Angry Harvest 1986  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Bitter Harvest
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus, Anita Hofer, Hans Beerhenke, Kate Jaenicke, Isa Haller, Margit Carstensen, Kurt Raab, Klaus Abramowsky, Malgoscha Gebel
During the winter of 1942-1943 in the midst of World War II and Nazi occupation, working-class Polish Catholic farmer Leon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) hides sophisticated Viennese Jewish refugee Rosa (Elisabeth Trissenaar) in his cellar. Leon soon falls in love with Rosa, but the relationship is doomed from the start and ends in tragedy.
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Chaos 2001  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Coline Serreau
Cast: Catherine Frot, Vincent Lindon, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud, Aurelien Wiik, Ivan Franek, Chloe Lambert, Marie Denarnaud, Michel Lagueyrie, Wojciech Pszoniak
After Helene and Paul Vidal (Catherine Frot and Vincent Lindon) watch prostitute Malika (Rachida Brakni) being beaten into a coma by her pimp, Helene puts her own family life on hold and ministers to Malika.
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Dangerous Moves 1984 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Richard Dembo
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Michel Aumont, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Bernhard Wicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jacques Boudet
This story centers on a world chess championship as competitors, the old master (Michel Piccoli) and a young admirer (Alexandre Arbatt), become more and more obsessed with winning. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Danton 1982 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chereau, Boguslaw Linda, Angela Winkler, Roland Blanche, Roger Planchon, Anne Alvaro, Emmanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Gerard Hardy, Tadeusz Huk, Ronald Guttman, Andrzej Seweryn
During the French Revolution, Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) and Georges Danton (Gerard Depardieu) represented opposing ideas on how best to carry out the plans for liberty, equality, and fraternity. Robespierre's "Reign of Terror" prevailed, and Danton joined the aristocrats on the guillotine.
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The Promised Land 1974 N/R, 178 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Tadeusz Bialoszczynski, Anna Nehrebecka, Kalina Jedrusik, Bozena Dykiel, Andrzej Szalawski, Franciszek Pieczka, Andrzej Lapicki
Based on a true story that represents the rise of ruthless capitalists in the late-19th century, this is the tale of three Polish workers of different backgrounds who put their differences behind them to become successful in building a thriving textile factory. But success doesn't come easily nor can it always be sustained.
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| 1. Angry Harvest (1986)
aka: Bitter Harvest
2. Chaos (2001)
3. Dangerous Moves (1984)
4. Danton (1982)
5. The Promised Land (1974)
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