List of films made in Poland in the Interwar Period

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Poland existed as a state for the first time in over a hundred years with the proclamation of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. This state lasted until Poland was invaded and partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the fall of 1939.

1910s[]

  • (1919)

1920s[]

1930s[]

1930–1934[]

1935–1939[]

1936[]

1937[]

1938[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1935
,
Złota Maska Jan Fethke
Mieczysław Krawicz
1936
in English
in English
1937
Leonard Buczkowski
narrated in English by Ewa Curie (with use of color pictures from reportage 1938–1939
1938
Joseph Green and Drama A letter to mother; in Yiddish
Druga młodość Michał Waszyński Maria Gorczyńska Drama, Romance
Mieczysław Cybulski Drama, Romance
Florian Leonard Buczkowski Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski Romance, War
Mieczysław Cybulski Drama, Romance
Eugeniusz Bodo Jerzy Pichelski Drama, Romance
Gehenna Michał Waszyński Lidia Wysocka Drama, Romance
Joseph Lejtes Elżbieta Barszczewska Drama, Romance
Kobiety nad przepaścią Michał Waszyński| and Maria Bogda Drama
Kościuszko pod Racławicami Joseph Lejtes Drama, History
Aleksander Ford and Jerzy Zarzycki Ina Benita Comedy, Drama, Musical
Mamele Joseph Green and Konrad Tom Molly Picon Comedy, Musical
Kobiety nad przepaścią Michał Waszyński| and Maria Bogda Drama
1939
Białystok and documentary Jewish Life in Bialystok Available online with English narration here
Kraków and documentary Jewish Life in Krakow Available online with English narration here
Łódź and documentary Jewish Life in Lodz Lost film
Lwów and documentary Jewish Life in Lwow Available online with English narration here
Warszawa and documentary A Day in Warsaw Available online with English narration here
Wilno and documentary Jewish Life in Vilna Available online with English subtitles here and with English narration here
Drama aka Bezdomni, Without a Home; last Yiddish language feature before the German invasion
Leonard Buczkowski Drama, Romance
Bogurodzica Jan Fethke, Maria Bogda Drama
Doktór Murek Juliusz Gardan Franciszek Brodniewicz Drama
Ina Benita Drama
Ludwik Solski Biography
Mieczysław Krawicz Comedy, Romance
Henryk Szaro Elżbieta Barszczewska Drama
Wanda Jakubowska and Elżbieta Barszczewska Drama lost film
Mieczysław Krawicz Stanisława Angel-Engelówna Romance
Rena Michał Waszyński Stanisława Angel-Engelówna Drama
Trzy serca Michał Waszyński Jerzy Pichelski Comedy, Romance
Michał Waszyński Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski Drama
Włóczegi Michał Waszyński Kazimierz Wajda Comedy, Romance

Polish films released during the war[]

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1940
Złota Maska Jan Fethke
Mieczysław Krawicz
Jerzy Zarzycki
1941
in English
in English
1942
Leonard Buczkowski
narrated in English by Ewa Curie (with use of color pictures from reportage 1938–1939
1943
Michał Waszyński
Franciszka, Stefan Themerson experimental color film, in English
1944
Michał Waszyński
Jerzy Zarzycki
1945
Leonard Buczkowski
Aleksander Ford


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