Jerzy Hoffman

An epic story about the Ukrainian uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnates in the 17th Century. (imdb)

Nobel recipient Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote the trilogy on which this film was based. Set in 1668 Poland during the Turkish invasion, the film pays tribute to the noble efforts of Colonel Michal Wolodyjowski (Tadeusz Lomnicki), who organized a brave last defense against the charging Turkish army. (rottentomatoes.com)

A medicine professor loses his wife; she leaves with their daughter into arms of another man. The doctor is dying of sorrow; eventually he gets brutally robbed while drunk. This causes him to lose his memory; he finds a place to live and work as a village quack. But fate has not abandoned him entirely...

Set in the 9th Century...the movie depicts an exciting tale of love, betrayal, death...and action. (imdb)

This follow-up to With Fire and Sword is yet another romantic, action-packed drama woven around a stormy love affair set against the Polish-Swedish War in the 1600s. (rottentomatoes.com)

The Battle of Warsaw sometimes referred to as the Miracle at the Vistula, was the decisive battle of the Polish-Soviet War (1918-21). The battle was fought from August 12-25, 1920 as Red Army forces commanded by M. Tukhachevsky approached the Polish capital of Warsaw and nearby Modlin Fortress. On August 16, Polish forces commanded by Józef Piłsudski counterattacked from the south. Unexpected Polish victory crippled the Bolshevik forces.

"Tredowata" (Leper) is based on a novel published in Krakow in 1909 by Helena Mniszek of the same title. (imdb)

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government representatives and intend to make off with loot from a deserted town they took over. One honest man stands up against them because he believes these goods belong to the people. (imdb)

Two criminals recount their crimes in a prison ambulance.

A film of 3 episodes: Divorce-Polish Style; Birthday; One Hour's Journey.

Strangers on a train. Late in 1916, a brave and idealistic Russian officer in his 20s comes to his superiors' attention when he stands up to Rasputin at a nightclub. He's asked to carry important papers from Petersburg to Stockholm by train in the dead of winter, a dangerous mission. The first-class carriage may be full of spies, and soon after the train embarks, the man in the next compartment searches Obozow's luggage. (themoviedb.org)