Andrzej Wajda Movies

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

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

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves...

Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt...

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...

The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to...

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...

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...

Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping...

A documentary, focusing on foreign successes of the Polish Master of the cinema - Andrzej Wajda. By using unique archival materials, home videos,...

Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their...

Filmed in 1970, this little-known short by Andrzej Wajda remained unseen for over five decades after being archived under the working title The...

In war-ravaged Warsaw, five juvenile delinquents are given probation for stealing, to rehabilitate themselves, but remain under the influence of...

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

Document following the production of Andrzej Wajda's 1973 film "The Wedding". It focuses on Wajda's struggle to decide on a concept of depicting one...

In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film...

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned...

A feature-length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.

The film reveals the mechanisms of the communist institution of censorship. Famous filmmakers - Kazimierz Kutz, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieslowski,...