choreography and musical arrangements represent 39 distinctive ethnographic regions of Poland with traditional performance styles, the appeal of Mazowsze's dynamic stage show goes beyond audiences of Polish descent. An ensemble of 65 dancers and singers are arrayed in a seemingly never-ending series of handmade traditional costumes -- more than 1,000 in total, one more dramatic and colorful than the next and some weighing as much as 30 lbs., making their energetic gravity-defying leaps, twirls and lifts even more impressive.

A full 23-member orchestra performs music ranging from Chopin to simple folk melodies beloved by the Poles for centuries. Strategically mounted high definition cameras and microphones capture this stellar performance, recorded live at the Polish National Opera House in Warsaw, Poland.

Mazowsze is internationally recognized as Poland's cultural ambassadors. In the last 50 years they have performed more than 6,000 shows in cities around the world. The troupe's founders, singer/actress Mira Ziminska and conductor/composer Tadeusz Sygietynski, dedicated themselves to preserve the rich music and dance traditions of Poland after the devastation of World War II.

Performances:

Kolem, Kolem (In a Circle, In a Circle)

Kujawiak - A dance from the region of Kujawy

Co ja mysle (What I Think) - sung in costumes from the White Kurpie region

Carnival time in the town of Wilamowice

Krakowiaczek

Krakowiak

Songs & Dances from Jurgow in the Podhale mountain region

Bamberki

Jokes & Dances from Podegrodzie

Wine Gathering Dance from Lubusz

Dances of the Highlanders from Tatras

Handkerchief Dance from Zywiec

Cyt, Cyt (Hush, Hush) - sung in costumes from the Lowicz region

Furman (The Coachman) - sung by Finale

Bonus Material: Additional Performances

Dances from Szamotuly

Ej przelecial ptaszek (A Little Bird Flew Over the Woods)

Dances from Lublin

Laura i Filon (Laura and Philon)

Lowiczanka

Songs from Cieszyn

Chodzony & Mazurka from Wilanow

Dwa serduszka (The Little Hearts)

Szla dzieweczka (A Village Girl Walking to the Forest)

Bells, songs & dances from Limanowa

Produced by WLIW New York, 2007. Executive Producer/Director: Roy A. Hammond. Producer/Editor: Roman Brygider. Presented nationally by WLIW New York. Widescreen Format (16:9) Shot in High Definition but Formatted for Standard Display Running time approx. 90 minutes.

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Chopin: Desire For Love - DVD

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:23:45 -0700

]]>A tangled web of unruly passion lies at the center of this drama, chronicling the stormy affair between the great piano virtuoso Frederic Chopin and the flamboyant feminish writer Aurore Dupin, who called herself George Sand. Academy Award nominated Jerzy Antczak directs this steeping portrayal of the famed composer and his intese but hurtful relationship with George Sand and her children. Chopin's music known and loved by millions worldwide provides a powerful score that underlines the drama. The world recognized Yo-Yo-MA (cellist), Emanuel Ax (pianist), Yukio Yokoyama (pianist), Janus Olejniczak (pianist), Pamela Frank (violin), Vadim Brodsky (violin) use their talents to brilliantly perform Chopin's music.

Director: Jerzy Antczak

Runtime: 118 min.

Color

English with Spanish Subtitles
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Double - Dublerzy

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:57:17 -0700

]]>In this action-packed comedy, Max and Leon--two hapless tourists from Warsaw-- meet at a wedding in Sicily, where they run into members of a powerful mafia family. They inadvertently get pulled into the mob's problems, which follow them back to Warsaw. A great cast of Polish actors and comedians, including Andrzej Grabowski as Leon and Robert Gonera as Max, highlight this fast-paced laugh fest, filled with chase scenes, stunts, and dark humor. Language: Polish

Dir. Marcin Ziebinski

Cast:Andrzej Grabowski, Robert Gonera, Zbigniew Zamachowski

Running Time:110 min
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Say it Gabi - Powiedz to Gabi DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:35:58 -0700

]]>Gabi is a 16 years old good looking girl with lots of charisma. She is very confident and has all the characteristics of a street kid. Life taught her insolence and aspiration for the goals she set for herself. She smokes, she listens to hip hop, and she is not always truthful. She is in love with Borys, much older journalist who lives in the neighborhood. But it's not the age difference that bothers Gabi, Borys has a very attractive fiance-Baska. One day Gabi puts on a costume and pretends to be somebody else. From that moment, unusual things starts happening and Gabi must make a very important decision for her future.

Language: Polish, with English Subtitles Director: Roland Rowinski Release Date: 2006 Run Time: 87 min

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Wedding - Wesele DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:49:23 -0700

]]>A wedding should be a time for celebration; joining two people into one. Unfortunately, Kaska's marriage to Janusz did not go as expected. Blocked toilets, former lovers, dead grandfathers, demanding thugs, and some awful catering only added to the blend of disaster. Initially, everyone was excited and happy, the end of the wedding however, was not as pleasant. This comedy offers the viewer a vast array of comedic flavors, including of course, black humor.

Language: Polish, English subtitles Director: Wojtek Smarzowski Release Date: 2005 Run Time: 109 min.

