Bohdan Poręba

A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.

Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.

A fictionalized documentary about the life of General Władysław Sikorski from the beginning of World War II until his tragic death in a plane crash. The action begins with the evacuation of the Polish government and general staff to Romania, showing their further fate in France and then in London.

In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.

A group of street thugs assault a man, causing temporary blindness. One of them, Romek has a change of heart after this incident and decides to turn against his former friends.

First days of September 1939. The government decides to transport the Polish gold stored in the treasury of the National Bank of Poland out of the threatened Warsaw. A convoy is formed under the command of the man for special tasks, Major Bobruk. A string of trucks and city buses travel along crowded roads under relentless attack by aircraft. The convoy makes its way through Lublin to Romanian territory, where the gold will be reloaded onto a train. Prime Minister Calinescu, disregarding the threats of the Nazis, agrees to the transit of the precious bullion through his country. The evacuation of the gold is threatened all the time by a special German sabotage group under the command of Second Lieutenant Rudolf Lang.

A group of street thugs assault a man, causing temporary blindness. One of them, Romek has a change of heart after this incident and decides to turn against his former friends.

After an accident in a smelter plant kills two workers a crane operator decides to take full responsibility.

Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.

The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.

The former owner, a German, shows up on a farm belonging to the Poles settled there.

A fifteen-year old Ludka navigates first love and frustrations related to failures of the adult world during summer holidays.

After an accident in a smelter plant kills two workers a crane operator decides to take full responsibility.

Two noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania clash because one refuses to free his servant - a girl. The second joins a peasant revolt and takes over the castle.

Two noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania clash because one refuses to free his servant - a girl. The second joins a peasant revolt and takes over the castle.

A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.

The work of medical staff in the children's sanatorium in Otwock is not easy. The small patients have skeletal tuberculosis and usually are unable to walk.

The work of medical staff in the children's sanatorium in Otwock is not easy. The small patients have skeletal tuberculosis and usually are unable to walk.

After WWII a soldier returns to his Polish homeland from Scotland.

The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata begins to introduce competent people to managerial functions, which is enthusiastically received by workers who want changes for the better.

Beata, Bożena and Magdalena are waiting for their husbands-seamen in the Tri-City.