Barbara Dziekan

The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct (imdb)

A short working day for sure: the main character is unable to complete his regular hours. A local party secretary has to face a mob of strikers protesting hefty increases in food prices by the central government. The embattled secretary decides at first to stick it out at the party's office instead of making the recommended hasty escape.

A psychological portrait of a young Polish theatre actress, searching for her own way in life. She plays a mechanical dancer in a play "Dance of the Marionette", a complete opposite of her real personality. She lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about the theater and taking care of a poor neighbor. She fights her sophisticated mother and rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic. (Polish Cinema Database)