Agnieszka Holland Movies

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell...

The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002.

In 1905 partitioned Poland, a bomb moves through the anarchist underground as revolutionaries prepare to strike against Tsarist rule.

A biographical documentary on Edward Zebrowski, a director, screenwriter, and educator. The film draws from his notes, revealing his thoughts on...

Follows German-American actress Marlene Dietrich across four decisive days in four different decades, portraying her in shifting cultural and...

The story of Janosik, a legendary "Central European Robin Hood", based on real XVIII century documents and a romantic legend. Young Janosik, burnt...

A documentary essay about the period during which Andrzej Wajda went from being merely an observer of history to becoming one of its protagonists....

Teenager Bożena decides to run away from home in search of freedom. Agnieszka Holland's film is a study of generational conflict. The paralysis...

In May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover...

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's...

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

A young couple who are unable to have children make a deal with a poor woman to buy her illegitimate child rather than wait through the...

August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he...

Irena, a postal delivery worker, is struggling with inadequate housing, a drunk neighbor who wants to take her place, and a heartless boss, knowing...

A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show...

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first...

A television short by director and actor Stanisław Latałło.

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin...

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.