Krzysztof Kieślowski

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder

Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s aunt, lives a life rooted in faith. Over the course of one day, both adults are forced to question their belief systems.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel

19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwińska

Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

A teenage postal worker, Tomek, routinely spies on his older neighbor Magda, a sexually liberated artist who lives in the apartment across the courtyard from his. As their private worlds merge, fascination turns to obsession, and the line between love and curiosity becomes violently blurred.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Olaf Lubaszenko, Grażyna Szapołowska, Stefania Iwińska

Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. The more involved the brothers get in their father’s world, the more dire and comical their situation becomes.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barciś

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Irène Jacob, Halina Gryglaszewska, Philippe Volter

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Jerzy Stuhr, Małgorzata Ząbkowska, Ewa Pokas

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Majka to kidnap her own daughter, with unexpected emotional consequences.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Anna Polony, Maja Barełkowska, Władysław Kowalski

Roman and Hanka have a loving marriage, but his impotence has led to her having an affair. The unbearable situation drives Roman to extreme measures both physically and mentally, testing their love and his own will to live.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barciś

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Maria Kościałkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barciś

It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.

Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski · With Grażyna Szapołowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini

A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

Dir. Tom Tykwer · With Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone