Gryczelowska/Halladin/Kamienska - Polish School of Documentary Movies (3-DVD) Without the films of these three filmmakers, we cannot really talk about the Polish School of Documentary, thanks to which we have a deep and movingly real image of Poland in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Mikolaj Jazdon analyses it in an interesting way in the guide attached to the carefully prepared films' presentation, the films which today are legend.
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Jacek Blawut - Polish School of Documentary Movies (2-DVD) Jacek Blawut (November 3, 1950 in Zagorze Slaskie) - Polish cinematographer and film director, lecturer in film schools. Graduated as cameraman for the Film School in Lodz (1982). He has taught at film schools in Berlin, Hannover, Torun (Camerimage Film School) and Warsaw and in the Master School of Film by Andrzej Wajda.
Marek Piwowski - Polish School of Documentary Movies (2-DVD) Marek Piwowski is a director, journalist and screenwriter. He studied navigation at the Moscow Marine School, journalism at the University of Wroclaw, and film directing at the Lodz Film School. Piwowski has been a miner, farm laborer, journalist at the “Nowa Kultura” Magazine, and a lecturer at the New York University in New York, NY. He has acted in films made by such directors as Skolimowski, Zanussi, Morgenstern, Zygadlo, and even his own films. He is a member of the American Film Institute.
Pawel Lozinski - Polish School of Documentary Movies (2-DVD) Pawel Lozinski's 2-DVD set is the next volume of NInA Publishing's series Polish School of Documentary Movies. Each volume of he series, which is edited by Tadeusz Sobolewski, is devoted to different Polish documentary filmmaker and contains selected documentaries from his/her artistic output. Series includes the presentations from the body of woks of recognized film directors, as well as from some of the forgotten masters and debutante directors. Pawel Lozinski (born 1965) is a son of the famous Polish documentary director Marcel Lozinski.
The Series: Polish School of Documentary Movies (16-DVD, PAL, Region 2) "Polish School of Documentary Movies" is a series of DVD's published by of The National Audiovisual Institute (NiNa) . Each volume of he series, which is edited by Tadeusz Sobolewski, is devoted to different Polish documentary filmmaker and contains selected documentaries from his/her artistic output. Series includes the presentations from the body of woks of recognized film directors, as well as from some of the forgotten masters and debutante directors.
Baza ludzi umarlych (The Depot of the Dead), directed by Czeslaw Petelski, 1959
Jak byc kochana (How to Be Loved), directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1963
Kwiecien (April), directed by Witold Lesiewicz, 1961
Matka Joanna od aniolów (Joan of the Angels), directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961
Petla (The Noose ), directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1958
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Agnieszka Holland - The Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (4-DVD) Four masterpieces from one of Poland's most prominent filmmaker: Zdjecia próbne (Screen Tests), Aktorzy prowincjonalni (Provincial Actors), Goraczka (The Fever), and Kobieta samotna ( A Woman Alone).
A major figure in the world of post-World War II Eastern European cinema, Polish director Andrzej Wajda has chronicled his country's political and social evolution with sensitivity, fervor, and a refusal to make compromises in dealing with his difficult subjects. Once dubbed a symbol for his besieged country, Wajda has repeatedly drawn from Poland's history to suit his tragic sensibility, crafting an oeuvre of work that devastates even as it informs. (Hal Erickson)
This 10-DVD's set includes ten movies:
Pan Tadeusz (The Last Foray in Lithuania ), 1999
Czlowiek z marmuru (Man of marble), 1977
Czlowiek z zelaza (Man of steel), 1981
Ziemia obiecana (The Promised Land ), 1975
Danton, 1983
Zemsta (The Revenge), 2002
Korczak, 1990
Panny z Wilka (Young Girls of Wilko), 1979
Krajobraz po bitwie (Landscape After Battle), 1970
A major figure in the world of post-World War II Eastern European cinema, Polish director Andrzej Wajda has chronicled his country's political and social evolution with sensitivity, fervor, and a refusal to make compromises in dealing with his difficult subjects. Once dubbed a symbol for his besieged country, Wajda has repeatedly drawn from Poland's history to suit his tragic sensibility, crafting an oeuvre of work that devastates even as it informs. (Hal Erickson)
This 4-DVD set includes four movies:
Kanal (Canal), 1957
Popiól i diament (Ashes and diamonds), 1959
Lotna (Speed), 1959
Wesele (Wedding), 1973
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Andrzej Zulawski - The Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (3-DVD) In his films Zulawski explores spiritual boundaries and moral capacities of man, society and religion, and the restrictions of liberty of the individual human being in confrontation with the society. This set includes three Zulawski's movies made in Poland: Trzecia czesc nocy (The Third Part of the Night, Diabel (The Devil), Na srebrnym globie (On the Silver Globe).
KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI - Persona non grata In 2005, Wiktor's wife, Helena (Halina Golanko), has just died suddenly of a stroke in Poland. Wiktor (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), the Polish ambassador to Uruguay, arrives to see her too late. An old Russian friend, Oleg (Nikita Mikhalkov), shows up briefly at the funeral for Helena...
Tadeusz Konwicki - The Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (3-DVD) Three masterpieces from one of Poland's most prominent filmmaker: Jak daleko stad, jak blisko (How Far, How Near ), Dolina Issy (Issa Valley), Lawa (Lava - A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve).
