Synopsis:

A woman, fed up with her marriage, decides to leave her husband and turn to shallow and degrading adventures.

color, 91 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 02.11.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

This satire is about women who try to change their men. Librarian Wlodek, fed up with his ordinary life in a small apartment that he shares with his wife’s family, starts developing an interest in his colleague Irena. She is in love with him and tries to facilitate his writing career using her social connections. However, his plans to become a writer fail and the lovers split. Wlodek returns home, where his wife awaits him with ambitious plans for his future.

color, 104 min

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Saturday 06.11.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

This drama is about five young delinquents who come of age in wartime. We follow the ways their personalities change due to the building of the socialist Poland. In 1954, this film won an award in Cannes.

color, 108 min

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Tuesday 23.11.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

This comical drama tells two stories about courage n Poland during the WW II. In “Scherzo alla Polacca” one man, trying to avoid going to war, starts to work in the black market in order to feed his family. His drunkenness, indolence and cowardice are portrayed in a comical manner as natural behavior in a world gone mad. He unwittingly gets involved in the Polish resistance movement, over time becoming a brave and respected member of the rebels. The second part, “Ostinato Lugubre”, is a story...

b/w, 87 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 30.11.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Ewa Bonecka goes to a small town to attend school. She arrives during the night and wants to rent an apartment. This proves impossible, as there are no free hotel rooms. Therefore, Ewa must spend a night on streets full of prostitutes and criminals…

b/w, 95 min

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Thursday 02.12.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

On the last day of WW II, young member of the resistance, Maciek, gets the order to kill the communist leader Szczuka. Even though during the war they belonged to different ideological groups, they had a common cause: fight against the Germans. Therefore, Maciek experiences a moral dilemma: should he carry out the order or not? In this film with attractive visuals, cinematography and editing, the director exhibits his tendency to symbolism.

35 mm, b/w, 105 min

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Saturday 04.12.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

On a night train to the Baltic coast, a man and a woman meet. They are both on the run. At the same time, police search for a killer…

b/w, 101 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 07.12.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Jan Piszczyk is an ordinary small man who always seems to be at the wrong place in the wrong time. We follow a series of his misfortunes from his childhood days until becoming a member of the Fascist movement. Because of the shape of his nose, he is mistaken for a Jew, which causes him great trouble. He joins the army to impress a girl but that also turns into a problem…

b/w, 92 min

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Thursday 09.12.2004 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

The film Knights of the Black Cross is a historical epic set in fifteenth century Poland. It is a story about the victory of the Lithuanian and Polish armies over Teutonic knights at Grunwald in 1410. Simultaneously, we follow a love story about Danusia, a warrior’s daughter, and a young man named Zbyszko. The film is based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s novel.

color, 166 min

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Saturday 11.12.2004 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

This is a story about demons from Loudun set in Poland in 17th century. A catholic priest arrives at a small town’s convent and tries to exorcize a demon from one of the nuns. A local priest who led the nuns into sin and was burnt for doing so caused this hysterical situation. In addition, a young priest helps the nun fight her demons. In 1961, this film won a special award in Cannes.

b/w, 105 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 14.12.2004 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

A couple in love check in a hotel in a small town. Their idyll is disturbed by their memories of the war. She was a Communist who inspired the man who loved her to surrender.

b/w, 93 min

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Thursday 16.12.2004 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

This is a symbolical representation of hell set in Poland during the Warsaw uprising in 1944, which was ruthlessly suppressed by the Germans. Lieutenant Zadra receives an order to hide his men in the town’s sewers. However, his desperate attempt to avoid the madness of war results in even greater tragedy and suffering. In a claustrophobic space, director Wajda interweaves a series of personal dramas with the agony of the whole town.

35 mm, b/w, 95 min

PROJECTION:

Thursday 16.12.2004 AT 19:00