Henryk Borowski

Professor Tutka Club

Professor Tutka is a storyteller in little café.

Az óriás

In the spring of 1945, in bombed-out Budapest, a powerful boy, young István Kovács, recently arrived from the mountains, and a girl from Pest, Juli Szandál, who has lost everyone, meet. They fall in love and move into a hut in the suburbs. Juli is frightened by the giant's sincere feelings and naivety. Their love, which started off idyllically, is partly marked by this and partly by the difficulties of the post-war period...

Hrabina Cosel

Lazarus' Whims

Jacenty is nearing the end of his days. However, he wants to go on his own terms, bargaining until the very end.

Kartoteka

Difficult Love

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.

The Tortures of Hope

A young doctor, accused of desecrating a body, is brought to the presence of the Inquisition.

Domek z kart

August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.

I ty zostaniesz Indianinem

Mirek Kubiak is a primary school student. Like his friends, he is fascinated by Indians and would like to become a brave Apache. Uncle Eligiusz from America comes to his house. The boy becomes embroiled in a criminal scandal.

Firesite

A potter putting up a fireplace tells a story of a man, who decided to build a house at an infamous fire site.

Knights of the Teutonic Order

A tale of a young impoverished nobleman, who with his uncle returns from a war against the order of the Teutonic Knights in Lithuania. He falls in love with a beautiful woman and pledges an oath to bring her "three trophies" from the Teutonic Knights.

Mniejszy szuka Dużego

The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.

Farewell to the Devil

A journalist investigates a mysterious murder in the countryside.

The Wedding

Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.

Unvanquished City

Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.