“…The director takes the slogans of the psot-communist present and confrunts these people with them. …”

“…Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. …”

“…Lodz, 1965: a well-respected doctor with an anti-communist record wants to leave the country for England where his wife and daughter are. …”

“…Maciek, a young Resistance fighter, is ordered to kill Szczuka, a Communist district leader, on the last day of World War II. …”

“…In Krzysztof Kieslowski's poignant 1977 documentary short, Night Porter’s Point of View, the protagonist, a typical exponent of the communist system, reveals his sometimes hilarious, sometimes shocking attitudes. …”

“…In the background we see the beginning of the communist takeover in Poland, but this is not the major focus of the film. …”

“…One: he catches the train, meets an honest Communist and himself becomes a Party activist. Two: while running for the train he bumps into a railway guard, is arrested, tried and sentenced to unpaid labour in a park, where he meets someone from the opposition. …”

“…Verzio FF With considerable economy and grace, Kieslowski's early short elucidates the workings of the Communist system by airing the views of a misanthrope whose favorite pastime is checking up on other people. …”

“…The film was banned in Poland as it depicted Jews, rather than communists, as the heroes of anti-German struggle. Just before beginning to make this film Ford was demoted from the directorship of Film Polski. …”

“…Enthusiastically received in the West, Wajda’s film played an important part in the anti-communist resistance. Recently it has been pointed out that the film is propagandist in its black-and-white depiction of the August 1980 strikes.…”

“…Verzio FF This story of love and separation takes place in the surreal world of 1960s communist Albania. Film’s protagonists reveal the experience of the many thousands of families that were forcibly separated by the totalitarian regime of Enver Hodja, the longest-serving European dictator of the 20th century. …”

“…Duration: 01:29:00 Based on a true story dating back to 1985 when two Polish boys, a teenager and his little brother, escaped from communist Poland to Sweden hidden under a truck. Their father was a history teacher and was fired for his political beliefs. …”

“…He does not do so, but succeeds in blowing up the Palace of Culture and Science – the symbol of communist power in Poland – by flushing the toilet.…”

“…It is a cult comedy, recently criticized by feminist authors for its latent sexism and for portraying the anti-communist struggle as an exclusively male domain.…”

“…Duration: 01:32:00 A very popular comedy from the 1960s, both widely acclaimed and criticized for being an “animated brochure” of communist Poland. Robert – an Australian farmer of Polish decent – is looking for a Polish wife. …”

“…The captain takes him for a Communist Party cultural coordinator and the intruder gladly adapts to his new role, immediately setting to work to manipulate the passengers and crew into silly and vaguely humiliating games. …”

“…Many were appalled by a scene where the officers chant an protest song about the death of an anti-communist fighter while carrying a drunk colleague. …”

“…Wajda shows how the communist regime can destroy its people with no hesitation and warns that the system works without anesthesia. …”

“…Creating a complex collage of footage from Polish archives and sound bites of radio recordings along with read-out documents ranging from police reports to citizens' complaints to the authorities, the director presents a nuanced image of everyday life in communist Poland. Now and then, sound and image seem to fit perfectly, and sometimes a striking combination of the two produces a new reality. …”