Pan Tadeusz 1999  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Daniel Olbrychski, Grazyna Szapolowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Marek Kondrat, Krzysztof Kolberger, Michal Zebrowski, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Jerzy Binczycki, Sergei Shakurov, Henryk Baranowski, Jerzy Trela
Based on Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz's 1834 narrative poem, this story is set during 1811 in Lithuania where exiled members of the Polish gentry live, argue, love, and fight among themselves.
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The Pianist 2002  R, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer, Ruth Platt, Michal Zebrowski, Wanja Mues, Richard Ridings, Nomi Sharron, Anthony Milner, Lucy Skeaping
After conquering Poland, Nazis place celebrated Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) and his family in a Warsaw ghetto from which he escapes the planned deportation to a concentration camp. But there is no relief for Szpilman who is forced to endure not only Nazi brutality but disease and starvation as well on Warsaw's streets. A good film depicting the power inherent in man's inhumanity to man. The film won three Oscars, including Best Director and Best Actor (Brody), and received four other nominations, including Best Picture.
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With Fire and Sword 1999 N/R, 183 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jerzy Hoffman
Cast: Izabella Scorupco, Michal Zebrowski, Aleksandr Domogarov, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Bogdan Stupka, Andrzej Seweryn, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Wiktor Zborowski, Wojciech Malajkat, Ewa Wisniewska, Daniel Olbrychski, Ruslana Pisanko
Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, this story is set in 17th-century Poland during the Ukrainian Cossacks' uprising against the Polish nobility.
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| 1. Pan Tadeusz (1999)
2. The Pianist (2002)
3. With Fire and Sword (1999)
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