Catalogue des films de « Stanislaw Niedbalski »

A history of Labour Day celebrations in the period of the Polish People’s Republic: compilation film as a history lesson – a thoughtful kaleidoscope of events, slogans, historical figures. Music, shouts, songs, and applause become a great...

A kaleidoscopic and bittersweet sociological portrait of people who came to the new mining town of Jastrz?bie-Zdrój for work after WW2. They were in search of an El Dorado, dreaming of love and money. They only found hard work and lost their...

Un jeune ingénieur honnête révèle la vérité qui se cache derrière les prétendus succès de son usine. D’abord en butte aux critiques et au harcèlement, il est finalement accusé de crimes politiques. Bien que n’ayant pas été...

A group of friends saying their goodbyes before leaving for the war. Their last hours as civilians and conscripts: one last swim, and then off to the train platform and the trains that will take them to their units – an atmosphere of exaltation,...

Piwowski’s most controversial documentary, a portrait of Czes?aw Niemen (1939-2004), an outstanding musician and vocalist, a year after the legendary song “Strange Is This World” was released.

It took the filmmaker an entire year to record their observations of a young peasant arriving in an industrial city to join a Voluntary Work Unit where he can continue his education. Franek learns a profession, changing his mentality and attitude,...

The film examines the hopes and aspirations of a group of 18-year-old girls following their graduation from a college in Warsaw.

A documentary about a group of Warsaw tram workers who moonlight in the city orchestra at night.

A film which reports on the life and work of the members of a wandering circus troupe. In meticulous detail, the preparations and efforts are described that precede the moment the gong sounds and the audience, holding their breath, watch the...

An orchestra of working-class musicians rehearses in this short film, honoured at the 1960 Venice Film Festival and among the favourite films of director Krzysztof Kieslowski who mentored under this documentary’s director.