 The Double Life of Veronique 1991  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini, Sandrine Dumas, Chantal Neuwirth, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Jerzy Gudejko, Janusz Sterninski, Louis Ducreux
Irene Jacob plays the roles of two women–Veronika is Polish, and Veronique is French–who appear linked in their parallel, yet separate, lives. Both suffer from heart problems, and both have singing talents and aspire to have careers in music. Veronika ignores her health, but Veronique does get treatment for her heart problems. Veronika wins a singing competition, and later is scheduled to perform with a symphony. But on the night of her performance, she suffers a heart attack and dies. Now, the scene shifts to Veronique who gives up her singing ambitions and becomes a school teacher–as if she unconsciously learned from Veronika's mistakes.
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Landscape After the Battle 1970 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Stanislawa Celinska, Aleksander Bardini, Tadeusz Janczar, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Leszek Drogosz, Stefan Friedmann, Mieczyslaw Stoor, Jerzy Zelnik, Tomasz Lengren
Mayhem reins as jubilant prisoners are freed from a concentration camp at the end of World War II. But quiet Tadeusz (Daniel Olbrychski) is only interested in retrieving his books. As resettlement stresses the survivors, Tadeusz and Nina (Stanislawa Celinska) meet and try to cope with "freedom." Powerful, but sad.
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No End 1985 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Artur Barcis, Michal Jabor, Marek Kondrat, Tadeusz Bradecki, Danny Webb, Krzysztof Krzeminski, Marzena Trybala, Adam Ferency
The year is 1982, and Solidarity is banned while Poland endures the clout of martial law. When an attorney, Antek Zyro (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), dies in the midst of fighting for the cause of a Solidarity striker, his widow, Urszula Zyro (Grazyna Szapolowska), takes up the cause while Antek's ghost appears frequently to watch over unfolding events.
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Three Colors: White 1994  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: White
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Juliette Binoche, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela, Cezary Pazura, Michel Lisowski, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Francis Coffinet, Barbara Dziekan
As the second part of a trilogy based on the French tricolor flag, this is the story of a divorce and how the ex-husband Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) seeks revenge against his ex-wife Dominique (Julie Delpy). Karol has been left with nothing after the divorce, but his luck does change, and he amasses a fortune. He is still haunted by memories of Dominique when he comes up with his plot in which he stages his disappearance, and a series of unique events ensue.
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| 1. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
2. Landscape After the Battle (1970)
3. No End (1985)
4. Three Colors: White (1994)
aka: White
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