Execution’ by Andrzej Wróblewski, 1949, oil on canvas, photo: Polish Army Museum in Warsaw Echoes of Wróblewski’s most important works can be found in Wajda’s grandest film – Ashes and Diamonds. In it ...

‘In order to put our films across, we need to look for a European language of cinema, not the language the cinema uses to indirectly communicate with the domestic audience,’ said Andrzej Wajda, the ...

On the right, an archival photo of director Andrzej Wajda on the set of 'The Promised Land', his adaptation of Władysław Reymont’s novel. On the left, actors Wojciech Pszoniak (Moryc Welt ...