Movies by Ryszard Pietruski

Barrier

Barrier

A dream-like meditation on post-industrial life in Communist Poland.

The Siding

The Siding

A journalist is preparing to take a train trip, when he is confronted by the spirit of professor Ryszpans who tells what happened to him. When he boarded a train standing on a siding, he encountered trackman Wiór with a newspaper informing about the crash of the train and the death of several passengers, including professor Ryszpans. The professor is joined by engineer Zniesławski, who has also heard of the impending disaster and is interested in it from the technical side. On hearing the news of an approaching catastrophe, other passengers...

Kwestia sumienia

Kwestia sumienia

During the Civil War, two soldiers fighting on opposite sides meet.

Stacja

Stacja

The 8th Plenum of the PZPR is underway. Passengers waiting for a train learn that their traffic has stopped.

Cześć kapitanie

Cześć kapitanie

A spy barely makes it out of a police ambush and goes on the run, taking a young woman with him along the way.

Nazajutrz po wojnie

Nazajutrz po wojnie

On the last day of the war, a Polish soldier whose family was murdered meets his German enemy.