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

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...

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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

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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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated