Blind Chance 1987 N/R, 122 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec, Marzena Trybala, Jacek Borkowski, Jacek Sas-Uhrynowski, Monika Gozdzik, Zygmunt Hubner, Irena Byrska, Adam Ferency
As Witek (Boguslaw Linda) chases after a train, three events are played out: (1) he catches the train and becomes a Communist; (2) he bumps into a guard, is sent to prison, and becomes a militant; and (3) he misses the train, falls in love, and stays out of politics.
|  | |
A Short Film About Killing 1988 N/R, 84 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cast: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Aleksander Bednarz, Jerzy Zass, Zdzislaw Tobiasz, Artur Barcis, Krystyna Janda, Olgierd Lukaszewicz
This film asks the question, "Does the legal system have the right to use capital punishment?" After Jacek (Miroslaw Baka) is accused of brutally murdering a taxi driver, a young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) tries–and fails–to save him from the death penalty.
|  | |
The Young Girls of Wilko 1979 N/R, 118 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Anna Seniuk, Maja Komorowska, Stanislawa Celinska, Christine Pascal, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Zofia Jaroszewska, Tadeusz Bialoszczynski, Paul Dutron, Andrzej Lapicki, Joanna Poraska
World War I veteran Wiktor (Daniel Olbrychski) visits five sisters with whom he had spent a wonderful summer prior to the war. In flashback, the women's stories during that summer are revealed. Nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar.
|  | |
| 1. Blind Chance (1987)
2. A Short Film About Killing (1988)
3. The Young Girls of Wilko (1979)
In The News
|