Writing
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.
A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.
The noblest impulse turned into a conspiracy when a former actress's granddaughter decided to organize the grandmother’s comeback to the theater.
This drama follows a lawyer who, averse to the sound of a barrel organ, changes his outlook upon meeting a blind girl. Based on the short story by Bolesław Prus.
The cook prepares the soldier's favourite dish. The soldiers learn that the products come from the Majdanek camp.
A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.
Set in the Middle Ages the film tells the story of a wonder child, the little sculptor Wawrzek, who goes to work for a great master, Wit Stwosz. The story culminates in the unveiling of Stwosz's greatest masterpiece, the Altar of St. Mary's Church in Cracow.
Selected episodes from a television series of thrilling stories based on works of world literature classics.
A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.
An American businessman moves to Europe and lives in a castle, where the ghost of one of the previous owners haunts him.
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The hero of the story is the writer Vladimír Tůma, who is invited to spend a month studying in a neighbouring country. There, the foreign office assigns him a guide, Irena Stepowska. The two young people are attracted to each other, but there is a catch - Vladimír is married, Irena is married. But as they say, opportunity makes the thief, so it's no wonder that Tůma has his work cut out for him, and Irena, too, sometimes recovers only at the last minute. And she doesn't even know that her husband is coming to visit her...
A stranger shows up in an American town, promising a reward for the person who once helped him out of trouble.
Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.
A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.
During World War 2 Polish skiers take up a fight against the Germans and become couriers, delivering mail to Budapest.
Former Master Mariner Klimecki works an unassuming job in a small port near the Baltic Sea, hiding his identity from the world, which makes him suspicious in the eyes of the local government.
A group of juvenile delinquents working in a shipyard try to clear themselves of a false accusation.
The Countess Cosel is based on the true story of the beautiful Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, a German noblewoman who became a mistress of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony in 1704.
