Category Archives: Polish Cinema

Iwona Petry in Andrzej Zulawski’s “Szamanka” [1996 Poland]

Andrzej Zulawski raked up controversy (again) through one of his later works back in Poland, in the dark psycho-sexual drama “Szamanka” [Eng. Trans: Female-Shaman]. Sometimes you wonder what makes a director pick up disturbing material to work with, especially if … Continue reading

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Maja Ostaszewska in “Uwiklanie” [2011 Poland]

Jacek Bromski’s crime drama, “Uwiklanie” [Eng. Trans: Entanglement] happens to be one of those old fashioned detective films albeit with a modern touch – no raincoats here. Set in modern day Poland, the film starts off with the death of … Continue reading

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Iwona Bielska & Grazyna Dylag in “Na Srebrnym Globie” [1976-1987 Poland]

Andrzej Zulawski had to halt production on his sci-fi epic, “Na Srebrnym Globie” [Eng. Title: On the Silver Globe] due to objection from Polish authorities – they had also destroyed the sets and any material they could lay their hands … Continue reading

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Irène Jacob in “La Double Vie de Véronique” [1991 France, Poland BR720]

From the moment he started working outside of Poland, Krzysztof Kieslowski came to be widely regarded as one of the most important and original European film makers of his day. Even if his work from the very early days were … Continue reading

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Malgorzata Braunek & co in Andrej Zulawski’s “Diabel” [1972, Poland]

I’ll start Andrzej Zulawski’s filmography with one of his early (and rare) films, “Diabel” [Eng. title: Devil]. This is not my favourite Zulawski film – his next feature, “L’important c’est d’aimer” certainly is. But there’s a surreal quality to this … Continue reading

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