Polish Cinema on DVD

[MichaelB]

I have an order from Empik that hasn't yet shipped, but I made sure not to exceed a total cost of £130 including postage and packing. (I allowed £5 contingency for exchange rate fluctuations.)

[TMDaines]

Yeah, I did that when I ordered football stickers last summer from Germany. Obviously with Amazon or eBay it is a bit more sophisticated and they take care of everything regardless of order value.

I’ll probably just go for it and get the rest of those Wajdas and some other 70s and 80s Blu-rays:

[GaryC]

The 20th Kinoteka Film Festival in London takes place in London from 9 March to 3 April. Programme here. It seems that the films will mostly be shown as in-person showings at the ICA with some at the Riverside, the Prince Charles and the JW3, the latter venue a new one on me. Some will also be at the Edinburgh Filmhouse and the Closing Gala (Lubitsch's Forbidden Paradise) is at the BFI Southbank. The retrospectives will mostly be online via BFI Player but it's not clear how long they'll be available for and if available outside the UK (I suspect not). I don't know yet to what extent I can get to in-person screenings but the online stuff is a definite possibility, as there are a few there I haven't seen before.

[Calvin]

Some of the Polish Cinema Classics line are as low as 19,99 zloty at DVDMax

[MichaelB]

I have an order from Empik that hasn't yet shipped, but I made sure not to exceed a total cost of £130 including postage and packing. (I allowed £5 contingency for exchange rate fluctuations.)

To update this post, I've made two orders from Empik and DVDMax this year, in each case coming in at roughly £130 as per the exchange rate on the day, and both were delivered with no complications or additional charges.

[djvaso]

Some of the Polish Cinema Classics line are as low as 19,99 zloty at DVDMax

Unfortunately, now only TNT express delivery to my country is available and the price is PLN 171.04 for four discs.

[Calvin]

I know the service was mentioned on the previous page, but I've just discovered 35mm.online and I was surprised to find how many restorations are available to view with English subtitles - for free! Many of which are unavailable on disc, such as The Ring with a Crowned Eagle (Wajda), Barrier (Skolimowski), and The Last Stage (Jakubowska)

[DarkImbecile]

200+ Polish films (including features by Kieslowski and Wajda) made available for free with English subtitles on 35mm.online as part of partnership with the Poland Film Institute

[Stefan Andersson]

Restored Polish films on Polish Bluray:
http://rekonstrukcje.eu/blu-ray.html#
Updated Sept. 1, 2022

[TMDaines]

Anyone have an issue with the Blu-ray for Życie Rodzinne? Had two copies of the disc now and both can't be read properly by two different Blu-ray drives and both cannot progress past an early point in the film.

[Aunt Peg]

Anyone have an issue with the Blu-ray for Życie Rodzinne? Had two copies of the disc now and both can't be read properly by two different Blu-ray drives and both cannot progress past an early point in the film.

I purchased the disc a few months ago and whilst I haven't watched the disc yet I did do a chapter to chapter run through the film without any issues.

[swo17]

Anyone have an issue with the Blu-ray for Życie Rodzinne? Had two copies of the disc now and both can't be read properly by two different Blu-ray drives and both cannot progress past an early point in the film.

My copy plays fine all the way through, though on one player the menu screen doesn't include any options that would allow you to start playing the film. Other Polish Blu-rays from this line have had the same issue

[TMDaines]

Anyone have an issue with the Blu-ray for Życie Rodzinne? Had two copies of the disc now and both can't be read properly by two different Blu-ray drives and both cannot progress past an early point in the film.

I purchased the disc a few months ago and whilst I haven't watched the disc yet I did do a chapter to chapter run through the film without any issues.

Chapter skips probably won’t catch it. Both discs I have have issues at different points when the film just dies.

Got a 3rd copy today and this one dies in the first minute. 1st disc was in the opening delayed credits sequence when the title card appears.

[Aunt Peg]

That doesn't sound good at all.

[Kauno]

Are there stores selling DVDs and Blu-rays in Gdańsk? I didn't find any the last time I was there...

[L.A.]

Test Pilota Pirxa (1979) has a Blu-ray from Ostalgica with English subtitles and choice of Polish or Russian soundtracks apparently.

[Stefan Andersson]

Artus Films releasing Les Chevaliers Teutoniques (Aleksander Ford, 1960) in 2K:
https://artusfilms.com/