Krzysztof Komeda Movies

An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.

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 small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in...

A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.

In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily...

Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda...

A lonely, middle-aged man enjoys the “Życie Warszawy” newspaper with a cup of coffee. His thoughts fly out of the room, move over...

The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War...

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.

A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relatives and gets herself in various trouble.

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

A woman has difficulty choosing between her husband and her new lover, so she sets up a table tennis game between them.

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once...

Educational documentary that illustrates the living conditions and importance of ants in environmental ecosystems.

A young man, Kuba, is returning from the army. At home, an image of misery and despair remains: the father is seriously ill, and the mother has...

The first Polish film about jazz and, at the same time, an unusual documentary record of a concert of two legendary music bands: Hot Club Melomani...