Movies by Irena Karel

Signals: A Space Adventure

Signals: A Space Adventure

In the middle of the next century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate. The result is an unusual suspense adventure.

Lesson of a Dead Language

Lesson of a Dead Language

An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.

Wezwanie

Wezwanie

A family drama set in a Polish village - a woman recounts her life after her husband's death, focusing on the differences between her two sons and the tragedy that befalls one of them.

Mistrz tańca

Mistrz tańca

A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death.

Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic

Samosiuk. The Independent Film Republic

The film is a portrait of Zygmunt Samosiuk, a great forgotten cinematographer, who died in 1983. As a director of photography he worked on such films as The Birch Wood, Landscape Afterthe Battle and Austeria. He introduced, among others, hand‑held camera shots, colour lights and shooting at minimum exposure. Reminiscences of his colleagues and friends, including Andrzej Wajda and Piotr Szulkin, show a gifted artist and a modest man who valued his work above all.

In Any Weather

In Any Weather

A young sea rescuer tries to find his place in the difficult world of his work.