Walerian Borowczyk Movies

  • 1967
    Diptych

    Diptych

    Diptych

    61967HD

    A short film by Walerian Borowczyk in two parts. The first 'panel' follows the morning routine of Leon Boyer who, despite being almost 100 years old,...

    Diptych
  • 1957
    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time

    51957HD

    An oddball pair try to find their identity and place in an abstract world.

    Once Upon a Time
  • 1991
    The Golden Lotus

    The Golden Lotus

    The Golden Lotus

    01991HD

    Ximen Qing, a rich mandarin, deserts his wives to play with the courtesans. One of his young spouses, tired of languishing, consoles herself with a...

    The Golden Lotus
  • 1975
    The Story of Sin

    The Story of Sin

    The Story of Sin

    5.61975HD

    A beautiful Polish girl whose lover has gone to Rome to seek a divorce from his previous wife travels around Europe in search of him and suffers a...

    The Story of Sin
  • 1969
    Goto, Island of Love

    Goto, Island of Love

    Goto, Island of Love

    6.251969HD

    A petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilisation by a tumultuous earthquake. His dream is to...

    Goto, Island of Love
  • 1979
    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    5.9141979HD

    Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman...

    Private Collections
  • 1987
    Love Rites

    Love Rites

    Love Rites

    4.41987HD

    Hugo, a vain clothing buyer, meets Myriam on a train and pursues a relationship with her. He is delighted to learn she is a prostitute and has no...

    Love Rites
  • 2018
    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

    42018HD

    A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a...

    Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
  • 1957
    Strip-Tease

    Strip-Tease

    Strip-Tease

    01957HD

    Borowczyk and Lenica are at their most expressive in this crude paper miniature.

    Strip-Tease
  • 1977
    The Greatest Love of All Time

    The Greatest Love of All Time

    The Greatest Love of All Time

    6.41977HD

    A portrait of Serb erotic surrealist painter Ljubomir "Ljuba" Popović.

    The Greatest Love of All Time
  • 1967
    Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal

    Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal

    Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal

    6.21967HD

    "Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of...

    Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal
  • 1979
    L'armoire

    L'armoire

    L'armoire

    01979HD

    A man seeks for satisfaction from a prostitute working in a revue. He pays for the whole night and discovers a saddening truth about her.

    L'armoire
  • 1958
    Love Requited

    Love Requited

    Love Requited

    41958HD

    About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.

    Love Requited
  • 1987
    Infernal Symphony

    Infernal Symphony

    Infernal Symphony

    5.5241987HD

    The chance encounter between a rebel devil and a nubile angel.

    Infernal Symphony
  • 1968
    Gavotte

    Gavotte

    Gavotte

    5.81968HD

    Two bored dwarves fight over a cushion.

    Gavotte
  • 1967
    The Games of Angels

    The Games of Angels

    The Games of Angels

    5.51967HD

    Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish...

    The Games of Angels
  • 1958
    School

    School

    School

    5.71958HD

    Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.

    School
  • 1969
    The Phonograph

    The Phonograph

    The Phonograph

    6.91969HD

    An old phonograph assembles itself, plays songs on wax drums before self destructing. In many ways The Phonograph is a companion piece to...

    The Phonograph
  • 2015
    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema

    02015HD

    This six-minute short from director Daniel Bird takes a look at the silent cinema pioneers that influenced the work of Walterian Borowczyk. We take a...

    Return to Méliès: Borowczyk and Early Cinema
  • 2009
    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie

    12009HD

    Three youths are abandoned on a road by their crazy mother. Suddenly appears a strange woman carrying a placard saying she's a guide. The guide...

    Gas Guzzling Ghoulie