Cinematography: Jacek Petrycki
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Jacek Petrycki. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Interrogation
1982 · Movie · 118 min. · Poland
Direction Ryszard Bugajski
Cast Krystyna Janda · Adam Ferency · Janusz Gajos · Agnieszka Holland
Plot Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not...
7.4
226 votes
7.4
226 votes
Camera Buff (Amator)
1979 · Movie · 112 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Jerzy Stuhr · Malgorzata Zabkowska · Ewa Pokas · Stefan Czyzewski
7.4
1K votes
7.4
1K votes
Talking Heads (S)
1980 · Documentary · 16 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Plot People of different age, profession and social status answer two simple questions: who they are and what they want from life.
7.3
471 votes
7.3
471 votes
Europa, Europa
1990 · Movie · 115 min. · Germany
Direction Agnieszka Holland
Cast Marco Hofschneider · Julie Delpy · Hanns Zischler · André Wilms
Plot Agnieszka Holland's EUROPA EUROPA is the fascinating fact-based story of Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider), a German Jew who survived the Holocaust by concealing his identity, literally within enemy ranks. When...
7.1
3K votes
7.1
3K votes
Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So…
1998 · Documentary · 56 min. · Denmark
Direction Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Cast Krzysztof Kieślowski · Jacek Petrycki · Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Plot This documentary richly illustrates the life of the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. It was completed just a couple of years before his untimely death. He comes off as a...
7.0
56 votes
7.0
56 votes
Journey to the Sun
1999 · Movie · 104 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Nazmî Kirik · Newroz Baz · Mizgin Kapazan · Ara Güler
Plot Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange...
6.9
23 votes
6.9
23 votes
No End
1985 · Movie · 109 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Grazyna Szapolowska · Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Aleksander Bardini · Maria Pakulnis
Plot It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief,...
6.9
540 votes
6.9
540 votes
Warsaw: A City Divided
2019 · Documentary · 71 min. · Poland
Direction Eric Bednarski
Plot The creation of the Warsaw Ghetto as seen from both sides of the Ghetto wall, and its legacy in today's city. New light on a tragic time of division, destruction...
6.6
46 votes
6.6
46 votes
The Calm (TV)
1980 · Movie · 81 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Jerzy Stuhr · Izabella Olszewska · Jerzy Trela · Elzbieta Karkoszka
Plot Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years. A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place...
6.6
61 votes
6.6
61 votes
89mm from Europe (S)
1993 · Documentary · 12 min. · Poland
Direction Marcel Lozinski
Plot This movie shows the simplest difference between Europe and former Soviet Union. It is the eponymous 89 mm - Russian train tracks are 89 mm wider than tracks in European...
6.5
42 votes
6.5
42 votes
First Love (TV)
1974 · Documentary · 52 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Plot The story of two young people (aged 17 and 19) up through the moment their first child is born. The film offers a vision of the love between two young...
6.1
109 votes
6.1
109 votes
Hospital (S)
1977 · Documentary · 22 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Plot 24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.
6.0
73 votes
6.0
73 votes
Curriculum Vitae (Life Story)
1975 · Documentary · 46 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Plot A Party Control Committee cross-examines a Party member threatened with expulsion from the Party. The life-story of the accused is a fictional one - although the man playing the role...
5.6
36 votes
5.6
36 votes
Julie Walking Home (The Healer)
2002 · Movie · 113 min. · Germany
Direction Agnieszka Holland
Cast Miranda Otto · William Fichtner · Lothaire Bluteau · Ryan Smith
Plot Her son dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart, Julie flees to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a...
5.6
95 votes
5.6
95 votes
X-Ray (S)
1974 · Documentary · 13 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Plot Patients with serious lung diseases, who are now in a sanatorium, tell us about their thoughts and feelings.
5.2
27 votes
5.2
27 votes
The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls
2015 · Documentary · 86 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kopczynski
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Before the Rally (S)
1971 · Documentary · 15 min. · Poland
Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski
Cast Krzysztof Komornicki
Plot Ten days of preparation for the Monte Carlo rally. The two Polish drivers battle with the technical shortcomings of the Polish Fiat 125 and overwhelming bureaucracy. They did not finish...
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Waiting for the Clouds
2003 · Movie · 90 min. · Turkey
Direction Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast Rüçhan Caliskur · Ridvan Yagci · Dimitris Kaberidis · Ismail Baysan
Plot When the Turkish war of independence ended in the early-1920s, Greeks were forcefully deported from Turkey. For the five decades that followed, a Greek woman and her sister remained in...
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A Kind of Hush
1999 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Stirner
Cast Harley Smith · Marcella Plunkett · Ben Roberts · Paul Williams
Plot Six teens who were traumatized by child abuse early in their lives come together to form a gang that ultimately plots revenge against the ones who committed the crimes against...
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Matriculation (S)
1979 · Documentary · 16 min. · Poland
Direction Marcel Lozinski
Plot A group of students are examined in political science as part of their final exams. Questions asked range from "What's the profile of a model Party member?" to "Do you...
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