THEME EXPLORATION

Communist Poland

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ashes and Diamonds
Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
Kundun
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
1971 · Dušan Makavejev
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984 · Zhang Yimou
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
Land and Freedom
Land and Freedom
1995 · Ken Loach
Billion Dollar Brain
Billion Dollar Brain
1967 · Ken Russell
La Vie est à nous
La Vie est à nous
1936 · Jacques Becker & Jean Renoir
Les Routes du Sud
Les Routes du Sud
1978 · Joseph Losey
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952 · Julien Duvivier
My Lenin
My Lenin
1970 · Ritwik Ghatak
Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife
Arsenie, An Amazing Afterlife
2023 · Alexandru Solomon
Larks on a String
Larks on a String
1969 · Jiří Menzel
First May in Moscow
First May in Moscow
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Man on a Tightrope
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Elia Kazan
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison
1984 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2007 · Cristian Mungiu
The War Is Over
The War Is Over
1966 · Alain Resnais
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Andrzej Wajda Poland

His films like 'Ashes and Diamonds' and 'Man of Marble' directly confront Poland's communist experience and the struggle between ideology and individual conscience.

 Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland

His documentaries and early fiction films, including 'No End,' explored the moral complexities of life under communist rule and the Polish Solidarity movement.

 Andrzej Żuławski Poland

His surrealist and psychologically intense films like 'Possession' and 'The Third Part of the Night' metaphorically examine alienation and oppression in communist Poland.