Radoslaw Piwowarski - The Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (3-DVD)

The Masterpieces of Polish Cinema
Radoslaw Piwowarski

Studio: SPI International, 2010
Number of disks: 3
Condition: Brand New, Sealed, Mint
Total time: 247 minutes
Language version: Polish
Subtitles: English
Region: 2
TV System: PAL. European or multi-system DVD player is required to see this DVD.
Featuring: Krystyna Janda, Katarzyna Figura, Monika Bolly, Rafal Wegrzyniak, Piotr Siwkiewicz

About the director:

Radoslaw Piwowarski, born February 20, 1948 in Olszówka - Polish film director, and actor. In 1971 he graduated from the Lodz Film School. He made his debut in the late 70's, amkeing series of  TV movies, he directed the first Polish soap opera "To Till Dawn" . From 1972 to1981 he was a member of Andrzej Wajda's movie production company X Team. From 1998 to 2003 he served as program director for Channel 1 of  Polish Television.

Selection:

DVD 1

Kochankowie mojej mamy (My mother's lovers) (1986)
Plot: The story about a small mature child and his immature mother. The mother has unsuccessful relationships with men, and is an alcoholic, the son being left to run the household...

DVD 2

Pociag do Hollywood (Train to Hollywood) (1987)

Plot: A young woman is bitten by the acting bug after seeing Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like It Hot". She patterns herself after MM and after finishing high school goes for screen tests to the Film Academy. Rejected because of her crooked teeth she takes a job of selling beer on a train and starts writing to Billy Wilder, trying to be casted in his next movie. At the trains station she meets a would-be cinematographer who is color blind...

DVD 3

Marcowe Migdaly (March Caresses) (1990)

Plot: T- tells of a friendship in Poland in 1968 and it's sudden end. Two boys - Tomek, the school photographer, and Marcys his Jewish best friend - are living in a backwater town. When Polish reactionaries begin to rail against "Zionists", Marcy and his family must leave the country...