Movies by Ewa Petelska

Don Gabriel
The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.

The Artillery Sergeant Kaleń
The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.

The Birthday
The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.

Drewniany różaniec
A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.
Kwestia sumienia
During the Civil War, two soldiers fighting on opposite sides meet.
Buty
During the war, a nurse finds footwear belonging to a Soviet soldier. The discovery haunts her.