Irena Byrska

The Contract (1980)

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Zanussi
CAST:  Maja Komorowska  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki  •  Krzysztof Kolberger  •  Zofia Mrozowska

Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Zanussi
CAST:  Maja Komorowska  •  Tadeusz Łomnicki  •  Krzysztof Kolberger  •  Zofia Mrozowska

Man of Iron (1981)

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Jerzy Radziwiłowicz  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Marian Opania  •  Irena Byrska

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda
CAST:  Jerzy Radziwiłowicz  •  Krystyna Janda  •  Marian Opania  •  Irena Byrska

Blind Chance (1987)

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Kieślowski
CAST:  Zbigniew Zapasiewicz  •  Marzena Trybała  •  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Adam Ferency

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krzysztof Kieślowski
CAST:  Zbigniew Zapasiewicz  •  Marzena Trybała  •  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Adam Ferency