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Find out more, including where to buy or rent BarakaThe true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café;...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The PianistDuring the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Saragossa ManuscriptA young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He fac...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Ashes and DiamondsA pious 20-year-old juvenile delinquent is sent to work at a sawmill in a small town; on arrival, he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of this young, cha...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Corpus ChristiDuring the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Bridge of SpiesPolish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losi...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Three Colors: WhiteA young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his positio...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent EuropaRepulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, a boy refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Tin DrumComposed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to co...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Balcony Movie