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Kanopy
75
7.1
/1516/
61
/20/
64
/30/
3.7
/1270/
73
/11/
88
/15/

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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76
58
7.2
/1904/
68
/47/
70
/49/
3.8
/5510/
95
/53/

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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71
51
7.3
/1906/
63
/29/
65
/36/
3.7
/2558/
79
/51/

Camouflage (1977)
A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.
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71
49
7.2
/1335/
64
/35/
72
/32/
3.7
/2461/
75

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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70
45
7.1
/2119/
73
/42/
69
/54/
3.8
/5311/
67
/6/
67
/2/

Illumination (1973)
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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69
39
7.0
/1587/
65
/31/
69
/28/
3.6
/1968/
70
/19/

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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58
22
5.9
/578/
59
/15/
50
/11/
3.2
/527/
60
/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 ether to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation…
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63
20
6.8
/742/
62
/20/
55
/13/
3.5
/1338/
60
/5/

Family Life (1971)
A young industrial designer named Wit reluctantly returns to his family home to look after his gravely ill father. Upon entering the dark confines of a house he has not visited in six years, Wit once again finds himself exposed to the idiosyncratic pathologies of his father, sister, and aunt.
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66
16
6.6
/545/
64
/10/
67
/13/
3.5
/647/

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, 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.
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60
10
6.1
/291/
48
/7/
65
/10/
3.4
/340/

The Supplement (2002)
An examination of the relationship between an indecisive medical student and his fiancee.
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63
9
6.6
/656/
58
/7/
50
/13/
80
/1/

Persona non grata (2005)
A Polish ambassador finds his life falling into ruin following the death of his wife.
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67
8
6.8
/266/
78
/6/
47
/11/
3.5
/260/

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 at 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.
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43
6
4.5
/361/
43
/11/
51
/13/
33
/1/

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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10
/1/

The Wrong Address (1995)
A film by Krzysztof Zanussi inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Lady with an Ermine”. The director takes us to the Museum Czartoryski in Cracow where he presents his favourite painting and with the aid of video effects, he wryly invites us to compare “The Lady with an Ermine” with the better known “Mona Lisa”.
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7.6
/9/
10
/1/

Rola (1971)
An actor visits his father in a nursing home to study his mannerisms in preparations for the role of Faust.
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6.5
/77/
10
/1/
57
/3/

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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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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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/

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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6.1
/39/
10
/1/
52
/4/

Hipoteza (1973)
A brilliant but troubled professor confronts his fears while working on his design of a space rocket.
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5.6
/31/
10
/1/

Holden (1961)
A rainy-night clash in a boarding-school dorm forces a swaggering teen to confront his insecurities and the price of rebellion.
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6.4
/28/
10
/1/

Computers (1967)
How does a computer work? It’s easy! This educational film vividly explains the principles of the binary system, which is the underlying operating concept for digital machines.
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60
/1/

"Do not be afraid". The Life and Teachings of Pope John Paul II (1996)
May 13, 1981, afternoon. A general audience with the head of the Church is taking place in St. Mark's Square in Rome. Suddenly, the joyful buzz rising above the crowd of pilgrims is interrupted by the crack of gunshots. John Paul II, his face contorted with pain, slumps into the seat of the popemobile.
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5.7
/21/
10
/1/

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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6.8
/49/
55
/2/
65
/2/

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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57
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4.9
/123/
60
/2/
58
/6/
3.1
/245/

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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5.5
/47/
40
/2/
55
/2/

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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5.8
/29/
43
/3/
60
/2/

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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7.1
/59/
55
/2/
70
/2/

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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6.3
/59/
32
/4/
58
/4/

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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6.2
/44/
60
/2/
60
/4/

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
/46/
40
/3/
65
/2/

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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56
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7.1
/112/
40
/2/
60
/1/

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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6.2
/23/
10
/1/
10
/2/

Blaubart (1984)
An internist is accused of murdering the sixth of his seven wives. During the court hearing, numerous statements, especially those made by his former wives, confront him with his past. Finally acquitted, the doctor loses himself in feelings of deepest guilt and confusion as he searches for the truth about himself. The strict film adaptation of the novel by Max Frisch (1982).
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8.0
/9/

Haus der Frauen (1978)
N/A
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5.2
/32/
10
/1/

The Unapproachable (1982)
A once celebrated, still famous actress lives an "unreachable" and secluded life in a villa in Berlin's Grunewald forest. One day, a young man uses a trick to break into her voluntary isolation, and a subtle game develops between the two, in which each slips into different roles to deceive the other. Soon, the boundaries between appearance and reality blur.
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7.4
/19/
10
/1/

Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel (1992)
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5.0
/311/
50
/4/
58
/4/

And a Warm Heart (2008)
A businessman, spoiled by the good life, learns that he suffers from a serious heart condition. He can only survive by finding a donor immediately. In the hospital, he accidentally meets a young man whose grief and job loss have taken away all his will to live. He is suicidal, so he is the perfect donor, and they must find a way to help him leave this world...
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6.3
/19/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Hatch (1991)
Young homeless man Luke is not going to obey the laws established by his homeless colleagues, as well as the arbitrariness of the foreman when he finds himself in forced labor. But only resistance to his own kind does not give Luke anything: without housing and means of subsistence, and, finally, without basic rights to protect the individual, he no longer sees any light in this life.
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5.6
/64/
52
/4/
53
/6/

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.
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7.8
/9/
10
/1/

Krzysztof Penderecki (1968)
A biographical documentary about Krzysztof Penderecki
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64
?
5.7
/137/
70
/1/
65
/2/

Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
A 2005 novella film created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement. It consists of 13 10-minute shorts. There are various forms: mini-feature, music video, documentary, animation, interview.
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59
?
6.6
/383/
58
/9/
56
/11/

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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56
?
6.6
/176/
47
/4/
55
/4/

Imperative (1982)
Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi once more explores the dilemma of intellectualism at the expense of humanity in 1982's Imperative. The story concerns math professor Robert Powell, who feels that there is something lacking in his ever-so-precise life. What is missing is truth, specifically philosophical truth. Thus he philosophizes at great length, allowing director Zanussi plenty of room for didactic but little room for warmth. Leading ladies Brigette Fossey and Leslie Caron occasionally melt through the cold logic of Imperative.
poster
54
?
6.8
/250/
44
/5/
50
/10/

The Contract (1982)
Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac.
poster
45
?
6.4
/142/
10
/1/
63
/3/

Inventory (1989)
Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography student. He lives with his mother Zofia, a sensitive, practicing Catholic, like her son. When he meets Julia, a depressed woman older than he, he first tries to comfort her, then invites her to stay with him and his mother. Tomek makes a trip to West Berlin to visit his well-off father. He refuses to take money from him and looks for work as a house painter. Julia ends up in a rest home for treatment, while Tomek is trying to make their relationship work.
poster
48
?
6.3
/329/
35
/2/
46
/11/

The Silent Touch (1992)
Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.
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5.8
/82/
62
/5/

The Catamount Killing (1975)
A banker troubled by both business and personal problems is transferred to a small town. There he meets and seduces an older woman. Together, they decide to pull off a payroll holdup together.


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