A murder has been committed in a block of flats in Pest. Almost all the dwellers of the building behave in a suspicious way at the beginning of the investigation, more
A murder has been committed in a block of flats in Pest. Almost all the dwellers of the building behave in a suspicious way at the beginning of the investigation, although it is their everyday lapses they try to hide. In spite of the janitor's unpleasant comments, light is gradually thrown upon the case. close
An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary more
An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters. The brothers Władysław and Henryk are waiting in the mansion of the Nawrocki family in Poznań for an emissary who is to lead them to the detachment of general Bem. But Henryk falls in love with Emilka, a pupil of the Nawrocki family, which leads to a sharp conflict. She is also loved by the heir of Nawrocki. Anyway, the spouses hate each other. She despises him as a simpleton, he cannot forget her illegitimate child with the forester. . . When Henryk decides, regardless of the consequences, to leave with Emilka, it reaches a tragic end. Henryk kills his rival and is arrested by Prussian gendarmes. Władysław, on the other hand, will implement his plan - he will break through to General Bem. close
A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working more
A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working sibling, taking odd jobs as he gets them to secure his meager earnings. When he brings home a woodcutter from the forest, the sister and the newcomer fall in love. Terrified over a life without his sister, the man can't cope and decides to kill himself. This depressing tale of alienation, doubt and uncertainty was the Polish entry at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. close
The French Alps. In the very east of the country, in the gorge of the Mont Blanc massif there is a small town of Chamonix. All its inhabitants are somehow more
The French Alps. In the very east of the country, in the gorge of the Mont Blanc massif there is a small town of Chamonix. All its inhabitants are somehow connected with the mountains. But there are those for whom mountains are the only meaning of life. Michel Servoz is an experienced guide, earns a living by leading groups of climbers to the mountains. However, being one of many is not for him. Together with his partner, an inexperienced climber, he undertakes a very difficult ascent of Petit Drew, during which his friend dies under unclear circumstances. It's not Servoz's fault, but life has changed. And here's another partner and a new climb... close
Composed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twenty-six countries, If I Had Four Dromedaries more
Composed entirely of still photographs shot by Marker himself over the course of his restless travel through twenty-six countries, If I Had Four Dromedaries stages a probing, at times agitated, search for the meanings of the photographic image, in the form of an extended voiceover conversation and debate between the "amateur photographer" credited with the images and two of his colleagues. Anticipating later writings by Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag (who professed her admiration for the film) If I Had Four Dromedaries reveals Marker's instinctual understanding of the secret rapport between still and moving image. close