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• ON THE SILVER GLOBE | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £16.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dekalog | Blu Ray | (24/06/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Krzysztof Kieslowski's Dekalog is one of the greatest achievements of the late 20th century - as much an intricate work of moral philosophy as it is a collection of psychologically riveting narratives. Each standalone story revolves around the consequences arising from a breach of one of the Ten Commandments, but this is no finger-wagging religious tract: Kieslowski was one of film history's keenest observers of human nature, and his troubled, vainglorious, self-deceiving, deeply flawed characters (many played by some of Poland's finest character actors) are universally recognisable. Special Contents: 4K restoration of all ten episodes, presented in their original broadcast aspect ratios Original uncompressed Polish mono soundtrack, with optional English subtitles The Guardian Interview: Krzysztof Kieslowski, an onstage conversation with Derek Malcolm at London's National Film Theatre on 2 April 1990 to mark the British premiere of Dekalog Dekalog: An Appreciation, in which critic Tony Rayns, a Kieslowski champion for many decades, pays tribute to his masterpiece

• The End of Civilization: Three Films by Piotr Szulkin | Blu Ray | (04/12/2023) from £44.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Masquerading as both works of science fiction and horror, Piotr Szulkin's satirical, surrealistic apocalypse trilogy is Polish cinema's best-kept secret. These highly imaginative works of fantasy are bound by a preoccupation with the machinations of power and a distinct, visual sensibility. In a radical reworking of the H.G. Wells classic, The War of the Worlds: Next Century, tells the story of Iron Idem (Roman Wilhelmi), a television host, who finds himself contending with a Martian invasion, whose takeover involves collaborating with the state and manipulating the populace through a media apparatus made up entirely of fake news Meanwhile, in O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization, the survivors of a claustrophobic, subterranean world in ruins are pacified by Soft (Jerzy Stuhr), who engineers a mass collective dream of escape through means of a mythical vessel, The Ark Finally, in the darkly comic Ga, Ga: Glory to the Heroes, Scope (Daniel Olbrychski) must be tried and convicted of a heinous crime for him to participate in a bloody, televised gladiator contest Frequently butting heads with Polish authorities both before and after the collapse of Communism, writer and director Piotr Szulkin remains a unique visual stylist whose parables of power transcend easy genre pigeonholing.Product Features2K restorations of each film presented on three discs, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary on Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes by Daniel Bird (2023) Retrofuturism - Interview featurette with production designer Andrzej Kowalczyk on creating the world of O-Bi, O-Ba (2023) PRL - Polish People's Republic Post-Apocalyptic Parables - a new video essay by Dobrotka Więckiewicz exploring Szulkin's rejection of the science-fiction label (2023) Programme of thematically complementary grotesque and absurdist short films: Labyrinth (Jan Lenica, 1963, 15 mins), Banquet (Zofia Oraczewska, 1977, 8 mins), Cages (Miroslaw Kijowicz, 1967, 8 mins) New and improved English subtitles Reversible sleeves and box art featuring original artworks by celebrated artist Andrzej Pagowski Limited edition 80-page booklet featuring new writing by Michal Oleszczyk, Olga Drenda, Ela Bittencourt, Piotr Kletowski and Daniel Bird

• Golem | Blu Ray | (24/02/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dekalog and Other TV Works Dual-Format Blu-ray & DVD | Blu Ray | (31/10/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £64.99

  When Krzysztof Kieślowski began production on a ten-part Polish television series whose budget was so low that he could only afford two takes maximum, nobody foresaw that the end result would be acclaimed as one of the greatest cinema achievements of the late twentieth century. But that's what Dekalog is: as much an intricate work of moral philosophy as it is a collection of psychologically riveting narratives. Each standalone story revolves around the consequences arising from a breach of one of the Ten Commandments, but this is no finger-wagging religious tract: Kieślowski was one of film history's keenest observers of human nature, and his troubled, vainglorious, self-deceiving, deeply flawed characters (many played by some of Poland's finest character actors) are all too universally recognisable. But Dekalog is merely the highlight of a box set that compiles virtually all of Kieślowski's television work, starting with his first professional short fiction film and continuing with four feature-length pieces that are in every way as probing and incisive as his better-known cinema films. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS 4K restoration of all ten episodes, presented in their original broadcast aspect ratios Original Polish mono soundtrack (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays), with optional English subtitles Pedestrian Subway (1973, 29 mins), Kieślowski's professional fiction debut, about a man trying to repair a failed marriage First Love (1974, 52 mins), a docudrama about a teenage couple coping with an unwanted pregnancy Personnel (1975, 67 mins), Kieślowski's first feature-length fiction film, a partly autobiographical piece about a Warsaw theatre company The Calm (1976, 82 mins), one of Kieślowski's most powerful early films, about a man rebuilding his life in mid-70s Poland after a short prison sentence Short Working Day (1981, 73 mins), Kieślowski's study of a political strike, controversially told from the viewpoint of a Communist functionary trying to keep order Krzysztof Kieślowski: Still Alive (2007), an affectionate 82-minute portrait of the director by his former student Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, including interviews with dozens of friends and colleagues Collector's booklet featuring a lengthy essay on Dekalog and Kieślowski by Father Marek Lis, plus Kieślowski's own intensely self-critical discussion of all the films in this set and Stanley Kubrick's famous eulogy to Kieślowski and co-writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz More extras in development!

