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The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Alex Storozynski, author

In the Name of their Mothers
The Story of Irena Sendler
A documentary by Mary Skinner

This documentary tells the remarkable story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who organized the rescue of thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. 60 minutes.

PERSONA NON GRATA / SAM NA SAM Z ŻYCIEM
(PERSONA NON GRATA / TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH LIFE)

With Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Jerzy Stuhr, Nikita Michalkow, DanielOlbrychskiA Polish ambassador to a South American country returns to work after the death of his wife. Disappointed and tired of life, facing uncertainty of friendship, navigating through complicated circumstances, espionage & high scale business, he tries to solve a mystery that has been intriguing him for years. An interesting role for the late Zbigniew Zapasiewicz.

Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. 2005, 112 minutes. In Polish with English subtitles.

SZTUCZKI / O SAMOCHODACH, KOBIETACH I MIŁOŚCI
(TRICKS / ABOUT CARS, WOMEN AND LOVE)

Six-year-old Stefek challenges fate. He believes that the chain of events he sets in motion will help him get closer to his father, who abandoned his mother. His sister Elka, 17, helps him learn how to bribe fate with small sacrifices. Tricks and coincidences eventually bring the father to the mother's doorstep but things go wrong. In despair Stefek tries his good luck with the most risky of his tricks. Directed by Andrzej Jakimowski. 2007, 95 minutes.

VINCI

Comedy / suspense. Tightly constructed plot about an attempt to steal Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Lady with a Ferret from The Czartoryski Gallery in Kraków. Smoothly paced action, intelligent humor.

Directed by Juliusz Machulski. 2004, 108 minutes.