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Polish Film School (Polish Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1955 and approximately 1963.

The group was under heavy influence of Italian neorealists. It took advantage of the liberal changes in Poland after the 1956 to portray the complexity of Polish history during World War II and German occupation. Among the most important topics were the generation of former Home Army soldiers and their role in post-war Poland and the national tragedies like the German concentration camps and the Warsaw Uprising. The political changes allowed the group to speak more openly of the recent history of Poland. However, the rule of censorship was still strong when it comes to history after 1945 and there were very few films on the contemporary events. This marked the major difference between the members of the Polish Film School and Italian neorealists.

The Polish Film School was the first to underline the national character of Poles and one of the first artistic movements in Central Europe to openly oppose the official guidelines of Socialist realism. The members of the movement tend to underline the role of individual as opposed to collectivity. There were two different trends inside of the movement. Young directors grouped around Andrzej Wajda generally studied the idea of heroism, while other group of directors (the most notable of them being Andrzej Munk) tried to analyse the character of the Polish people by mocking and discussing with the national myths.

See also: National Film School in Łódź

Notable people and films

Andrzej Wajda
* A Generation
(Pokolenie 1955)
* Kanal (Kanał 1957)
* Ashes and Diamonds
(Popiół i diament 1958)
* Lotna
(1959)
Andrzej Munk
* Man on the Tracks
(Człowiek na torze, 1956)
* Heroism
(Eroica, 1958)
* Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście, 1959)
* Passenger
(Pasażerka, 1961, unfinished)
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
* Shadow
(Cień, 1956)
* The Real End of the Great War
(Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny, 1957)
* Night Train
(Pociąg, 1959)
Wojciech Has
* Farewells
(Pożegnania, 1958)
* How To Be Loved
(Jak być kochaną, 1963)
Kazimierz Kutz
* Cross of Valor (Krzyż walecznych, 1958)
* Nobody's Calling (Nikt nie woła, 1960)
* The People from the Train (Ludzie z pociągu, 1961)
Tadeusz Konwicki
* The Last Day of Summer
(Ostatni dzień lata, 1958)
* All Souls' Day (Zaduszki, 1961)
Stanisław Różewicz
* Free City (Wolne Miasto, 1958)
* Birth Certificate (Świadectwo urodzenia, 1961)

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