Warsaw Sketches
Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
Leonard Andrzejewski
Tram Driver (segment "Allegro")
Witold Dębicki
"Kędzierzawy" (segment "Allegro")
Wanda Jakubińska
Julek's Grandmother (segment "Allegro")
Maria Kozierska
Andrzej's Mother (segment "Allegro")
Lech Łotocki
Andrzej (segment "Allegro")
Jerzy Matałowski
High Schooler (segment "Allegro")
Andrzej May
"Kędzierzawy's" Friend (segment "Allegro")
Andrzej Nardelli
Julek (segment "Allegro")
Zygmunt Zintel
Gestapo Officer (segment "Allegro")
Three stories describing the life of the inhabitants of Warsaw, each set in a different time period.
South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
During World War II, a Polish food server at a luxury German hotel tempts fate as he romances local women while hiding his Jewish identity.
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.