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...

Max

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),...

Max

7.2

14K votes

7.2

14K votes

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

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

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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