Artur Żmijewski
1) Katyn
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Polish
Description
Dramatization of the massacre of 20,000 people (interned Polish officers as well as civilians accused of treason by the occupying Soviet forces) by the Soviet secret police at Katyń in the spring of 1940, and the cover-up that followed. Follows the fictional stories of four families, separated from one another in the confusion of September 1939, when the Soviets and Germans invaded Poland, through the Soviet occupation in 1945 when the truth of the...
Publisher
Vision Film Distribution Co
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
Polish
Description
"Pawel and Magda escape to a secluded old house where Pawel once spent his summers. What they don't realize is that Pawel's younger brother Piotr has run away from juvenile hall and is hiding at the house. The brothers' reunion becomes a cruel, yet emotional contest when criminal friends of Piotr's arrive at the house and threaten Pawel and Magda. Only Piotr can stop the cruel game - but does he want to?"--Container.
Publisher
Vision Film Distribution Co
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Polish
Description
At the end of the 19th century, two children, whose fathers are engineers working on the Suez Canal, are kidnapped by followers of the great Arab leader the Mahdi. The children and two young African slaves manage to escape and embark on a journey across the harsh yet beautiful African landscape.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Polish
Description
"...powerful, true story depicting the potency of love in an unfavorable environment. A gangster testifies in trial as a state witness against his former mafia contacts. He does this as a display of love for a certain woman. In addition, the gangster and an investigative journalist cross paths. The journalist maintains an eerie secret and seeking justice meets the gangster for an interview"--Container.