Cinematography: Edward Klosinski
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Edward Klosinski. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Dekalog 5: Thou Shalt Not Kill (TV)
1990 · Movie · 57 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Miroslaw Baka · Krzysztof Globisz · Jan Tesarz · Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Plot "Thou Shalt Not Kill" - a shorter, slightly less graphic version of 'A Short Film About Killing', but the plot is essentially the same: murder followed by execution, two killings,...
7.8
2K votes
7.8
2K votes
Zentropa (Europa)
1991 · Movie · 114 min. · Denmark
Direction Lars von Trier
Cast Jean-Marc Barr · Barbara Sukowa · Udo Kier · Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Plot An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. The American's wish is...
7.3
10K votes
7.3
10K votes
Three Colours: White
1994 · Movie · 92 min. · France
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Zbigniew Bielawski · Julie Delpy · Janusz Gajos · Jerzy Stuhr
Plot Part two in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowskis THREE COLOURS astounding trilogy, WHITE represents Equality (of Liberty and Fraternity) in the French flag and the French national motto. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski),...
7.2
14K votes
7.2
14K votes
Dekalog 2: Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain (TV)
1990 · Movie · 57 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Krystyna Janda · Aleksander Bardini · Olgierd Lukaszewicz · Artur Barcis
Plot "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain". An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a complicated request. Her husband is gravely ill...
7.2
3K votes
7.2
3K votes
Gloomy Sunday - The Piano Player
2003 · Movie · 114 min. · Germany
Direction Rolf Schübel
Cast Joachim Król · Erika Marozsán · Stefano Dionisi · Ben Becker
Plot As the turmoil of World War II engulfs Hungary, a Budapest eatery, Restaurant Szabo, hosts its own conflicts. Its restaurant owner, Laszlo, hires pianist Andras, and both men love Ilona,...
7.1
115 votes
7.1
115 votes
Young Girls of Wilko
1979 · Movie · 115 min. · Poland
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Daniel Olbrychski · Anna Seniuk · Maja Komorowska · Stanislawa Celinska
Plot Set in the late '20s. A thirtyish young man, who heads a small factory, faints at the funeral of a close friend. He decides to go home to his aunt...
7.0
137 votes
7.0
137 votes
Man of Marble
1977 · Movie · 164 min. · Poland
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Krystyna Janda · Tadeusz Lomnicki · Michal Tarkowski
Plot Student filmmaker determined to make her diploma film about a 1950s national hero, charms her way among his surviving contemporaries to uncover the truth about his achievements.
7.0
621 votes
7.0
621 votes
Man of Iron
1981 · Movie · 152 min. · Poland
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Krystyna Janda · Marian Opania · Boguslaw Linda
Plot MAN OF IRON, Andrzej Wajda's account of the events at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980, stars Marian Opania as Winkiel, a burned-out, alcoholic journalist who's assigned to...
7.0
924 votes
7.0
924 votes
Illumination
1973 · Movie · 87 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Stanislaw Latallo · Malgorzata Pritulak · Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska · Edward Zebrowski
Plot A young scientist believes rational analysis can solve everything until he is confronted by an older woman and the accidental death of a close friend.
7.0
196 votes
7.0
196 votes
Chronicle of Love Affairs
1986 · Movie · 120 min. · Poland
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Paulina Mlynarska · Piotr Wawrzynczak · Bernadetta Machela · Dariusz Dobkowski
Plot Set in the summer months preceding the September 1939 outbreak of World War II in Polish part of Lithuania. A young highschool lad, Witek, is hoping to pass the entrance...
6.9
30 votes
6.9
30 votes
Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
2000 · Movie · 105 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Zbigniew Zapasiewicz · Krystyna Janda · Tadeusz Bradecki · Monika Krzywkowska
Plot A cynical doctor, who is dying of cancer, would like to know the meaning of his life. He has to fight for it or just get ready for death.
6.7
80 votes
6.7
80 votes
Without Anesthesia
1978 · Movie · 113 min. · Poland
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Andrzej Seweryn · Emilia Krakowska · Ewa Dalkowska · Krystyna Janda
Plot 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 featuring questions and answers on a world...
6.7
73 votes
6.7
73 votes
Spiral
1978 · Movie · 83 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Jan Nowicki · Maja Komorowska · Zofia Kucówna · Aleksander Bardini
Plot In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he...
6.7
35 votes
6.7
35 votes
Camouflage
1977 · Movie · 106 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Piotr Garlicki · Zbigniew Zapasiewicz · Christine Paul-Podlasky · Mariusz Dmochowski
6.7
58 votes
6.7
58 votes
Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes
1986 · Movie · 84 min. · Poland
Direction Piotr Szulkin
Cast Maria Ciunelis · Bozena Dykiel · Katarzyna Figura · Krystyna Kolodziejczyk
Plot Our main character lands on a supposedly uninhabited strange new world, where he is instead greeted as a "hero" and treated like royalty. He soon finds out that heroism has...
6.3
70 votes
6.3
70 votes
And the Violins Stopped Playing
1988 · Movie · 116 min. · Poland
Direction Alexander Ramati
Cast Horst Buchholz · Didi Ramati · Piotr Polk · Maya Ramati
Plot A group of gypsies fleeing the Natzi's during World War II.
6.1
72 votes
6.1
72 votes
Persona non grata
2005 · Movie · 110 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Zbigniew Zapasiewicz · Nikita Mikhalkov · Jerzy Stuhr · Remo Girone
Plot In 2005, Wiktor's wife, Helena (Halina Golanko), has just died suddenly of a stroke in Poland. Wiktor (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz), the Polish ambassador to Uruguay, arrives to see her too late....
5.9
23 votes
5.9
23 votes
Zycie za zycie
1991 · Movie · 90 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast Edward Zantara · Christoph Waltz · Artur Barcis · Gustaw Lutkiewicz
5.8
191 votes
5.8
191 votes
Chopin: Desire for Love
2002 · Movie · 134 min. · Poland
Direction Jerzy Antczak
Cast Piotr Adamczyk · Danuta Stenka · Sara Muldner · Bozena Stachura
Plot The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
5.6
23 votes
5.6
23 votes
Chance
1979 · Movie · 87 min. · Poland
Direction Feliks Falk
Cast Jerzy Stuhr · Krzysztof Zaleski · Slawa Kwasniewska · Tomasz Zieciowski
Plot Jerzy Stuhr plays a high school teacher with a sensitive outlook on life and a soft spot for students who like art and literature as passionately as he does. His...
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