Krystyna Gryczełowska
Directing
Known For
The work of medical staff in the children's sanatorium in Otwock is not easy. The small patients have skeletal tuberculosis and usually are unable to walk.
Island of Great Hopes
A documentary portrait of three women of different ages working in textile factories in Łódź. In the deafening roar of machines, performing monotonous tasks, they talk about their everyday life and dreams.
Our Friends from Łodz
The protagonist of the film is Wanda Bart-Gebethner (1917-1980), an actress who quit her profession and took a job at Śródmiejska Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa (Central Housing Cooperative). She currently runs the "Za Żelazną Bramą" café and feels more needed in the Cooperative than in the cinema and theater.
Live One Life Well
A short film focusing on the lives and problems of the elderly in Poland circa 1986.
The Well
Documentary Short by Jerzy Ziarnik
Little Town
An agricultural produce facility and the difficulties faced by producers attempting to sell their stock there.
90 Days a Year
The first documentary realized by Danuta Halladin after her studies announces one of the main themes of her future films: children and childhood. Alone in the World is a story about orphanages.
Alone in the World
Documentary about a rural physician in the town of the title.
Siedliszcze
Documentary about pensioners struggling with loneliness and old age.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
The story of a farmer who's also a railway worker, and his family.
His Name Is Błażej Rejdak
The film shows a beautiful trip taken by a scout troop to Czarcia Wyspa (Devil's Island) in Masuria.
Wyprawa na Czarcią Wyspę
A short film focusing on the lives and problems of the elderly in Poland circa 1986.
The Well
A look at the life of a woman in communist Poland whose day is divided between monotonous factory work, standing in queues for food, and taking care of her children.
The 24 Hours of Jadwiga L.
Peasants clash with the Party bureaucracy during a village meeting.