DAY 1 – Houston Polish Film Festival – Wednesday, October 30, 2019

BLACK MERCEDES – „CZARNY MERCEDES” (2019) director Janusz Majewski, Wednesday, October 30, 7 pm

The story of the investigation to unravel the mysterious death of a beautiful young woman in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. She is a Jewess kept hidden by a Pole, attorney Karol Karlzer. Before the outbreak of war, the woman was his student as well as the object of his unrequited love. The case is assigned to Detective under the control of the German occupiers, but also a soldier of the Polish underground. It is a suspenseful story set in the faithfully-recreated reality of occupied Warsaw and Zakopane.

 

PLAYING HARD – “ZABAWA ZABAWA” (2018) director Kinga Dębska, Wednesday, October 30, 9 pm

We look at three women. The 40-year-old prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa. They have something in common…