50th Anniversary of the Polish Film School vol. 3 (5-DVD)
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Special collection of five masterpieces from the history of the Polish Film School:
Swiadectwo urodzenia (Birth certificate), directed by Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1961
Zimowy zmierzch (Winter Twilight ), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1957
Ewa chce spac (Ewa wants to sleep), directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1958
Pigulki dla Aurelli (Pills for Aurella), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1958
Zamach (The coup), directed by Jerzy Passendorfer,1959
50th Anniversary of the Polish Film School
vol. 3 (5-DVD box-set)
Studio: Best Film Co
Number of disks: 5
Condition: Brand New, Sealed, Mint
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: 16:9 / 4:3
Total time: 445 minutes
Language version: Polish
Subtitles: English
Region: 0 (PAL). European or multi-system DVD player is required to see this DVD.
In celebration of 50th Anniversary of the Polish Film School, Best Film Co. with great support from the Polish Film Institute, released a special collection of 20 films from the history of the Polish Film School, selected specially for this occasion. The collection consists of four volumes, with each volume containing five movies on five separate DVDs. Each volume of the collection was issued as a luxury box with five DVD's and esseys written by film critics exploring in deep each film from the collection. Both films as well as esseys are in Polish and English language versions (English subtitles for the movies). The artwork for the DVDs uses original movie posters from particular films.
This is the third in a series of four special editions of the most important movies in the history of the Polish Film School and includes following five movies:
Swiadectwo urodzenia (Birth certificate), directed by Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1961
Zimowy zmierzch (Winter Twilight ), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1957
Ewa chce spac (Ewa wants to sleep), directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1958
Pigulki dla Aurelli (Pills for Aurella), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1958
Zamach (The coup), directed by Jerzy Passendorfer,1959
The interactive companion to DVD collections is website
http://www.polskaszkolafilmowa.pl with many details about the movies, directors as well with film clips from each movie from the series.
DVD 1
Swiadectwo urodzenia (Birth certificate), directed by Stanislaw Rózewicz, 1961
Plot: Three novellas, showing the full of tension atmosphere of everyday life in Nazi occupied Poland, seen through the eyes of children.
Cast: Andrzej Banaszewski, Beata Barszczewska, Mariusz Dmochowski, Emil Karewicz
DVD 2
Zimowy zmierzch (Winter Twilight ), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1957
Plot: Psychological drama, set in the scenery of provincial town: the old railway man is facing an unexpected news about his son marriage, but not with his long time local girlfriend...
Cast: Wlodzislaw Ziembinski, Maria Kierzkowa, Bogusz Bilewski, Zygmunt Zintel
DVD 3
Ewa chce spac (Ewa wants to sleep), directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1958
Plot: A college student Ewa Bonecka, comes to small town, and she needs a room to crash for a night. Not finding any rooms in the hotel, she must spend night on the street with a company of dangerous criminals, prostitutes, and many other strange characters. As the time passes Ewa's situation getting more and more dangerous... but she has no clue about it. A genuine country girl from Polish countryside - Barbara Kwiatkowska who won national competition "Pretty Girls on to the Screens" - stars as Ewa in this hit comedy. (During the filming, she met Roman Polanski, whom she later married).
Cast: Barbara Kwiatkowska, Stanislaw Mikulski, Ludwik Benoit, Roman Klosowski
DVD 4
Pigulki dla Aurelli (Pills for Aurella), directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz, 1958
Plot: Action drama that takes place in Poland during World War 2. Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army (AK - National Army) prepares to break into prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo. The story focus on their attempt to attempt to acquire guns, but the plot is not going according to the plan...
Cast: Jerzy Adamczak, Andrzej Hrydzewicz, Jaroslaw Kuszewski, Ryszard Pietruski
DVD 5
Zamach (The coup), directed by Jerzy Passendorfer, 1959
Plot: Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the Polish underground resistance army (AK - National Army) to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
Cast: Bozena Kurowska, Stanislaw Mikulski, Grazyna Staniszewska, Tadeusz Lomnicki
