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8.1
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79
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4.3
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Three Colors: Red (1994)
Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.
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Criterion Channel
84
8.1
/27746/
77
/463/
77
/399/
4.1
/53813/
95
/22/
93
/199/

A Short Film About Love (1988)
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...
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Criterion Channel
84
7.8
/117316/
76
/2054/
76
/1816/
4.2
/229861/
96
/57/
93
/1913/
87
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Three Colors: Blue (1993)
The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/84456/
74
/1416/
74
/1277/
3.8
/139594/
91
/56/
87
/798/
91
/11/

Three Colors: White (1994)
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
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Criterion Channel
82
7.6
/56235/
75
/992/
74
/860/
4.1
/118738/
86
/36/
91
/959/
86
/10/

The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.
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Criterion Channel
82
81
7.9
/23927/
76
/394/
76
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4.1
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90
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A Short Film About Killing (1988)
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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Criterion Channel
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75
7.8
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75
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75
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/17609/
90
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92
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Camera Buff (1979)
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
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Criterion Channel
77
73
7.7
/12067/
73
/237/
75
/230/
4.0
/19664/
73
/11/
86
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Blind Chance (1987)
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
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Criterion Channel
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66
8.0
/4100/
76
/116/
78
/80/
4.2
/17562/

Talking Heads (1980)
People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
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Criterion Channel
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64
7.3
/6148/
67
/83/
69
/110/
3.8
/7985/
90
/10/
77
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No End (1985)
1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.
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49
6.6
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67
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64
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3.4
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86
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68
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The Scar (1976)
When a political decision is made as to the location of a new large chemical factory, Stefan Bednarz is put in charge of it. This honest communist party man has to confront the local community opposing the construction.
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48
6.7
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79
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4.1
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The Office (1966)
The insane government bureaucracy at a state pension window.
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38
6.4
/1328/
59
/38/
60
/35/
3.4
/3543/

Tramway (1966)
A boy leaves a party and gets on a passenger tram. Aboard, he shyly watches a girl, who soon falls asleep.
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32
7.3
/1050/
73
/18/
70
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3.6
/1381/

From a Night Porter's Point of View (1979)
At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view.
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Criterion Channel
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31
6.8
/723/
70
/11/
66
/18/
3.7
/2137/

Seven Women of Different Ages (1979)
Each day of the week is represented by a ballerina beginning with a young child and ending with an older ballet teacher.
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Criterion Channel
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29
7.0
/810/
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Hospital (1977)
24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
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Criterion Channel
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6.4
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47
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3.4
/1508/

Railway Station (1980)
Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.
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7.1
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68
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3.5
/1052/

The Calm (1980)
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
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20
6.0
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56
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3.2
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Factory (1971)
A documentary revolving around the Polish situation on an industrial level at the tail-end of the 1960s: it alternates between stark images at a metallurgic foundry and a board-room meeting among the various executives involved in its management.
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20
5.7
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50
/17/
54
/21/
3.1
/848/

Concert of Requests (1967)
A young couple leave a lake campsite on motorbike at the same time as a bus full of youths. The boy accidently loses a tent along the road which is picked up by those in the bus who offer a trade of the tent for his girl.
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19
6.7
/605/
55
/12/
65
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3.4
/886/

Personnel (1976)
Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague, Sowa, is pressured to make a costume for an overbearing soloist.
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18
6.5
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63
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3.4
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From the City of Lodz (1969)
This documentary explores the changing faces of the old Polish city of Lodz, and how its modernization, both physically and culturally, affects the older, more conservative residents, many of whom lived through World War II and are confused and somewhat resentful at the changes they're seeing.
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7.1
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69
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3.6
/696/

I Was a Soldier (1971)
A group of veterans recount a horrifying experience when trapped in a minefield, resulting in each losing their sight.
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6.6
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62
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3.4
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Refrain (1972)
A story about everyday life funeral in the 70s.
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16
6.8
/382/
64
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64
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3.6
/596/

First Love (1974)
After the doctor's refusal to perform abortion on a 17-year old girl, she and her boyfriend have to cope with the new situation. They both need to learn to take responsibility for their decisions, in spite of numerous hardships facing them.
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14
5.6
/358/
46
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51
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3.2
/548/

