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"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an adaptation of Stanisław Lem’s short story of the same title. The action of “Maska” is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain mission. However, she will be forced to choose between accomplishing the task she was created for and love.
Mar 2010
A man wakes up in a blue room. He's stuck and he can't escape. A window is his only connection to the outer world. It filters the reality in a very mysterious way.
May 2014
On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
Dec 1967
A little devil appears in a small town, seemingly terrorising its inhabitants, but actually turns out to be a friendly creature when it helps a disabled boy.
Jun 1989
1962’s SZPITAL (HOSPITAL) is set entirely in a claustrophobic hospital room where a male patient is confined. Throughout the film the room is invaded by a variety of strange people
Jan 1962
An animated retelling set to Prokofiev's suite. Peter is a slight lad, solitary, locked out of the woods by his protective grandfather
Sep 2006
February 1943. A Jewish woman jumps out of a train and severely hurts herself. Other people arrive at the scene, but nobody is willing to help her.
Jan 1963
A brave little girl along side her sidekick chicken, a robot and a soldier go on a adventure in a stop-motion fantasy land to overthrow the evil Troll king and bring peace to the land.
Jul 1998
Mysterious creatures that have landed on the ground in a flying saucer, encouraging the people they meet to undergo experimental research in exchange for gaining youth and immortality.
Sep 1968
A film version of a song about four paws that carry their owner, a friendly mutt, into the world.
Jan 1983
Based on a story by Jolanta Hartwig-Sosnowska. At the house of a little girl, preparations for Christmas Eve are underway. The Christmas tree is already dressed, the table is set, the only thing missing is the first star so that you can sit down to dinner. The girl accidentally learns that the Christmas Eve star was hidden by an evil, jealous witch. The search begins, the heroine is helped by her beloved mascot - a teddy bear.
Jan 1992
Teenager Ursula is in trouble at school - she doesn't pay attention in class and occasionally truants. She also lies to her parents to free herself from the imposed "barrier". Eventually, all her faults come to light. The girl must bear the consequences of her behavior.
Jan 1970
A surrealist story about a block of flats that one day went on a journey. The unexpected journey of the monumental building is watched by astonished people, a train passes in the distance, a small yellow Fiat is rolling along the road, an airplane flies across the sky, and the block moves rhythmically through the green, idyllic landscape.
Dec 1981
In the second part of the film, the optics of the story changes. The block, which emerged from the lake at sunrise, stops wandering, stopping in the water, and its inhabitants indulge in summer relaxation. In the evening - at sunset - they will return, walking on water, to their apartments, and the building will again be immersed in the lake. And all to the rhythm of Zygmunt Konieczny's music, in the first part - more marching, in the second - elegiac.
Oct 1983
Engineer Ijon Tichy is called in to help with a malfunctioning electronic brain.
Feb 1965
The school incident of the disappearance of a watch became a pretext for the filmmakers to faithfully show an interesting social layer, to present the life of the school community, Agnieszka's conflicts with her parents and the emerging sympathy for a boy.
Jun 1973
A young man gets stuck in an elevator just as it passes the 13th floor.
Jan 1966
One day Moomintroll wakes to notice that grey dust is covering everything in the Moominvalley. He runs to ask the philosophical Muskrat if he knows what is happening, who advises him that things tend to look like this before an awful fate coming from the sky hits the Earth. With the help of his father, Moominpappa, Moomintroll and his close friends Sniff and Snufkin build a raft and head out on a challenging journey to the observatory in the Lonely Mountains hoping to find out more from the wise professors there. The friends have to overcome several adversities in order to make it there. When they arrive, they find the professors deep in calculations. They reveal that a comet will reach the Earth in four days, four hours, four minutes and 44 seconds.
Aug 2010
The tattoos of two men lying on a beach come to life, and start playing tricks on the surrounding bathers.
Jan 1964
A film adaptation of a series of short stories by Zofia Nalkowska, describing the fate of people who survived Nazi persecution. The stories report the events with calm and restraint. Nalkowska collected material for the series while working at the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland.
Jan 1967