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A Short Film About Killing One of director Krzysztof Kieslowski's greatest achievements, A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING has become both a politically and artistically influential masterpiece. The relatively simple story about a young man, sentenced to death for his murder of a cab driver, makes an important statement about capital punishment and the fine line between…    more      A Short Film About Love In this complex character study about desire and obsession, young Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko) becomes fixated on his neighbor Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska). After his spying on her leads to more dangerous activities, like prank calls and taking her mail, Tomek decides to confess his desire to her. Though Magda at first feels repelled by Tomek's…    more      Agent #1 The adventures of real-life Polish spy and war hero Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow are brought to the big screen in this gripping action drama from renowned screenwriter Aleksander Scibor-Rylski (MAN OF IRON) and acclaimed director Zbigniew Kuzminski (ON THE BANKS OF THE NIEMEN). One of the few films to chronicle the history of Polish soldiers…    more      Andrzej Wajda War Trilogy Wajda's three remarkable films about life in Poland during World War II: A GENERATION, KANAL and ASHES AND DIAMONDS. A GENERATION (1955) is set in Wola, a working-class section of Warsaw, in 1942 and tells the stories of two young men at odds with the Nazi occupation of Poland. The young protagonist, Stach (Tadeusz Lomnicki), is living…    more      Angel in Love The follow-up to AN ANGEL IN KRAKOW finds the Angel Giordano suffering from a nervous breakdown after being unable to return to heaven. The only thing that can save him now, of course, is love -- and that is just what he sets out to find in this comedy directed by Artur Wiecek. In Polish, with subtitles…    more      Apple Tree of Paradise Polish filmmaker Barbara Sass scored a significant international success with 1985's The Girls from Nowolipki. Set during the final days of World War 2, the film charted the fortunes of four impressionable teenaged girls. Sass immediately followed Nowolipki with a sequel, Apple Tree of Paradise. Girls no more, the four heroines emerge…    more