Movies: Danuta Szaflarska

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Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house....

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Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life....

A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the sta...

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka"....

Over the course of four generations, a family in Hungary confronts poverty, political turmoil and a life that's perpetually on the move....

Even in Poland today, Gypsies are viewed with profound suspicion -- not that things are that much better for them anywhere else in Europe. In this coming-of-age drama, Mala, an ordinary Polish girl who is about thirteen years old, is just beginning t...

All the ambiance of an old-fashioned circus comes across with great clarity in this otherwise routine psychological tale about a mean-spirited mime and his effects on his colleagues. The small, traveling circus has been sliding downhill for awhile, a...

A mother of three is afraid of losing her husband if he finds out she's pregnant again, so she tries to conceal it....

Sensational psychological drama, concerning the activities of the People's Guard in Silesia, presents from the human characters and attitudes perspective story of provocation of Gestapo agents, penetrating the ranks of the Resistance....

Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form....

Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother....

A simple story of a meeting between two completely different and distant people. By chance, they spend a few days together....

Jerzy Stuhr wrote, directed, and starred in this drama about a man sworn to uphold the law who applies a very different moral code to himself than he does to others. As Adam Borowski, Stuhr plays a government lawyer prosecuting a variety of cases, in...

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A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the aut...

The house of a family of five is to be demolished due to the expansion of the city. The residents who are waiting to move are surprised by the progressive paralysis of their son....

August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities....

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