Stanislaw Niedbalski Movies

  • 1969
    Success

    Success

    Success

    01969HD

    Piwowski’s most controversial documentary, a portrait of Czesław Niemen (1939-2004), an outstanding musician and vocalist, a year after...

    Success
  • 1967
    The Mass

    The Mass

    The Mass

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    A traditional Advent mass filmed in a church in the historical town of Spisska Sobota (Northern Slovakia), featuring authentic liturgical texts and...

    The Mass
  • 1963
    Opus Jazz

    Opus Jazz

    Opus Jazz

    01963HD

    A documentary portrait of the Kurylewicz Quintet at work in the recording studio, Opus Jazz captures the stop-and-start process of rehearsal before...

    Opus Jazz
  • 1988
    I Love Cinema

    I Love Cinema

    I Love Cinema

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    The manager of a small provincial cinema finds her lost son, and he tries to save the movie theater.

    I Love Cinema
  • 1958
    Warsaw Main Station

    Warsaw Main Station

    Warsaw Main Station

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    Warsaw Central Station, 1958. A place of greetings and farewells, an intersection of people from different parts of Poland and Europe. A girl waits...

    Warsaw Main Station
  • 1959
    Gaudeamus

    Gaudeamus

    Gaudeamus

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    A report from a student’s festival in Kraków. The history of this event dates back to the 15th century in Poland. Statues and knights at...

    Gaudeamus
  • 1973
    Kareta

    Kareta

    Kareta

    01973HD

    A nobleman and his servant have many misadventures together.

    Kareta
  • 1971
    Factory

    Factory

    Factory

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    A documentary revolving around the Polish situation on an industrial level at the tail-end of the 1960s: it alternates between stark images at a...

    Factory
  • 1956
    Rolling Mill

    Rolling Mill

    Rolling Mill

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    In February 1956, after several months of construction, the largest rolling mill in Poland, the rolling mill of the Lenin Smelter, started to...

    Rolling Mill
  • 1958
    From Powisle

    From Powisle

    From Powisle

    71958HD

    A documentary depicting the Warsaw district of Powiśle where time has stopped. One of several films made by Kazimierz Karabasz included in the...

    From Powisle
  • 1968
    A Year in the Life of Franek W.

    A Year in the Life of Franek W.

    A Year in the Life of Franek W.

    81968HD

    On the cusp of adulthood and in search of work qualifications and a better life, Franciszek Wróbel - a baker from a small village on the Czech...

    A Year in the Life of Franek W.
  • 1968
    Rajd

    Rajd

    Rajd

    01968HD

    Report from the 1968 International Rally of Poland.

    Rajd
  • 1971
    I Was a Soldier

    I Was a Soldier

    I Was a Soldier

    6.91971HD

    A group of veterans recount a horrifying experience when trapped in a minefield, resulting in each losing their sight.

    I Was a Soldier
  • 1965
    Marathon

    Marathon

    Marathon

    01965HD

    A documentary record of the effort that marathon runners make. The camera focuses on two runners: Benedict Gugala and Marian Jurczynski, who claim...

    Marathon
  • 1984
    The Twenties, the Thirties

    The Twenties, the Thirties

    The Twenties, the Thirties

    6.11984HD

    On the way to Warsaw after a crude oil fraud in southern Poland, conman Adam Deren meets singer Liza. He decides to invest his money in a venture...

    The Twenties, the Thirties
  • 1969
    From the City of Lodz

    From the City of Lodz

    From the City of Lodz

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    This documentary explores the changing faces of the old Polish city of Lodz, and how its modernization, both physically and culturally, affects the...

    From the City of Lodz
  • 1960
    News Out From The Frying Pan

    News Out From The Frying Pan

    News Out From The Frying Pan

    01960HD

    The title pan (‘patelnia’ means pan) is a terrace on Gubałówka, where people can sunbathe even in the middle of winter....

    News Out From The Frying Pan
  • 1987
    More Light

    More Light

    More Light

    01987HD

    The protagonist of the film is Stanisław Niedbalski, a legend of Polish cinematography, cinematographer of several dozen documentary films....

    More Light
  • 1959
    A Day Without Sunshine

    A Day Without Sunshine

    A Day Without Sunshine

    01959HD

    A lonely man wanders the streets of contemporary Warsaw. He reads the daily press, observes women in a beauty salon and follows the action on a film...

    A Day Without Sunshine
  • 1957
    Old Women's House

    Old Women's House

    Old Women's House

    61957HD

    A documentary portrait of elderly women living in a Kraków nursing home, observing daily rituals, illness, and waiting, shaped by recurring...

    Old Women's House