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- A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
- Kacper, who works as a foreman, has an affair with the wife of his best friend Oskar, also a miner. To meet his mistress, he assigns Oskar to the distant and dangerous coal seams. As the lovers enjoy their rendezvous, Oskar gets buried underground, so they throw themselves into a rescue mission.
- Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.
- Black docu-comedy from the largest pawn shop in Poland. Times are tough, bankruptcy looms, but then the two choleric proprietors get a bright idea. A hilarious, heartwarming film.
- Fifteen-year-old Jurek is to spend his holidays at home, in Silesia. After returning from school, he does not find her mother or her things. His father tells him a story about his mother's sudden departure to a sanatorium. The boy does not really believe it. The boy has a bad feeling about his mother. He wants to talk to his father, learn the reasons for his mother's decision, but his father gives him vague explanations. Jurek goes to Warsaw, to his mother's sister, and there he finds the bitter truth.
- A man has been found dead after having been hurled from a train. As security agents, police and a medical examiner piece together his identity, three accounts emerge: one set during World War II, one in the immediate aftermath of the war, and one in contemporary Poland.
- The inhabitants of a Silesian town live their slow life. The appearance of a mysterious man in a red gown triggers a series of comic events that will bring together a couple of lost hearts. A movie made in Silesian ethnolect.
- 1981. A group of Poles, including an eleven-year old Irek and his mother Hanna, travel by bus to Budapest to get away from the tense political situation back at home.
- Story of life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the priest called "The Solidarity Chaplain", murdered by communist secret police.
- Lena is kidnapped. Her mother working in the police decides to commit a crime to save her.
- Three strangers living in Silesia - a 12-year-old half-orphan, a musically talented girl and a middle-aged unemployed ex-miner - are all desperate to get money to make their small dreams come true.
- Maciek (35), tricked by his boss, steals his boss's car and goes on a desperate joyride across. He drives across the interior of Poland, where people are preparing for a celebration of an unspecified anniversary. In the meanwhile, Magda (35), a Town Hall employee in charge of the anniversary events, Highly committed at first, gradually notices all the dirt and corruption around her. At some point, she must choose between her career and integrity, whether she should accept it or risk her career and leave. Finally, on the celebration day, Maciek and Magda finally meet. Will it change anything for them?
- In the wilderness amongst industrial debris lives a boy Kid. All round Kids house there is a vast, ruined plant covered with wild growth. Boys father was killed in a mine accident so Kid lives alone with his mother. There are rumors that a hyena settled in the bushes close to boys house. The beast is carnivorous and attacks people. Each time Kid goes to school he must overcome terrible fear. Whats more people started to disappear in the neighborhood. Kid suspects that mysterious, hiding man has something to do with it.
- At 29 years old, Benek decides to quit his job as a coal miner and change his life once and for all. In spite of many obstacles, he finds the strength to carry on pursuing his dreams.
- In September 1939, Polish Silesians fight hard against German invaders. The Germans are especially focused on taking over the observation spot in Katowice - the parachute tower.
- The personal destinies of several people, mostly Italian miners and their closed relatives and friends, struck directly or indirectly by the dreadful tragedy which occurred on August 8th 1956 in the coal mine at Marcinelle (Belgium).
- In the broken industrial heartland of Poland, a mother and son long to be reunited after the father takes the son to an orphanage fearing for his safety.
- To celebrate the Barbórka celebrations, the CEO of a mine invites the soap opera star Jakub Skowierski to the academy. Basia, a mine worker, is to greet the actor. In this way, two different worlds meet.
- June 17, 1953: The people in the GDR refuse to obey their political leadership. Hartmut Brücken's family also become involved in the political events.
- A view of first hundred years of film language evolution trough dancing and music.