Andrzej Wajda Movies

Andrzej Munk was one of the leading directors in Polish cinema. Friends and collaborators share their memories about this stunning artist and his...

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive...

First short film by Wajda, based on the story "A Naughty Boy" by A. Chekhov.

An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussing his life and work.

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An...

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20....

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been...

A devout Catholic peasant girl is corrupted by two new friends when her family moves to the city. An allegory of traditional Polish values under...

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

In the summer of 1939, people enjoyed the good weather, ignoring politics and pessimistic predictions. Images of everyday life that was about to...

Włodek is a middle-aged man stuck in a dead-end job at the local library who lives with his harridan wife and critical in-laws in a small...

A man suffering from tuberculosis returns from abroad to stay at his brother's farm, hoping to make amends, while also beginning a love affair with a...

Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the...

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common...

In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the...

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him...

In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover...

Andrzej Wajda's first movie looks at the pottery in the town of Iłża, Poland. Much of it shows the actual process of creating all the...

As an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor by chance meets a young man who makes her feel young again. All of this is films by a director...

Seven women gather to hear one of them tell a story of a strange incident that happened to a certain dead man.