An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in science fiction literature involved in mysteries and paradoxes that need to be enlightened.

Life of Bona Sforza, 16th century Italian princess from Bari, who became wife of king Sigismundus I the Old and queen consort of Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania.

Ludwik moves with his parents to Cracow and starts studying in a new school. The boy shows rebellion against the surrounding post-war reality.

A conspiracy in Switzerland. While the President, called 'Kater', expects the visit of the Spanish royal couple, an intrigue is already being prepared behind his back to bring him down.

Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish intelectual, has severe alcohol problems which affect his relationship with his son Sylwek.

Thirteen short segments made for the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement. Each of them tries to examine the meaning of solidarity today.

In a new political situation of 1989, just as communism crumbles and the Berlin Wall collapses, a middle-aged Polish woman and German man need to face their memories, feelings and stereotypes while meeting in Gdansk.

Tables turn as snooty film critic and art cinema lover Yanek Drzazga is faced with a task of writing and directing a movie - a shamelessly commercial vanity project starring wife of notorious gangster.

Two unlikely high-school friends share a common passion for computer hacking. Problems arise when their abilities are noticed by a group of gangsters.

24 hours in the bitter life of a frustrated divorced teacher who stays in the vicious circle of his numerous obsessions.

The protagonist of the film is a 50-year-old businessman, Tomasz Adamczyk, who wants to give up running his winery business and devote himself to his lifelong passion for philosophy. This idea does not appeal to his business partner. On top of all this, Tomasz has an accident and is taken hostage by enthusiasts of the wine he produces.

Pawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.

When the ex-racing driver's teenage daughter is brutally raped, her father seeks justice on his own.

A spy tries to rescue his son from Iraqui prison, while the intelligence agency plots to use the agent in its own hidden agenda.

Jurek Kiler (see the prequel to this movie, "Kiler") has become a VIP - sponsoring the Polish government, playing tennis with the President, and stuff. He must oversee a transfer of a substantial amount of gold. However, in his past activities, he has made enemies. Mighty ones. And thus Jurek Kiler's next adventure begins as he has to face attempts at kidnapping, assassinations, and problems in his love life...

A grand and patriotic tale of Poland's struggle for freedom just before Napoleon's war with Russia. Written in poetic style by Adam Mickiewicz, this story follows two feuding Polish families as they overcome their old conflicts and petty lives. However, they are able to unite as one with their patriotic and rebellious efforts to free the country they deeply love from Russian control.

An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century.

During World War II a group of safe-crackers sets off on a mission to steal gold from a Nazi bank.

An innocent cab driver is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.

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.

After returning back to his high school, Mat learns about his classmate's suicide. Willing to find out what really happened, he starts a private investigation.

Kuba Mitura tells his daughter the story of his youth, rebellion and love.

Detective drama with elements of comedy. The message of the movie is clear: Power destroys and degenerates everybody who's got it.

After taking a dip in the lake, a buxom and innocent maiden encounters an enigmatic stranger dressed in black who will introduce her to the secret pleasures of the flesh and the mysterious ways of the world.

In 1945, military doctor Andrzej Kwiatkowski pretends to be a communist army colonel in order to save innocent people from Stalinist imprisonment and to get the heart of the girl he's in love with.

One day, hospital orderlies, watching corpse in the morgue, recognize film director. Man, even though he died, he begins to remember his life. He made a career making movies, had numerous mistresses, but never realized their dreams. His life was interspersed with many setbacks that enfeebled him from the inside. Although he made a career in film, he was not happy with his life.

Tomasz Siwek unexpectedly changes from an obedient communist party member into an opposition activist. And all that happens during a Solidarity rally where he was sent to spy on the protesters.

Just like in a fairy tale, Dorota Waltz turns from an ordinary blue-collar worker into a wealthy businesswoman. As she tries to save her factory from bankruptcy, Dorota's lawyer seems to help her but his real plans remain a secret.

When the war breaks out, renowned Polish-Jewish poet Aleksander Wat leaves Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his wife Ola and their son. In Lviv, however, they are arrested by the Russians and separated. Ola and her son are sent to Siberia.

In the 1980s, a group of Polish intellectuals visit Helsinki every year to attend a symposium and then talk about politics in a Finnish sauna.

In good old days Franz Maurer and his partners from secret police used to live like kings. Now, they all must adapt to new post-communist environment where they are scorned and losing all the privileges. Some, like Franz, are like ordinary police fighting against drug dealers. But Franz would soon find that some of his friends are on the other side.

A Polish lieutenant from the Royal Air Force comes home with his British wife and faces political persecution.

A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.

Piotr gets back to Poland after two years in America. He tries to invest the money he earned on the local market but that seems quite a challenge.

In the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.

In 1918, a group of soldiers of various nationalities conspires to desert the imperial Austro-Hungarian army.

After a long absence, Adas Miauczynski visits his family house and spends one evening with his eccentric ritual-driven parents.

Mr. B. is an old, ailing Jew who did not accept the changes. One day he sees Christ coming to Warsaw on a donkey. He is arrested. Mr. B. tells the doctor about it. He got bitter because nobody believed his words.

A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.

The wife of the recently deceased lawyer tries to cope with grief after his loss and to keep his last case going in court.

In the aftermath of World War II, an American soldier falls in love with a Polish woman, and offers his help of leaving the country. But the circumstances turns out otherwise.

King Sigismund II Augustus recalls the years spent with her beautiful queen Barbara Barbara Radziwill.

In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.

A rebellious architecture student is sent to jail where he reminisces the last years of his uncompromising life.

A boy comes of age under an oppressive, cruel socialist government and watches as it slowly but surely distorts his family, his school and even his own thoughts.

A few years after the events of Czlowiek z marmuru (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.

A young lieutenant Kiekeritz wants to give some meaning to his life. He starts to collect works of art.

Two psychiatrists attempt to save a suicidal man.

One of the most talked-about trials in 1930s Polish press. Housekeeper Rita Gorgon, who has an affair with her employer, is accused of murdering his teenage daughter.

Social drama which addresses the problems faced by delinquent young people and how difficult it can be to change their way of life. Czesiek is a young hooligan who who comes into contact with Marek, a sociology student and tries to change his lifestyle but receives no support from the local youth organisation. His comrades look on him as a deserter whilst Marek is only interested in him as a subject to be studied.

Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.

A teenage country boy starts working in a restaurant of the famous Pacific Hotel in the 1930s. He soon discovers that to get promoted one needs to conform and sacrifice his dignity.

A coming of end story about fourteen years old Yurek, his adventures during the vacations and his first love.

Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St.