, 1h45 Directed byJerzy Kawalerowicz OriginPologne GenresDrama, Horror ThemesFilms about religion, Demons in film ActorsLucyna Winnicka, Maria Chwalibóg, Stanisław Jasiukiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka Roles Antosia Rating74% Set in a seventeenth century Polish convent, a priest, Father Suryn (Mieczyslaw Voit), arrives at a small inn for a night's rest. He has been sent to investigate a case of demonic possession at a nearby convent after a local priest was burnt for sexually tempting the nuns. The next day, he sets out for the convent, where he meets its abbess, Mother Joan (Lucyna Winnicka), said to be the most possessed of all the nuns. Father Suryn will have to go to hell and back to save Joan, casting himself forever into darkness for her salvation.
, 1h38 Directed byJerzy Kawalerowicz OriginPologne GenresDrama, War, Action, Crime ActorsZygmunt Kęstowicz, Emil Karewicz, Bohdan Ejmont, Wiesław Gołas, Stanisław Mikulski, Roman Kłosowski Roles Jasia Rating67% The plot involves a Rashōmon-like investigation into the life of a man who 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. In each account, the victim seems to have been a mysterious, ambiguous presence, of shifting loyalties and suspicious connections, who set himself against the powers that be.