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The best Polish films of the 1970s

The top 3 according to 29 votes from people: The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) · Camouflage (1976) · Top Dog (1977). (Updated Apr 26, 2022.)

From The Hourglass Sanatorium and The Promised Land to Camouflage, Camera Buff and The Deluge: Polish cinema of the 1970s according to Film.org.pl's ranking.

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Automatically translated (original in Polski). See the original

Top 12

  1. 1

    The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)

    Wojciech Jerzy Has. A dreamlike journey based on Bruno Schulz's stories. Number one.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    Camouflage (1976)

    Krzysztof Zanussi. A linguistics summer camp and academic cynicism.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Top Dog (1977)

    Feliks Falk. Jerzy Stuhr as a social climber who hosts dances.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    The Promised Land (1975)

    Andrzej Wajda. Three partners build a factory in 19th-century Łódź.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  5. 5

    How Far, How Near (1971)

    Tadeusz Konwicki. A reckoning with memories and with the past.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    The Third Part of the Night (1971)

    Andrzej Żuławski. Occupied Lwów and the lice feeders of the Weigl institute.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Camera Buff (1979)

    Krzysztof Kieślowski. A factory worker buys a camera and starts filming everything around him.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    Aria for an Athlete (1979)

    Filip Bajon. A wrestler's career at the turn of the 20th century.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    The Deluge (1974)

    Jerzy Hoffman. Kmicic and the Swedish invasion, from Sienkiewicz.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Hotel Pacific (1975)

    Janusz Majewski. A young bellboy in an elegant restaurant in interwar Kraków.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Through and Through (1972)

    Grzegorz Królikiewicz. A crime born of poverty, told in an unconventional way.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  12. 12

    Golem (1979)

    Piotr Szulkin. A dark vision of the future and an artificially created man.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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