Polish Films to See

My favorite Poilish Language Movies available at the Toledo-Lucas County Library are


Bez konca (No End)

The "hero" of NO END is Antek, a young liberal lawyer who dies four days before the film begins. He leaves behind his beautiful young widow Ulla, their son, and the unresolved trial of a Solidarity organizer.

Reluctantly caught up in the trial, Ulla finds herself unable to get Antek out of her mind, literally haunted by his memory. Antek shows up from time to time in ghostly narrated soliloquy.

She pledges to help the wife of the jailed labor organizer searching for the written trial strategy prepared by her late husband and begs Antek's old law school professor and now aged public defender to take the case. The old lawyer kinda reminds me of Abe Vagoda - "Barney Miller" and "Godfather" fame. This is a serious and somewhat dark drama. Not as dark as czarnina, but close.

Denny's Gwiazda rating (1-5) = *** 1/2


Popiol i diament (Ashes and Diamonds)

Portrait of a young Polish nationalist assassin who, when World War II ends, finds himself living uncertainly, moving from echoing bars to seedy hotel rooms, finding comfort in a girl and crazy jokes.




Zbigniew Cybulski -
the Polish James Dean - stars.

Award winning role.





Denny's Gwiazda rating (1-5) = **** 1/4


For a little instant drama check out the video short with Doda Elektroda.



Denny's Gwiazda rating (1-5) = sto jeden


A Completely Different Version - Same theme



Denny's Gwiazda rating (1-5) = not rated