Krzysztof Komeda Movies

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

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

The titular magic lantern is simple projection apparatus, invented several hundred years ago. In the animation, it appears as an object symbolizing...

A boy dreams of going for a ride in a boat or kayak, but when the opportunity finally comes, he soon finds himself longing to return to shore. The...

A brief history of the malice of inanimate objects.

A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve.

The film shows the tedious process of inspection and maintenance of passenger cars. To the accompaniment of jazz music, we get to know the hardships...

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

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

A sly critique of the communist regime in Poland, one of the carefree participants disrupts a patriotic march by retrieving a collection of...

A woman has difficulty choosing between her husband and her new lover, so she sets up a table tennis game between them.

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...

A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once...

A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.

A lonely, middle-aged man enjoys the “Życie Warszawy” newspaper with a cup of coffee. His thoughts fly out of the room, move over...