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Third - Trzeci DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:44:31 -0700

]]>Pawel and Ewa are typical young and ambitious couple: he is a workaholic, a programs who constant search of success; she is a beautiful woman, intelligent and full of life, tired of her husbands relentless dedication to work. As the years go on, they find that their ability to communicate with each is not what it used to be. In an attempt to salvage their marriage, they plan the perfect get away trip on yacht. During the trip, as they try to regain the love they once shared, they meet a man who is at odds in his own life. His wealth has made him cynical and yearning for more. He decides to help the young married couple but does so against their will using radical methods. Director: Jan Chryniak Release Date: 2006 Run Time: 95 min

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The Yellow Scarf - Zolty Szalik DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:38:26 -0700

]]>A melancholic story, set during a joyous Christmas season, follows an older man's hopeful attempt to repair his history of relationships damaged by his drinking. The yellow scarf, a magical gift from his mother, reveals the outcome of this man's struggle to overcome the grip of alcoholism.

Language: Polish, with English subtitles Director: Janusz Morgenstem Release Date: 2000 Run Time: 64

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Debt Collector - Komornik DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:02:04 -0700

]]>Debt Collector presents 48 hours in the life of a young, provincial debt collector named Lucek Bohme. Bohme is the best debt collector in the town of Walbrzych, Poland. His job makes him feel powerful he collects taxes from anyone who owes, including the destitute. The law is sacred to him, but somewhere on the way he forgets that the law is made for man, not vice versa. Bohme, therefore, has no moral scruples in his work. At the start of the movie, he confiscates medical equipment belonging to the area's only hospital as part of the hospital's debt. But his self-concdence takes a blow when he is confronted with an incident that has a lasting effect on him. One day a debtor he mistreated hangs himself on his stairs, a shock that sets in motion a transformation. Bohme wants to change his life and compensate at least some of his recent victims. Forthe first time in his life, he begins to give some serious thought to what he does and seeks redemption.

Language: Polish, English subtitles Director: Feliks Falk Release Date: 2006 Run Time: 93 min

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Attractive Male Seeking Woman - Atrakcyjny Pozna Pania DVD

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:44:16 -0700

]]>Attractive Male Seeking Woman is a hilarious as well as crazy story about how Stasio Tuchala, an old bachelor, decides to change some things about his life after his sisters journey to America. His friends force him into a matrimonial ad in a newspaper. Dreaming of a girl off the cover of Playboy, Stasio is disappointed when only a few old women want to make a similar change. This hilarious comedy is bound to put a smile on anyones face!

Language: Polish, English subtitles Director: Marek Rebacz Release Date: 4/01/2006 Run Time: 96 min

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Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie DVD

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:34:49 -0800

]]>This simple and expressive animated children's cartoon features two friends, Bolek and Lolek, who imagine adventures around the world. Depicted without dialogue and filled with clever sound effects and movement.

In Bolek and Lolek "In the Wild West," our heroes travel to the wild west where they make friends with the Indians and capture bandits. This non-violent children's cartoon is sure to entertain the entire family!

Genre:Animation No dialogue.
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Polish Kitsch Project - Polisz Kicz Project

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:31:40 -0700

]]>This screwball, laugh-out-loud comedy is a quasi-documentary about two hilarious con artist who fool beautiful actresses into thinking that they are starring in a hit film. Far from being real directors, a Culinary School graduate and his bumbling side-kick, are using a camera for the first time and have no idea how to operate it. None-the-less, these two matchstick men successfully extract money from naive, wannabe actresses, who will do anything to be in a movie.

Language: Polish, with English subtitles

Language: Polish, English subtitles Director: Mariusz Pujszo Release Date: 2003 Run Time: 67 min. Run Time: 67 min.

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Men Of Marble / Czlowiek Z Marmuru

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:18:47 -0700

]]>Agnieszka is a film school student whose final film centers on Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer from Nowa Huta, who was considered a great hero and a leader at work. Later - like many others - he was fired without any pity. In examining the truth about his life, Agnieszka discovers a more general truth about the bitter years of the 50s and about the difficult fate of the Polish nation.

Language: Polish, with English subtitles Director: Andrzej Wajda Release Date: 1976 Run Time: 153 min.

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Everything For Sale - Wszystko na sprzedaz

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:48:50 -0700

]]>Inspired by the tragic death of the great Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski, this Andrzej Wajda film focuses on the behind-the-scenes lives of a director and his actors when they are disrupted by the mysterious death of their leading man.

Language: Polish, with English subtitles Director: Andrzej Wajda Release Date: 1969 Run Time: 94 min.

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Crime Stories - Lawstorant

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:22:53 -0700

]]>While in prison, he is planning on the perfect heist in order to ensure wealth. Upon getting out of prison, he teams up with "Fragler," a risk taker (played by Polish rock star, Michal Wisniewski), prostitute Monika, and drunk (Kazio) to set up phony warehouse.

Their plans for success are altered due to a plethora of women, intrigues, organized crime and greed...

Language: Polish, with English subtitles Director: Mikolaj Haremski Release Date: 2004 Run Time: 104 min.
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