"Actor: Jan NOWICKI"

• THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT & THE DEVIL | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• ANDRZEJ ?U?AWSKI: Three Films (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (28/08/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release ANDRZEJ ŻUŁAWSKI: THREE FILMS (The Third Part of the Night / The Devil / On the Silver Globe), three films from an uncompromising visionary and a true maverick of European cinema. Presented as part of The Masters of Cinema Series in their UK debuts on Blu-ray, all from stunning new 4K restorations. Available from 22 May 2023 in a Limited Edition 2-Disc Box Set (3000 copies only) featuring a Hardbound Slipcase and 60-page Collector's Booklet. An uncompromising visionary and a true maverick of European cinema, the Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present three films by Andrzej Żuławski, all making their UK debuts on Blu-ray from new 4K restorations. Rich with multi-layered symbolism and apocalyptic imagery, The Third Part of the Night is Żuławski's highly influential debut feature film. After his whole family is slaughtered during the Nazi-occupation of Poland, Michal (Leszek Teleszyński) decides to join the resistance but descends into madness after encountering a doppelgänger of his murdered wife. The Devil is a violent tale of Satanic seduction during the Prussian invasion of Poland in the 17th century, which proved so controversial upon release that it was banned for 16 years. And finally, On the Silver Globe, Żuławski's masterpiece about a team of astronauts who land on a desolate planet and start a new society. When filming was 80% complete, the Polish government ordered the production to be shut down and all the negatives be destroyed. Miraculously, the original film reels were preserved and ten years later the film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim. Limited Edition Features Hardbound Slipcase All films presented in 1080p HD from definitive 4K restorations Optional English Subtitles for all films, from translations by Daniel Bird and approved by director Andrzej Żuławski before his death in 2016 Escape to the Silver Globe (dir. Kuba Mikurda, 2021) - acclaimed documentary on the production history of On the Silver Globe Brand new feature length audio commentary on On the Silver Globe by Daniel Bird Michael Brooke on The Third Part of the Night - Brand new interview Michael Brooke on The Devil - Brand new interview Brand new video piece by Daniel Bird on the cinematography of On the Silver Globe Brand new video piece by Daniel Bird on the costumes and props of On the Silver Globe Brand new documentary short by Daniel Bird using previously unseen archival footage from the filming of On the Silver Globe Brand new interview with Lukasz Żuławski Brand new interview with Adam Żuławski PLUS: A Limited Edition 60-page collector's book featuring new essays and archival material

• The Third Part Of The Night | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £1.26 (10.74%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set during the occupation of Poland during World War II Andrzej Zulawski's debut feature is a visionary tale of an apocalytic world. The film centers around a young man whose family we're massacred by the Nazi's and his own coming to terms with the guilt that he feels for still being alive.

• Hourglass Sanatorium | Blu Ray | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A young man named Joseph (Jan Nowicki) visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father Jakob (Tadeusz Konrad). On his arrival a sinister doctor informs him that his father had stopped breathing but hasn’t died yet perhaps due to Joseph’s arrival which may have halted time in the Sanatorium. Joseph undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the Sanatorium each of which conjures worlds composed of his memories dreams and nightmares. Adapted from a collection of short stories by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz The Hourglass Sanatorium dispenses with traditional narrative fashioning an audio-visual mosaic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. As in The Saragossa Manuscript Wojciech Has fashions a cinematic universe composed with byzantine sets hallucinatory images and a gallery of grotesque characters. However his magical-realist vision of pre-WW2 Poland is tinged with the sober consciousness of the violence that would follow and the recreation of Joseph’s childhood in a Jewish ghetto foreshadowing the Holocaust. Extras: Full frame-by-frame restoration and fully remastered soundtrack Funded by the Polish Arts council Restored version of Has' psychedelic masterpiece.

• Saragossa Manuscript | Blu Ray | (07/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, two soldiers discover a strange manuscript at an Inn. The book chronicles the adventures of Alfonso van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski - Ashes and Diamonds). Alfonso's passage through the dangerous Sierra Morena Mountains is repeatedly interrupted by seemingly random encounters with an assortment of larger than life figures. Tunisian princesses inform Alfonso that he is their cousin and their betrothed; an occult scholar ensnares Alfonso with confounding stories about feuds between Merchants and hardships faced by gypsies. And of course, Alfonso never did expect the Spanish Inquisition. Adapted from explorer Jan Potocki's magnum opus, Wojciech Has' The Saragossa Manuscript is a major cult film of the 1960s. Its admirers include film-makers Luis Buñuel and David Lynch as well as musician Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead. Its approach to storytelling, admiringly described by comics artist Neil Gaiman as ˜a labyrinth inside a maze', features stories within stories, alternatively frightening and comical in its mind-bending exploration of human nature. Extras/Episodes: Fully and recently restored version of Has' psychedelic epic. Cast and Crew: Stars: Zbigniew Cybulski, Kazimierz Opalinski, Iga Cembrzynska-Kondratiuk, Joanna Jedryka, Aleksander Fogiel, Barbara Krafftowa. Pola Raksa Directed by: Worjciech Has Awards and Reviews: I love the Saragossa Manuscript ... exceptional Luis Buñuel This is one mother of a film David Lynch Epic Time Out Poland's greatest cult film The Village Voice

• Hourglass Sanitorium (Restored Special Edition) | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  From legendary Polish master-director Wojciech Has Hourglass Sanatorium is a cinematic adaptation of renowned writer Bruno Schulz’ Sanatorium Under The Sign Of The Hourglass. This magnificent newly restored edition is one of the first Polish films to be restored in HD, by the outstanding Polish cinematographer Witold Sobocinski, giving it amazing depth of field and excellent definition. Set in the pre-World War II era, the film sees Joseph (Jan Nowicki) travelling on a strange, dilapidated train to see his dying father (Tadeusz Kondrat) in a sanatorium. Upon arrival though, he finds a hospital crumbling into ruin, where time is slowed down in order to maintain his father’s life signs.