Man of Marble (1976) more movies like this

directed by Andrzej Wajda
featuring Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Tarkowski

The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's two "Solidarity" films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national hero in the 1950s due to his skills at his trade, Birkut has inexplicably fallen into obscurity. In making a film of the bricklayer's life, documentary ...

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Mephisto (1981) more movies like this

directed by István Szabó
featuring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Karin Boyd, Rolf Hoppe

Based on Klaus Mann's novel, Mephisto details the rise of a Faustian character who figuratively sells his soul in exchange for greatness. Hendrik Hofgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer, offering an electric performance) is the star of a state-funded theater department who tires of his job. Like his friends, he pays lip service to socialist ideals ...

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Bez Znieczulenia (1979) more movies like this

directed by Andrzej Wajda
featuring Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda, Roman Wilhelmi

Jerzy Michalowski is a journalist who has been licensed by the Polish State to travel abroad. He researches stories and at the same time represents the country in journalistic circles. When, on a foreign broadcast, he displays a much too-thorough knowledge of the actual state of affairs inside Poland, the authorities decide to punish him by ...

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Przesluchanie (1982) more movies like this

directed by Ryszard Bugajski
featuring Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Adam Ferency, Agnieszka Holland, Anna Romantowska

Originally titled Przesluchanie, the Polish The Interrogation is rough sledding for anyone looking for an "easy" film about political oppression. Cabaret entertainer Krystyna Jadna has a habit of dallying sexually with high-ranking military officers. As a result, she is imprisoned and subject to a vicious interrogation by the secret police, who ...

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Dyrygent (1979) more movies like this

directed by Andrzej Wajda
featuring John Gielgud, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn

Polish director Andrzej Wajda had a habit of switching gears between socially conscious films and pure box-office entertainments. The Conductor, released in Poland in 1979 as Dyrygent, falls into the latter category. John Gielgud stars as an old and venerated orchestra conductor, making his annual personal appearance in a small Polish town. ...

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Zwolnieni Z Zycia (1992) more movies like this

directed by Waldemar Krzystek
featuring Jan Frycz, Krystyna Janda, Wojciech Wysocki, Mariusz Benoit

In this at times illogical film, while trying to regain his memory, an amnesiac wanders around trying to avoid some thugs who seem to want to do him in. It seems that he lost his memory in the first place as a result of injuries he suffered from a beating by two ex-policemen. They thought him dead, but are now concerned that he will remember who ...

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