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...
Krzysztof Zanussi - Serce na dloni (And a Warm Heart) A godless Polish capitalist has his blood pump in the wrong place in "And a Warm Heart," a labored comedy-drama in which a cardiac transplant is a medical and symbolic necessity.
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.
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Mis (Teddy Bear), Collector edition Stanislaw Bareja's hilarious comedy of errors that spoofs the ups and downs of everyday life in Poland during the last years of communism.
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NADA - dir. Claude Chabrol (DVD, 1974) French terrorists kidnap the American ambassador, leaving dead and wounded in their wake. Soon they begin quarreling as to his fate, while the police purge suspects in an attempt to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the State and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.
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Panny w Wilka (Young Girls from Wilko) A man returns to the place where he spent happy holidays in his youth only to find that the past is gone. Five women who once loved him still remain, but the man's one true love has passed. Set in the 1920s, this Polish drama is one of many collaborations between director Andrzej Wajda and actor Daniel Olbrychski. Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, 1980.
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Polish School of Documentary Movies (18-DVD's set) "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.
TADEUSZ KANTOR - Dzis sa moje urodziny (Today is my birthday) A unique record of Tadeusz Kantor's play recorded at Sokol Hall in Krakow, January 10, 1991. Performed by he Cricot 2 Theatre, directed by Tadeusz Kantor. Tadusz Kantor died few hours after final rehearsal to this play.
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TADEUSZ KANTOR - Kantor, the movie by Andrzej Sapija "Kantor" film was made in 1985 during rehearsals to the play "Niech sczezna artysci". In the film, which is rich in archival material, Tadeusz Kantor talks about his childhood years, the Nazi occupation, his Cricot Theater 2, and subsequent phases of its theatrical artistic-migration.
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TADEUSZ KANTOR - Niech sczezna artysci (Let the artists die) A unique record of Tadeusz Kantor's play " Let the artists die" recorded during live show at Juliusz Slowacki Theatre in Krakow, January 1986. Performed by he Cricot 2 Theatre, directed by Tadeusz Kantor.
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TADEUSZ KANTOR - Nigdy tu juz nie powróce (I shall never return) A unique record of Tadeusz Kantor's play " Let the artists die" recorded during live show at Stodola Students' Club in Warsaw, February 22-24, 1990. Performed by he Cricot 2 Theatre, directed by Tadeusz Kantor.
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TADEUSZ KANTOR - Próby, tylko próby (Rehearsals, rehearsals only) Film "Próby tylko próby" was created from almost 50-hours long video footage of rehearsals to Tadeusz Kantor and Cricot 2 Theater spectacle "Dzis sa moje urodziny" (Today is my birthday). The rehearsals were registered between October 13, 1989 and December 7, 1990.
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TADEUSZ KANTOR - The Return of Odysseus by Tadeusz Kantor. Notes from rehearsals. "The Return of Odysseus by Tadeusz Kantor. Notes from the rehearsals" was carried out in late 1987 and 1988 in Cracow, and Milan, during the rehearsals of Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2 play "Do not return here". The premiere was held in April 1988 in Teatro Studio in Milan. This film was considered by Tadeusz Kantor himself to be one of the most highly valued images on his work.
