Menu
© 2026 The Couch Critic
Browse 61 movies from Centralna Wytwórnia Programów i Filmów Telewizyjnych Poltel
A small village during the period of agricultural reforms in 1945. The two protagonists, a terminally ill count and his housemaster, engage in a private game that consists of artificially maintaining the social hierarchy which reigned here for centuries.
Apr 1980
The young speedway rider wants to represent the country in the world championship. However, the coaches choose another player.
Aug 1978
Thirty years after the war, Anna, a journalist from Germany, leaves for her native village in Lower Silesia, which she had to leave with her family in 1945. Here she meets Ludwik, an old love and her daughter's father.
Jan 1979
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she thinks he's a jerk later she finds him nice and relaxing. She falls in love with him. He takes her to Queenie's party. Rabbit later finds out that Queenie wants to kill him. So Rabbit packs up to leave the country. When Alice finds this out she commits suicide which brings her into a fantasy world.
Mar 1982
A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.
Sep 1979
Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.
Dec 1974
The nouveau riche chinchilla breeder hires a painter-portraitist.
Apr 1989
Sokor, struggling with an addiction to alcohol, tries to defend a man accused of murdering a hairdresser.
Nov 1986
Napoleon (French: Napoléon et l'Europe) is a six-part French–Polish historical miniseries that aired on France 3 in early 1991. It charts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career from his return after the Egyptian campaign to his downfall and exile on Elba, portraying his political maneuvering, military ambition, and complex relationships with key figures such as Talleyrand, Fouché, Murat, Tsar Alexander, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and Countess Marie Walewska.
Jan 1991
Customs officer Andrzej Lechicki is arrested on charges of smuggling antiques. The defense of the accused is undertaken by attorney Sokor.
The writer Jan Kellert - the author of the widely known book "The Legend of the Vistula", which is part of the canon of pre-war middle school reading, comes from Lublin to Żmurki, where he spent the occupation. The division of the Żmurki estate is to take place the next day. The welcome dinner becomes an opportunity to exchange political views and a critical view of the manor's inhabitants on the current situation.
Aug 1984
Second half of September 1939. Lt. Brejer, along with a detachment of his sappers, receives orders to blow up the bridge. The promised explosives do not arrive. So Brejer gets the order to withdraw and reunite with the rest of the division. Along the way, suffering hunger and discomfort along with his soldiers, he joins various divisions, collects survivors and fights. From a German prisoner of war, he finally learns that the Soviets have entered Poland. Finally, he and his men manage to reach his home unit, but that unit has just surrendered to the Germans.
Sep 1989
A dramatized retelling of the life of the Romanticism painter Piotr Michałowski.
Jan 1989
Most important events of November Uprising in Poland.
Dec 1980
Old couple dreams about a cruise.
Dec 1988
The 8th Plenum of the PZPR is underway. Passengers waiting for a train learn that their traffic has stopped.
Dec 1987
A unit of the People's Army celebrates the moment of liberation of the country. They remember the times of occupation, the actions they took, and their fallen colleagues.
Defilada was made on the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebrations of state's founding in North Korea, which the regime intended to use to eclipse the 1988 Summer Olympics taking place that year in Seoul, South Korea. The North Korean regime invited filmmakers from countries then considered friendly (read: Communist), including People's Republic of Poland, which sent a team under Andrzej Fidyk. The documentary is primarily composed of declarative statements, as well as texts of North Korean newspapers and books. There was no author's commentary. Fidyk commented that he and his team were likely “the most disciplined” foreign team of filmmakers in North Korea, as they did not trouble the regime by looking under the surface - they were content with what they were given and asked to do. (Wikipedia)
May 1989
The tale of "The Golden Duck" in the reality of 17th-century Warsaw.
Dec 1976
A UFO lands at night in a typical Masovian village. The villagers feel honored and want to be as hospitable as possible for the unexpected alien guests.
Mar 1986