• Interrogation Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/09/2023) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Short Film About Killing | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'A Short Film About Killing' is based on the Fifth Commandment: 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' and is a psychological vivisection of the brutal and senseless murder of a taxi-driver by a young drifter with no explanation offered and no extenuating circumstances given. Kieslowski demonstrates his skill and dexterity as a master of suspense keeping tensions rising and viewers in knots producing a searing powerful moral indictment of capital punishment. Directed by Kieslowski the direct

• War of the Worlds: Next Century | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In a radical reworking of the H.G. Wells classic, War of the Worlds: Next Century, tells the story of Iron Idem (celebrated Polish actor Roman Wilhelmi), a television host, who finds himself contending with a Martian invasion, whose takeover involves collaborating with the state and manipulating the populace through a media apparatus made up entirely of fake news... Drawing as much on George Orwell and 1984 as on Wells' novel, Pior Szulkin's prescient allegory of state and media control is a dark sci-fi that uses classic noir tropes to tell its sinister story.In a radical reworking of the H.G. Wells classic, War of the Worlds: Next Century, tells the story of Iron Idem (celebrated Polish actor Roman Wilhelmi), a television host, who finds himself contending with a Martian invasion, whose takeover involves collaborating with the state and manipulating the populace through a media apparatus made up entirely of fake news... Drawing as much on George Orwell and 1984 as on Wells' novel, Pior Szulkin's prescient allegory of state and media control is a dark sci-fi that uses classic noir tropes to tell its sinister story.

• O-Bi O-Ba: The End of Civilization | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The survivors of a claustrophobic, subterranean world in ruins are pacified by Soft (Jerzy Stuhr, Camera Buff), who engineers a mass collective dream of escape through means of a mythical vessel, The Ark... A dark vision existing somewhere between Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker and John Carpenter's Escape from New York, Piotr Szulkin's O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization is one of the great dystopian films. Masquerading as both works of science fiction and horror, Szulkin's satirical, surrealistic apocalypse-themed films are Polish cinema's best-kept secret.The survivors of a claustrophobic, subterranean world in ruins are pacified by Soft (Jerzy Stuhr, Camera Buff), who engineers a mass collective dream of escape through means of a mythical vessel, The Ark... A dark vision existing somewhere between Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker and John Carpenter's Escape from New York, Piotr Szulkin's O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization is one of the great dystopian films. Masquerading as both works of science fiction and horror, Szulkin's satirical, surrealistic apocalypse-themed films are Polish cinema's best-kept secret.

• Mephisto | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In early 1930's Germany ambitious stage actor Hendrik Hofgen (an extraordinary performance by Klaus Maria Brandauer) cares little for politics and lives only for his art. But when the Nazis begin their rise to power he seizes the opportunity to perform propaganda plays for the Reich and soon becomes Germany's most popular actor. Consumed with fame Hendrik must now survive in a world where the ideology of evil is the ultimate drama and the true cost of a man's soul becomes the most shattering measure of all.... Written/directed by Istvan Szabo and based on the novel by Klaus Mann the Oscar winning Mephisto (Best Foreign Film 1982) marked the first of three remarkable collaborations between Szabo and Brandauer and remains one of the most powerful foreign films of our time.

• Man of Marble: 2-Disc Special Editon | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £14.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (12.21%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Often described as 'the Polish Citizen Kane' Wajda's Man Of Marble is about the attempts of a determined young woman filmmaker Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda) to make a documentary about the Polish national hero Mateusz Birkut a labourer who in the early days of the Communist revolution was hailed for his productivity feats and became as famous as any film star only to disappear from the record books in 1952. Through interviews with his former wife colleagues friends and enemies who knew him Birkut emerges as a man who believed in the socialist ideals and the workers revolution. Unlike many of his colleagues and compatriots Birkut refused to forgive and forget. His disappearance became in effect the unrelenting conscience of the revolution. However the young filmmaker's hard-driving style and the content of her film unnerve the authorities who thinks it's getting too close to a political nerve... Not only regarded as one of the greatest most important films in the history of Polish cinema it is also one of the key films of the 1970s and one of the most compelling attacks on government corruption ever made. This ground-breaking feature is presented in an all new HD digital restoration and features exclusive newly filmed interviews with director Andrzej Wajda lead actress Krystyna Janda and renowned filmmaker Agnieszka Holland who was Assistant Director on Man Of Marble. Special Features: Exclusive Interviews: With Director Andrzej Wajda With Star Krystyna Janda With Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland New HD transfer Booklet essay by Michael Brooke

• The Interrogation | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After a one-night stand with a military officer a cabaret singer is imprisoned by the secret police without ever being informed of her alleged crime. For the next five years she is subjected to harrowing torture and harassment which she doggedly withstands in a struggle to maintain her dignity and sanity. Interrogation was banned by the Polish government for being 'inflammatory and dangerous'. Years later director Bugjaski smuggled a copy out of the country and it s

• Call of the Toad | DVD | (03/10/2011) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Alexander and Aleksandra set up a foundation for people to be buried in their hometowns of Gdansk and Vilnius, in reconciliation cemeteries. But their idealistic hope of international understanding is soon overtaken by capitalism.