Slate (1976)
A short making-of from the set of Kieslowski's feature film "Blizna", which uses a lot the word "Action!" and the slate.
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13
6.5
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65
/10/
3.5
/590/

Pedestrian Subway (1974)
A school teacher from a small town in Poland comes to Warsaw to see his estranged wife, a window dresser, in the hope that she will return to him rather than give him a divorce.
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12
6.4
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57
/11/
57
/15/
3.3
/452/

X-Ray (1974)
Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.
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12
6.8
/434/
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/22/
64
/8/
3.4
/513/

Short Working Day (1995)
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
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11
6.4
/358/
56
/9/
56
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3.4
/434/

The Bricklayer (1973)
Joseph Malesa is a former party activist, labor leader, and mason. The documentary describes his career and life through ups and downs.
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67
11
6.7
/273/
66
/6/
69
/11/
3.4
/328/

Curriculum Vitae (1975)
A communist party control committee interrogates a worker and party activist who is to be excluded from the party.
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10
/1/

Culling (1972)
Chief Forester Szymon from the observation tower sees a professor in the forest, walking through his district. Szymon and his wife Celina later engage in a disagreement due to his indifference and refusal to react on the professor’s illegal hunting. Celina would like to see Szymon as he used to be - rebellious, but Szymon prefers not to lean out. He is aware that everyone is responsible for the evil that permeates the country - some by their actions, others by their conformism.
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10
/1/

Checking the King (1972)
Two men in a game of chess. One of the players is a country boy who accidentally discovered a chess talent, and the other is a former lawyer who has not played chess for twenty years. The lawyer tells the story of learning to play chess: during World War II, he was arrested for no reason and imprisoned. One day, while waiting for another interrogation, he stole the book "Chess Review" from the investigating officer's coat. He perfected it for several months and started playing against himself. The intense mental effort led him to a nervous breakdown eventually...
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7.6
/12/

Two for the Seesaw (1976)
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10
/1/
60
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Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (2006)
A collection of short films by 16 European directors.
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5.4
/99/
36
/3/

Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra (1972)
A commissioned film about the Lubin copper mine.
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?
5.7
/100/
40
/2/
70
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The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine (1972)
Commissioned film about the conditions of safety and hygiene in the Lubin copper mine.
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63
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6.7
/115/
80
/1/
46
/5/

I Don't Know (1977)
The confession of a man who was the director of a factory in Lower Silesia. "He was a Party member but opposed to the Mafia-like organization of Party members which was active in that factory and region. Those people were stealing and debiting the factory account. He didn’t realize that people higher up were involved in the affair. And they finished him off.’ (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
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?
6.1
/17/
40
/1/

Legend (1975)
"Legenda" is a document about a famous polish writer Stefan Żeromski. It serves as an interview with people who knew the artist.
poster
51
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6.4
/119/
40
/2/
50
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Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us (1972)
Robotnicy - Nic o nas bez nas tells a story about Gdańsk Shipyard and its workers after so called Grudzień 1970 (1970 protests). After those events Edward Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as party first secretary and promised redical change in style and methods of ruling. Kieślowski shows the skepticism of workers and their attitude to party members. He also pictures conflicts inside the party (PZPR) and usual work in shipyard. The political criticism of this movie made it a target of censorship – it was suspended and cut against the will of director.
poster
83
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6.5
/2661/
100
/1/

City Life (1990)
Collection of documentary shorts by various acclaimed directors
poster
54
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5.8
/171/
40
/3/
54
/7/
3.2
/337/

Before the Rally (1971)
Ten days of preparation for the Monte Carlo rally. The two Polish drivers battle with the technical shortcomings of the Polish Fiat 125 and overwhelming bureaucracy. They did not finish the race. An allegory of the country's industrial and economic problems.
poster
70
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7.1
/167/
70
/1/
69
/8/
3.6
/429/

The Photograph (1968)
After looking at a photograph from the end of World War II of two young boys holding guns, celebrating the liberation of Warsaw, a documentarian for Polish television tries to find the boys and discover how their lives have went.
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?
6.5
/60/
50
/4/

Kartoteka (1979)
A former partisan now 38 years old remembers his childhood in the war.


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