The Best Polish Movies by GoldRush
After seeing a lot of Polish movies (ca. 3500) this is my list of the best Polish films. From 1908 to 2018.
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- The oldest existent Polish film deals with the forced Germanisation of western Polish regions and the school protest in Wrzesnia with its harsh repercussions.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsJadwiga SmosarskaAnna BelinaWladyslaw GrabowskiQuiet and monotonous life in the countryside is abruptly interrupted by the moving front of the Polish-Russian war.
- DirectorHenryk SzaroStarsGregori ChmaraAgnes KuckJulian KrzewinskiJournalist Henryk Bielecki is not very talented but he desperately wants to become a famous writer. Nothing will stop him from making his dreams come true.
- DirectorHenryk SzaroStarsAdam BrodziszJadwiga SmosarskaMieczyslaw FrenkielA rebel fights against the early 20th century occupation of Poland by the Russian Czar, and is sentenced to Siberia.
- DirectorMieczyslaw KrawiczJanusz WarneckiStarsMariusz MaszynskiLiliana ZielinskaAdolf DymszaMusical comedy full of funny gags. The song written by a poor musician, suddenly becomes a hit. It's his opportunity to make a career, and win the hand of his beloved.
- DirectorJuliusz GardanStarsJadwiga SmosarskaEugeniusz BodoMieczyslawa CwiklinskaAfter becoming a licensed engineer abroad, Lucyna comes back to Poland and looks for a job. Because her wealthy father thinks it's inappropriate for a girl to work, she decides to put on men's clothes and get a job as Julian Kwiatkowski.
- DirectorKonrad TomStarsAntoni FertnerLoda NiemirzankaKazimierz Junosza-StepowskiCountry gent sends his singing, dancing, tomboy daughter to stuffy finishing school, where she promptly sets about enlivening the dorm and makes friends with the city's 'Bohemian' crowd.
- DirectorJuliusz GardanStarsElzbieta BarszczewskaFranciszek BrodniewiczTamara WiszniewskaStefcia Rudecka starts working as a governess in an aristocratic house. Waldemar, the young heir, falls in love with her but his well-off family is not eager to accept the woman he loves.
- DirectorMichal WaszynskiStarsAvrom MorewskiAjzyk SambergMojzesz LipmanThe mystical love story between Chonen, a poor Talmud student, and Lea, a girl from a wealthy family, depicts the traditional folk culture of Polish Jews before WW2.
- DirectorLeon TrystanStarsEugeniusz BodoJózef OrwidHelena GrossównaTwo apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man arrives for a visit and gets into the wrong apartment. Complications arise.
- DirectorJan FethkeKonrad TomStarsHelena GrossównaAleksander ZabczynskiAntoni FertnerA love story between Stefan, the nephew of a music teacher, and Helenka, the daughter of a wealthy cosmetics industry entrepreneur. Her father remembers the recipe for a new soap thanks to a catchy tune composed by Stefan.
- DirectorAleksander FordMovie filmed directly after the liberation of the concentration camp at Majdanek, which is considered as the first in the world document the Nazi genocide. Interviews with prisoners from different countries of Europe. Documentary record of 24 and 25 July 1944.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsDanuta SzaflarskaJanina OrdezankaJerzy DuszynskiA Polish musician tells a young soldier about his wartime activity - setting up a street orchestra and taking part in the anti-German resistance movement.
- DirectorAleksander FordStarsMieczyslawa CwiklinskaJerzy LeszczynskiWladyslaw GodikThe story of Polish and Jewish families living side by side in one Warsaw street. Everything changes once and for all with the Nazi invasion.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsJadwiga ChojnackaWanda JakubinskaAlina JanowskaA comedy set in the ruins of post-war Warsaw. A young married couple moves in to a rented flat full of other lodgers, some of whom by misunderstanding start to believe there's a hidden treasure somewhere in the house.
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsJózef NowakStanislaw MilskiZbigniew SkowronskiA common worker tells a communist activist the story of his turbulent life - from the extreme poverty in the countryside to becoming a conscious worker's activist.
- DirectorLeonard BuczkowskiStarsLidia KorsakównaTadeusz SchmidtAdam MikolajewskiWhile visiting Warsaw, Hanka falls for a record-breaking bricklayer. Soon she returns to the city to work at construction sites and prove that women's work is not worse than that of men's.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTadeusz LomnickiUrszula ModrzynskaTadeusz JanczarStory of youth during the German occupation of Poland in World War II who come to adulthood through love and adversity.
- DirectorAndrzej MunkStarsKazimierz RudzkiJean TopartAn impressionistic image of Warsaw rebuilt after the war and its residents. A kind of lyrical film version of a feature article, full of warm humour and enriched with observations of everyday life.year of production 1955