Jan Ossowski Movies

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell...

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show...

Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality...

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's...

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government...

A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

A student strikes up a friendship with a young uneducated construction worker to gather material for her work about worker hotels.

The story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settled in the castle in Samsonów to renovate a damaged building. However, he is disturbed by the...

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.

A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.

A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.

Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.

A peasant girl is abandoned by her fiancé after she has talked her father into giving her his land as a dowry.

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

Roman Jacenko, a local photographer tries to turn his fortunes around and rob a bank transport.

A forty-year old man, destroyed physically and mentally by life experiences recounts his life.

Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo,...

A woman just out of prison gets a job in a nursing home and tries, unsuccessfully, to put her life back together.