Lech Majewski

The Garden of Earthly Delights (2004)

When a terminally-ill art historian meets an engineer, it is love and lust at first sight. But their love is threatened by her looming illness. With her remaining days on earth numbered, she chooses to fan the flames of her obsession by taking her lover on a trip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Claudine Spiteri  •  Christopher Nightingale  •  Barry Chipperfield  •  Gian Campi

When a terminally-ill art historian meets an engineer, it is love and lust at first sight. But their love is threatened by her looming illness. With her remaining days on earth numbered, she chooses to fan the flames of her obsession by taking her lover on a trip ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Claudine Spiteri  •  Christopher Nightingale  •  Barry Chipperfield  •  Gian Campi

The Knight (1980)

A tale of medieval quest for a golden harp called "the Knight".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Piotr Skarga  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Andrzej Hudziak  •  Katarzyna Kozak

A tale of medieval quest for a golden harp called "the Knight".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Piotr Skarga  •  Daniel Olbrychski  •  Andrzej Hudziak  •  Katarzyna Kozak

Angelus (2001)

A commune built around the pursuit of spiritual perfection through the occult begins to see its prophecies come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Jan Siodlaczek  •  Pawel Steinert  •  Jacenty Jędrusik  •  Malgorzata Madejowska

A commune built around the pursuit of spiritual perfection through the occult begins to see its prophecies come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Jan Siodlaczek  •  Pawel Steinert  •  Jacenty Jędrusik  •  Malgorzata Madejowska

Wojaczek (1999)

Polish rebel Rafal Wojaczek writes poetry and lives life on the edge before his suicide in 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Krzysztof Siwczyk  •  Dominika Ostałowska  •  Andrzej Mastalerz  •  Elżbieta Okupska

Polish rebel Rafal Wojaczek writes poetry and lives life on the edge before his suicide in 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Krzysztof Siwczyk  •  Dominika Ostałowska  •  Andrzej Mastalerz  •  Elżbieta Okupska

The Mill and the Cross (2011)

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What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Michael York  •  Joanna Litwin

What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Michael York  •  Joanna Litwin

Prisoner of Rio (1988)

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Steven Berkoff  •  Paul Freeman  •  Peter Firth  •  Florinda Bolkan

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Steven Berkoff  •  Paul Freeman  •  Peter Firth  •  Florinda Bolkan

Gospel According to Harry (1994)

The film is a biblical soap-opera whose action unfolds in the Californian desert. Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband any more - the sand has managed to get everywhere. Harry, a tax collector, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  Andy Rivera  •  Alhassane Barry

The film is a biblical soap-opera whose action unfolds in the Californian desert. Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband any more - the sand has managed to get everywhere. Harry, a tax collector, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  Andy Rivera  •  Alhassane Barry

The Roe's Room (1997)

Bound to a suffocating existence, a young man embarks on a marvelous journey of the imagination, transforming ordinary details of his room into fantastic images of natural beauty, where the cycles of life mysteriously play themselves out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Mieczyslaw Czepulonis  •  Elzbieta Mazur  •  Rafał Olbrychski  •  Agnieszka Wróblewska

Bound to a suffocating existence, a young man embarks on a marvelous journey of the imagination, transforming ordinary details of his room into fantastic images of natural beauty, where the cycles of life mysteriously play themselves out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Mieczyslaw Czepulonis  •  Elzbieta Mazur  •  Rafał Olbrychski  •  Agnieszka Wróblewska

Field of Dogs (2014)

A visionary romance based on a contemporary reading of Dante.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Michal Tatarek  •  Elżbieta Okupska  •  Jacenty Jędrusik  •  Jan Warta

A visionary romance based on a contemporary reading of Dante.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Michal Tatarek  •  Elżbieta Okupska  •  Jacenty Jędrusik  •  Jan Warta

Glass Lips (2007)

This dialog-free film, originally presented as 33 short films, is an experimental, bizarre set of meditations and flashbacks of the grotesque.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
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This dialog-free film, originally presented as 33 short films, is an experimental, bizarre set of meditations and flashbacks of the grotesque.  (more)

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Valley of the Gods (2020)

A mix of fantasy and sci-fi, the film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterious and idiosyncratic vision of America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bérénice Marlohe  •  John Malkovich  •  John Rhys-Davies

A mix of fantasy and sci-fi, the film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterious and idiosyncratic vision of America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bérénice Marlohe  •  John Malkovich  •  John Rhys-Davies

Flight of the Spruce Goose (1986)

Drama starring Karen Black, Betsy Blair and Dennis Christopher  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Karen Black  •  Betsy Blair  •  Dennis Christopher  •  Krzysztof Janczar

Drama starring Karen Black, Betsy Blair and Dennis Christopher  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Karen Black  •  Betsy Blair  •  Dennis Christopher  •  Krzysztof Janczar

DiVinities (2006)

First volume of visual poems. Twelve video art short features.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
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First volume of visual poems. Twelve video art short features.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
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Accident (1998)

Mourning. Funerals. The origins of culture are built on farewells. Burial mounds, tombs, mausoleums and pyramids were filled with objects that belonged to the departed. Bandaged, mummified, they were buried alongside their owners since they were extensions of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
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Mourning. Funerals. The origins of culture are built on farewells. Burial mounds, tombs, mausoleums and pyramids were filled with objects that belonged to the departed. Bandaged, mummified, they were buried alongside their owners since they were extensions of their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
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Brigitte Bardot Forever (2022)

Inspired by the tale of Telemachus in Homer’s Odyssey, young Adam’s mother is persecuted by the state police because his father fought in WWII as a pilot before disappearing. Adam fantasizes about his father and one day, while watching Godard’s Contempt in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Kacper Olszewski  •  Magdalena Różczka  •  Joanna Opozda  •  Weronika Rosati

Inspired by the tale of Telemachus in Homer’s Odyssey, young Adam’s mother is persecuted by the state police because his father fought in WWII as a pilot before disappearing. Adam fantasizes about his father and one day, while watching Godard’s Contempt in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lech Majewski
CAST:  Kacper Olszewski  •  Magdalena Różczka  •  Joanna Opozda  •  Weronika Rosati