Tadeusz Konwicki

The end of the 20th Egyptian dynasty sees the empire showing signs of deterioration. In the east, the Assyrians are rapidly expanding their empire, which threatens both Phoenicia and Israel. Meanwhile, the power behind the throne of Rameses XII lies with the select body of the priests. These worshippers of the gods Amon and Osiris jealously fight to guard their positions of influence as rulers of Egypt. (amazon.co.uk)

Set in the Polish Galicia in 1914, on the eve of World War I. Three nationalities are living in the area: Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish. The country inn (Austeria in Galician) is run by an old and wise Jew, Tag. The neighboring village is abandoned by the Jews, who left only few steps ahead of advancing Cossacks. Soon the inn is full of desperate Jews, there is also an Austrian baroness on the run and an Hungarian hussar cut off from his unit. (imdb)

A young women spends her last day of summer vacation on the beach. After awhile, young man appears.

The film evokes a childhood in rural Lithuania between the wars. A country boy, Tomaszek, lives on a rich estate, situated on the Polish border. He realizes that the Issa Valley he lives in is to be torn apart by internal political conflicts and unrests among the mixed population of Poles, Lithuanians, Jews and Russians. He, however, is captivated by a paradise surrounding him, the forest, and his fantasies. (imdb)

A man hops off a train by the small town where he claims he was before. His presence allows to bring out the inner feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants. A man who has hidden through all of the war because he looked Jewish, even if he is not, took on a fame of a dead Jewish actor he resembles. The visitor's wife shows up to claim his and indicate that he is always running off. He escapes in the end for another town. (imdb)

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping to pass the entrance exams to the university. His love interest is Alina, his high-school colleague. (imdb)

First adaptation to the screen of Adam Mickiewicz's "Dziady".

Marek is a young athlete involved with too many women until the day he met Jowita, an enigmatic and beautiful woman. After meeting at a ball, they set up a date but things doesn't go his way and he still keeps obsessed about her. When they meet again, she presents herself with a different name, adding that Jowita is a friend of hers. Now that they are more involved, Marek still wonders who is Jowita. (imdb)

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much about his own life along the way. (Letterboxd)

An agent of foreign intelligence, Karwowski is sent from the West. His task is to establish contacts and organize a sabotage - espionage grid, but it turns out that no one does not agree to cooperate. (filmpolski.pl)

A pair of lovers go off to a small hotel in a little town. The memories of war, however, intrude on their idyll. The girl and boy relive certain wartime experiences in flashback. She was a communist who drove a boy loving her to give himself up. (imdb)

Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbor. (imdb)