Any good Polish films to watch?

that's a great movie... i liked it...

Oh what a nice topic to bring up. I myself am more into modern Polish films since that's what my library mostly offers for rental in the foreign section. It is nice though and a detailed collection.

Here they are:

Katyn

Wesele

Da Vinci

Anioł

Jeszcze tylko ten las (English: Just Beyond This Forest)

The Peasants

Komornik (English: Debt Collector)

Seksmisja (Worst movie ever!)

Knife In The Water (Roman Polanski's first and only Polish film)

Pan Tadeusz

Trzeci (Good movie!)

I also have this website: polishfilms.org

But it's more or less a festival with indie films that aren't widely available...but I think those are the best!

If you like other foreign films I recommend the Cannes website, they have every film listed that has ever been screened there.

Enjoy ^_^

A recent decent film set in the commie times:

Dom Zły - (The Evil House)

a bit off topic but

I like Polish films, but with age I find them too depressing/intellectual/contemplative or plain stupid (comedies)
Is it me? or some kind of tendency?
I liked Sztuczki (Tricks)
But something-I-can't-remember-the-title-but-so-called-gangster-comedy nearly killed me with boredom (and stupidity)

I'd say - go back to to school and start making films like Vabank
(worth watching - Polish version of The Sting I think)

From the same director you might like Zmruż Oczy. Very good film.

"Brzezina" - "A birchwood forest" (director: Andrzej Wajda)

"Panny z Wilka" ("The Maidens of Wilko") -nominated in 1980 to an Oscar
(cooperation of Polish and French production)

"Biała sukienka". I liked "A white dress" very much A light story about Polish catholic mentality but presented with a great sense of humour and distance.

omg I couldn't stop laughing during this film. Like many Polish films, it starts a bit dull/confused... then something happens which turns the film around immediately. In this case, it's the scene where they're weighing the returning Poles at the border. One has lost weight, and is told off - because if everyone went abroad and lost weight, there wouldn't be enough Poles left, and the country needs Poles haha. You have to watch it to really get it :)

Another good one is "Trzy minuty. 21:37". Nothing funny about this one, but it needs to be watched a second time to really get it. Not easy to watch at times (you won't want to be admitted to a Polish hospital after watching this, lol), and probably the best Polish film since "Plac Zbawiciela", in my humble but clearly non-expert opinion ;)

This is supposed to be a good film but I haven't seen it:

I have watched couple times this forum, and now I noticed this thread. Here is lots of movie names that I have to try to find and watch. Here in Finland I think that I don't find these from normal stores.

There is quite good internet shop : merlin.pl - where you can order some dvd's.

Merged:

Cracow monsters on Netflix

Guys, check this show out. not sure if you have a vpn you could tap into polish netflix from check out cracow monsters. the beginning of the show displays a polish club or bar scene that shows how untrustworthy people in Poland are or hard to meet people here at first at least. like the chick in the scene in the beginning goes up to a guy and says something and her first response is you drink like a medical student than she breaks the ice. basically it seems you gotta be very witty and have a very good first response to be accepted by new groups of people particularly in such a setting.

cheers i do like my modern polish series, though hbo europe and canal+ produce polish tv series that are generally more higher quality and 'art' , rather than netflix, which is he mcdonalds of television.


Yes that is that is polish culture which is a product of communist times, don't trust strangers, especially ones that are being friendly.

"Popiol i Diamenty", "Kanal", and of course, "Noz w wodzie" still rank in my estimation as the all-time greatest Polish films, from both a social as well as an artistic/aesthetic point of view!

first two yes, third..... no. It's.... okay.... but no more.

How come, Maf?
At least I found the dynamic tension nearly unbearable and the young fellow who played the hitchhiker was some fine actor, don't you think?

'Noz w wodzie' - black/white, first film of Roman Polanski, then he emigratet from Poland.

But not the first of his early shorts, I believe. I maybe wrong about that.
The scenes though aboard the boat are riveting and when I saw it for the first time without subtitles quite a while back, I found I could understand almost completely without having to translate into German:-)

Zygmunt Baranowicz was the hitchhiker, if I remember correctly.

Fmovies finally has a polish section, some of the classics and new stuff is here :) fmovies.to/filter?country%5B%5D=181880&sort=imdb%3Adesc
film balknonowy looks like a novel experiment

Nóż w wodzie" had some interesting parts but it didn't add up to more than the sum of its parts.

Compare Ida, meant to be a minor tv movie but it was very much more than the sum of its parts (a hint to understanding it, the protagonist isn't Ida at all, but her aunt, everything that happens after her story is over is denouement -f tying up loose ends.

Don't forget though, "Noz w wodzie" is a product of the '60's, therefore, it had almost a sort of experimental, hand-held camera feel to it.

I can recommend this film, Johnny, which I watched a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed it.

imdb.com/title/tt15538570/

It's based on the true story of career criminal Patryk Galewski who is sent by court order to Puck Hospice run by Father Jan Kaczkowski. I don't want to give away too much or I'll spoil it for those who might want to see it, but the experience changes both of their lives.

Today I watched a film called ' Znachor' which I really enjoyed. It's the third ( 2023 ) film version of the book by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz.

What is strange to me is that the title translates as charlatan, but the film I watched is titled 'Forgotten Love' and the 1982 version is titled 'The Quack'.

More here:

imdb.com/title/tt26596953/

I thought they are synonyms.


Good. I am really impressed.
Coz I have never liked the story, that is why I have never read the book or watched a film, except some acclaimed scenes in the court. . I prefer to stay away from sad stories which show human suffering and tragedy, even if they have a happy ending. I don`t know why - they get me down too much, probably.

charlatan - anyone pretending to be something they aren't (or pretending they can do things they can't)

quack - a bad doctor (maybe 'qualified' but bad at the job)

neither is especially good for Znachor... I'd go with 'the Healer' but no one asked me...

"Skazany na bluesa" is a Polish film that can definitely be recommended. A story taken from life and from my youth.

I'm currently watching "Odjazd" (The Departure) from a few years back. It's engrossing, if sobering, to say the least and concerns the Hitler years and Poland's occupation.

Much of the dialogue is both in Polish and German, without foreign subtitles, as best I can gather. Therefore, not sure how foreign audiences might receive it.

The latest film made in unique Polish technique of real actors filmed first and then rendered into graphic images like in a cartoon is Peasants by Władysław Reymont who got a Noble Prize for the 3 volume book 100 years ago..

Season 3 of Belfer and Wrón have appeared on Australian TV/Internet. Good times :)

There is a new version of Znachor on Netflix, that accurately portrays that period in poland (especially the jews) and became very popular worldwide. It's called Forbidden Love.

No one wants to talk about 1670 (Office style mockumentary)?

Very funny...

youtube.com/watch?v=uJR1lpB2aYI