Jan Ossowski Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.

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.

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...

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

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.

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

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,...

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

A bank robbery conducted by Polish Underground members goes awry and the brother-in-law of the group's leader, Paweł gets arrested. Now...

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

A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends...