Andrzej Wajda Movies

The short stories showing the troubles of youth serving in the "Służba Polsce" organisation.

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the...

A ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain-reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th Century...

The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right...

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves...

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of...

Three-part film centered around a film being made by a group of young directors. In the first a working-class girl finishes school and has her first...

The film tells about the period of Polish history in the 20s of the last century, when the fragile government of the country fell, and a man of the...

Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man.

In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film...

A devout Catholic peasant girl is corrupted by two new friends when her family moves to the city. An allegory of traditional Polish values under...

In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later,...

A Polish Resistance fighter who survived the Nazi years cannot accept the new Communist power.

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been...

A man suffering from tuberculosis returns from abroad to stay at his brother's farm, hoping to make amends, while also beginning a love affair with a...

A feature- length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.