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Browse 204 movies from Studio Miniatur Filmowych
The box from the film strip becomes an arbitrary plot of action relating to the mysterious phenomena taking place in the Bermuda Triangle. Experimental short by Jerzy Kalina.
Jan 1979
Illustration of the proverb "He who digs a pit for others will fall into it himself."
Jan 1962
A boy who doesn't like his own shadow paints over the sun. Is that a good idea?
Jan 1961
An album of moving illustrations showing the history of communism, from the rise of the first trade unions in the 1820s to the present day celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the October Revolution in the Eastern Bloc.
Apr 1977
Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.
Jan 1958
Conquerors land on a newly discovered planet and try to colonize and explore a new discovered planet.
Jan 1970
A fairy tale for young children depicting the battle between good and evil with the help of a magic wand.
One of the alleged ways to stay awake is by counting rams in your mind. During a sleepless night, the main character of the animation decides to test the effectiveness of monotonous counting on himself. Reaching the thirteenth ram, the perspective of the whole situation changes dramatically.
May 1966
A puppy's story and his adventures in the country yard.
Jan 1975
A story about a tiger who has a floral pattern instead of the usual stripes and is therefore a social outcast.
Jun 1968
A short animation depicting the duel between a horse and a man trying to tame it.
Jan 1967
The bodies of the lovers become one in the bosom of nature, near their country cottage. The moment is interrupted by the man and his thoughts – he has to go in order to earn money. They spend autumn and winter separately - she yearns alone, he works hard in a mine and a forge. In spring, when the woman runs towards the man in order to welcome him, she sees a dead man walking. She manages to recognize him only by the pendant that she gave him. In her embrace, the man regains his strength. Gold coins fall to the ground and merge with golden rod, the Polish mimosa. Stylistic paintings refer to oil painting and hold the subsequent phases of the figure's movement, which gives the impression of plane movement.
Jan 1973
A tenement house in Poznan as a background of social changes and political events in the history of Poland in the 20th century. Shop signs, languages, banners and wall inscriptions change - the tenement is still the same.
Sep 1983
Ahmed trades in shoes, but he doesn't sell them cheaply. He is willing to chase after a single gold coin. In his pursuit of money, he loses everything he had, including his shoes. Greed does not pay.
The adventures of a dog who, despite his mother's good advice, decides to climb up to the stork's nest on the roof.
Jan 1977
A film based on a legend telling where the salt in the sea came from
Experimental animated short about a man returning by train.
Jun 1972
It is a philosophical parable about a man at the crossroads. He divides himself in two, as he cannot decide on the one way only. Each half follows its own path. When they meet again, they do not fit each other any longer. The journey changed them irreversibly.
Jan 1971
An abstract story of a butterfly who dares to distract mechanized workers as they worship their machines. The supervisor is a robot who does not allow any distractions or feelings of individuality. He captures the butterfly and makes it No. 00173 in his collection.
Jan 1960
A stylish Louis XIV chair leaves the interior of the house and exposes itself to the forces of nature. It falls prey to a chainsaw that turns everything into a mass of identical, practical objects.
Jan 1976