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Kanopy
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A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...
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The Structure of Crystal (1969)
Two friends who used to study physics together are forced to make tough decisions as their lives take different paths.
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Camouflage (1977)
A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.
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/39/
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/4937/
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/6/
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Illumination (1973)
Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.
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Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the operating stage. Facing imminent death, he questions the beliefs he has held all his life and starts experimenting with both his own life and those of others.
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The Constant Factor (1980)
A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadfast moral code by which to live, he suffers from the knowledge of human frailty and our darker inclinations to do harm.
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/648/
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/7/
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/12/
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Persona non grata (2005)
A Polish ambassador (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife.
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Tubi TV
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/567/
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/10/
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/5/

Ether (2018)
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with et... Moreher to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation… Less
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/722/
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Family Life (1971)
This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the aristocratic family he fled in shame and scorn, and their dilapidated country estate, bathed in an oppressively nostalgic light, prove ultimately inescapable.
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The Spiral (1978)
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later,... More the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening. Less
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
poster
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Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991)
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
poster
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The Supplement (2002)
An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee.
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Foreign Body (2014)
A dashing young Italian in Poland finds himself caught between two women — a novitiate nun and a ruthless corporate ladder-climber — in this lacerating vision of contemporary Poland from master filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi.
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Weekend Stories: Deceptive Charm (1998)
An idealistic scientist is encouraged by his wife to use his good looks to get ahead, but his new job carries with it temptations and traps.
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Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1992)
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Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure (2001)
Rose, an older woman living in Paris was born in Poland as a daughter of an aristocratic family. Her family house is now an impoverished home for the elderly.
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5.8
/42/
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/1/

Weekend Stories: Little Faith (1997)
A rational young man and his devoutly Catholic wife believe their sickly son may have leukemia. As they await further tests over a weekend they both struggle with a crisis of faith in both science and Catholicism.
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Examination (1968)
A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor's house to beg to be allowed to take it.
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Blaubart (1984)
N/A
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/8/

Haus der Frauen (1978)
N/A
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At Full Gallop (1996)
Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose father's decision to remain in Britain after the war has made his family politically-suspect with the local Party authorities, is sent by his mother to stay with an "aunt" (in reality an old family friend) in Warsaw.
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And a Warm Heart (2008)
N/A
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The Unapproachable (1982)
N/A
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7.1
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Weekend Stories: The Soul Sings (1997)
A classical singer who put his career on hold to raise a family gets a big break when a major company hires him for a televised New Year's Eve concert, but his shot at fame is threatened when, against his better judgment, he goes out on a rainy night and gets a cold.
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/26/
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Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line (1998)
A young TV producer struggles with his conscience when he becomes convinced that his TV program is covering up a lie, but the more he tries to reveal the truth the more uncertainty he discovers.
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/44/
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Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law (1998)
A handsome young chauffeur hired by a powerful and charismatic businesswoman discovers he has been made an unwitting party to fraud, but his moral outrage is complicated: the married man allowed himself to be seduced by the woman, who threatens to tell the man's wife.
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/111/
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The Perfect Number (2022)
The young mathematician David dedicated his whole life to the study of prime numbers. Getting to know his distant cousin, Joachim, causes the man to gradually reevaluate his priorities. This meeting will have a huge impact on both of them and will provoke a long discussion on the mysterious world order, the meaning of life and its passing.
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Face to Face (1969)
The film depicts a moral dilemma of a clerk who has to face a choice: whether to save a stranger or to pretend that he hasn't seen anything, so that he won't put himself into risk.
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5.7
/20/

Students (1962)
This is a short story woven into the scenery of Kraków's students' festival. The camera is always at the center of events and is accompanied by the main character – Jurek, in search of his sister. In this film, events are part of a larger whole. The main role in this film is filled by Andrzej Paczkowski, now a known historian.
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/1/

"Do not be afraid". The Life and Teachings of Pope John Paul II (1996)
N/A
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6.2
/25/

Komputery (1967)
N/A
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5.6
/31/

Holden (1961)
N/A
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6.2
/38/
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Hipoteza (1973)
Short Drama
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10
/1/

Girl and Uhlan (1961)
A school etude referring to a painting motif about the farewell of lovers. He, the uhlan, must ride away on his horse into the blue distance, and she, the girl in a flower wreath, cannot come to terms with it.
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10
/1/

Umbrella (1961)
A light, comedy etude by Krzysztof Zanussi about a husband jealous of his wife's secret admirer.
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10
/1/

Stop Thief (1961)
An etude depicting theft and the pursuit of a thief taking place in an urban setting.
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6.5
/76/
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The Death of a Provincial (1966)
Young and lively artist lives at the monastery while restoring the interiors and pays attention to the very old monk who is going to pass away soon.
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5.5
/59/
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Weekend Stories: A Woman's Business (1996)
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.
poster
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6.1
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Our God's Brother (1997)
In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.
poster
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6.1
/81/
40
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Revisited (2009)
In this mixture of fiction and documentary Krzysztof Zanussi invites a number of Poland’s great actors—Maja Komorowowska, Daniel Olbrychski, and Jan Nowicki—to "revisit" characters they played in the director's earlier works.
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6.5
/87/
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Power Of Evil (1985)
An unsuspecting student thinks that the wife of an arms dealer is unhappy, but in reality she appears as cynical as her capitalist man.
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5.0
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Black Sun (2007)
After learning the identity of the man who killed her husband, a young widow struggles with whether to forgive the killer or avenge her husband's death
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6.3
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Wherever You Are... (1988)
An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II.
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7.9
/38/

Ways in the Night (1979)
Friedrich is a wealthy, handsome German soldier fighting in World War II. His unit is stationed in Poland and occupies the estate of Countess Elzbieta. Forced to remain in her presence, Friedrich begins to pursue Elzbieta out of boredom.
poster
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A Woman's Decision (1975)
The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she won't be needed much at home as the boy grows up and the relationship with her husband crumbles. It's only when an embezzlement is discovered ... Moreat the office and she stands up to her management, that she realizes life has more to offer. She meets a well-off former classmate, married to an American. Then she meets Jacek and starts contemplating possibilities of a new start. She discovers love for the first time, but turns to old ways rather than to break loose. Less
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Behind the Wall (1971)
Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, Anna is an unsuccessful science writer who turns to Jan for advice and human compassion, but Jan, absorbed with his career, remains immune to Anna's clumsy efforts to pierce his defenses.
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/13/
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Versuchung (1982)
N/A


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