Maja Komorowska

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How Far, How Near
7.1

How Far, How Near

May. 04, 1972

How Far, How Near

A middle-aged man sets out on a symbolic journey through past, present, and future to learn why an old friend committed suicide, and learns much ...
Inventory
7.1

Inventory

Oct. 23, 1989

Inventory

Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded ...
Katyn
7.0

Katyn

Sep. 21, 2007

Katyn

When the Soviet Union on 17 September 1939 invades Poland, Anna Aleksandrowna leaves her home in Krakow to search for her husband, the Polish ...
Budapest Tales
6.7

Budapest Tales

Mar. 02, 1977

Budapest Tales

Mail for translation. A haboru vegen a folyoparton felboritva fekszik egy sarga villamos. Elgyotort, rongyos, otthontalan emberek verodnek ossze ...
The Spiral
6.6

The Spiral

Jun. 04, 1978

The Spiral

A strange arrogant tourist arrives at the Morskie Oko mountain shelter. Next morning, in spite of danger, he climbs alone and the search for him ...
A Year of the Quiet Sun
7.1

A Year of the Quiet Sun

Sep. 09, 1984

A Year of the Quiet Sun

Shortly after WWII an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in deep love. Eventually he will return to USA and both expect ...
Postcard from a Journey
5.6

Postcard from a Journey

Mar. 05, 1984

Postcard from a Journey

A story of a middle-aged Jew methodically preparing himself to be shipped off to a concentration camp. The main character, Jacob Rosenberg, is a ...
System
5.5

System

Jan. 01, 1971

System

An alternately restrained and outrageous adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether” that ...
Wherever You Are…
6.9

Wherever You Are…

Sep. 11, 1988

Wherever You Are…

An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II. ...
Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
6.3

Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us

Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called “The Solidarity Chaplain”, murdered by communist secret police. Release: ...
Behind the Wall
7.1

Behind the Wall

Oct. 19, 1971

Behind the Wall

Jan is a young assistant professor in chemistry and a workaholic, whose entire life is dedicated to study and advancement to full professorship. ...
Young Girls of Wilko
7.5

Young Girls of Wilko

Sep. 04, 1979

Young Girls of Wilko

Set in the late ’20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to ...
From a Far Country
5.3

From a Far Country

Sep. 15, 1981

From a Far Country

The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtila was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. ...
Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure
6.4

Weekend Stories: The Hidden Treasure

Rose, an older woman living in Paris was born in Poland as a daughter of an aristocratic family. Her family house is now an impoverished home for ...
The Contract
6.8

The Contract

Nov. 17, 1980

The Contract

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an “arranged” ceremony. The bride and groom ...
Family Life
6.9

Family Life

Sep. 24, 1971

Family Life

This intense chamber drama centers on an ambitious young industrial designer who is summoned home to help his father and sister. Both the ...
Decalogue I
8.5

Decalogue I

Sep. 05, 1989

Decalogue I

Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, ...
At Full Gallop
6.6

At Full Gallop

Apr. 01, 1996

At Full Gallop

Zanussi has described the film as his most autobiographical work. A young boy in post-World War II, Communist-dominated Poland, whose ...
Man of Iron
7.4

Man of Iron

Jul. 27, 1981

Man of Iron

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly ...
A Woman’s Decision
6.7

A Woman’s Decision

Jan. 21, 1975

A Woman’s Decision

The main character is a bookkeeper, 40, who lives a quiet, uninteresting life with her husband and son of school age. She realizes that soon she ...