Jan Ossowski Movies

Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality...

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell...

In 1668 Polish colonel Michał Wołodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland's...

A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.

Young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills the driver and two security...

A moral conflict between a young assistant and an associate professor arises during a university linguistics camp.

Girls no more, four heroines emerge into womanhood with a more clear-eyed outlook on life.

A young actor preparing for the part of Macbeth recalls his wartime memories connected with his mentor.

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show...

Roman Jacenko, a local photographer tries to turn his fortunes around and rob a bank transport.

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

The film depicts a moral dilemma of a clerk who has to face a choice: whether to save a stranger or to pretend that he hasn't seen anything, so that...

The story of a Pogorzelski nobleman who settled in the castle in Samsonów to renovate a damaged building. However, he is disturbed by the...

A student strikes up a friendship with a young uneducated construction worker to gather material for her work about worker hotels.

A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.

At the end of World War Two, Polish people move to the western lands vacated by Germans. But some ruthless profiteers pose as government...

The movie consists of two satirical novels based on the same idea: both the "gangsters" and "philanthropists" end up in the courtroom.

Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo,...

Ala is unable to settle down and often changes husbands. She introduces each newly married spouse to her mother.

A young boy must go to school with his father.