Agnieszka Holland
1) In darkness
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Polish
Description
A sewer worker and petty thief in the Polish town of Lvov encounters a group of Jews hiding within the tunnels.
2) Charlatan
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Czech
Description
The Oscar entry for the Czech Republic. Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for "urinary diagnosis". But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for...
3) Mr. Jones
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
1933. Hitler rises to power and Stalin's Soviet propaganda machine pushes their "utopia" to the Western world. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth behind the façade that would later inspire...
4) Spoor
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Polish
Description
Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
5) Green Border
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Polish
Description
In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called "green border" between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa are lured by government propaganda promising easy passage to the European Union. Unable to cross into Europe and unable to turn back, they find themselves trapped in a rapidly escalating geopolitical stand-off. An unflinching depiction of the migrant crisis captured in stark black-and-white, this riveting...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Little princess: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Secret garden: A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned...