| Cinema of Poland |
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| List of Polish films |
| Interwar Period |
| Pre 1930 |
| 1930s |
| 1940s |
| 1950s |
| 1960s |
| 1970s |
| 1980s |
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Poland existed as a state for the first time in over a hundred years with the proclamation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. This state lasted until Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the fall of 1939.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1940 | ||||||
| Złota Maska | Jan Fethke | |||||
| Sportowiec mimo woli | Mieczysław Krawicz | |||||
| Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru (film) | Jerzy Zarzycki | |||||
| 1941 | ||||||
| This Is Poland | Eugeniusz Cękalski | in English | ||||
| Żona i nie żona | Eugeniusz Cękalski | |||||
| 1942 | ||||||
| Testament profesora Wilczura | Leonard Buczkowski | |||||
| Dziennik polskiego lotnika | Eugeniusz Cękalski | |||||
| Niedokończona podróż | Eugeniusz Cękalski | |||||
| White Eagle | Eugeniusz Cękalski | in English | ||||
| Land of my Mother | Romuald Gantkowski | narrated in English by Ewa Curie (with use of color pictures from reportage Beautiful Poland 1938–1939 | ||||
| 1943 | ||||||
| Polska parada | Michał Waszyński | |||||
| Calling Mr Smith | Franciszka, Stefan Themerson | experimental color film, in English | ||||
| 1944 | ||||||
| Monte Cassino | Michał Waszyński | |||||
| Niezwyciężeni – Idziemy | Franciszek Ożga | |||||
| Warszawa Walczy! – Przegląd nr 1-3 | Jerzy Zarzycki | |||||
| 1945 | ||||||
| Budujemy Warszawę | Stanislaw Urbanowicz | |||||
| Łódź 1939-1945 | Leonard Buczkowski | |||||
| Majdanek – cmentarzysko Europy | Aleksander Ford | |||||
| Mary Visits Poland | Eugeniusz Cekalski | |||||
Aleksander Ford was a Polish film director and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. Following the war, he was appointed director of the Film Polski company.
Michał Waszyński was first a film director in Poland, then in Italy, and later a producer of major American films, mainly in Spain. Known for his elegance and impeccable manners, he was known by his acquaintances as "the prince".
Pieśniarz Warszawy is a 1934 Polish film directed by Michał Waszyński.
Jaśnie pan szofer is a 1935 Polish romantic comedy film directed by Michał Waszyński.
Panienka z poste restante is a 1935 Polish romantic comedy film directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski and Michał Waszyński.
30 karatów szczęścia is a 1936 Polish comedy film directed by Michał Waszyński. The movie is written by Jan Fethke and Napoleon Sądek. Music created Henryk Wars.
Profesor Wilczur is a 1938 Polish romantic drama film directed by Michał Waszyński, a sequel to Znachor (1937). It is based on the novel by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz.
Konrad Tom, born Konrad Runowiecki, a Polish Jewish actor, writer, singer and director, born in Warsaw. Wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was actress Zula Pogorzelska.
"Yiddish talkies were not only comparable to those of the Polish mainstream but were produced by the same people. The most successful Yiddish talkies were directed by established industry figures including Waszyński, Ford, Henryk Szaro, Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Leon Trystan, and Konrad Tom."
Duchess of Łowicz, also known as November Night, is a Polish-language historical film directed by Mieczysław Krawicz and Janusz Warnecki, and written by Witold Brumer. It was based on a 1908 book Księżna Łowicka by Wacław Gąsiorowski. It was the first high-budget Polish-language film, and one of the first Polish-language non-silent feature films.
Młody Las is a Polish historical film. It was released in 1934.
Róża is a 1936 Polish historical film directed by Józef Lejtes and starring Irena Eichlerówna, Witold Zacharewicz and Bogusław Samborski. It is based on a play by Stefan Żeromski. The filmmakers experimented with camera shots and the soundtrack in order to create a "visual poetry".
Emanuel Schlechter was born and died in Lwów. He was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director.
Lech Owron was a Polish stage and film actor whose career began in the 1920s during the silent film era.
Helena Mniszek was a Polish novelist. She was born in Volhynia and died in Sabnie. Her debut novel Trędowata written in 1909 brought her to prominence.
