Krzysztof Komeda Movies

A feature-length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.

A young woman is seduced by a wealthy diplomat, who leaves her his business card and arranges to meet her. She goes to a jeweler and, using the card,...

In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is...

A dancer and a Danish student meet on a train; she is going on tour to Rio, and he decides to follow her. Based on the novel by Jens August Schade.

The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War...

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in...

A daughter of a furniture seller helps her father’s business by promising a marriage to the customers.

A cinematic grotesque whose protagonist is Mr. Kowalski, who suffers from insomnia.

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda...

An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by...

A budding playwright is thrilled to find out that his play will be performed at a prestigious theater, but a series of problems pile up, along with...

The first Polish film about jazz and, at the same time, an unusual documentary record of a concert of two legendary music bands: Hot Club Melomani...

Allegorical animated short about the power of creation and destruction. An unknown man carries a wicker basket filled with elements resembling human...

A famous Polish conductor meets a young Polish student in Czechoslovakia and pretends to be Czech to impress her.

A man has a day he would rather forget. From the very morning, nothing seems to go his way. Told through pantomime and slapstick, this short film was...

A young couple goes for a car ride. As a result of careless driving, an accident occurs.