Krzysztof Komeda Movies

A film grotesque whose protagonist is a poor clerk lost in the modern world. He buys a trumpet to express his personality via music.

The protagonist dreams of a better life, and his dreams take the form of colorful magazines.

In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily...

A sly critique of the communist regime in Poland, one of the carefree participants disrupts a patriotic march by retrieving a collection of...

A woman has difficulty choosing between her husband and her new lover, so she sets up a table tennis game between them.

A brief history of the malice of inanimate objects.

A cinematic grotesque whose protagonist is Mr. Kowalski, who suffers from insomnia.

The titular magic lantern is simple projection apparatus, invented several hundred years ago. In the animation, it appears as an object symbolizing...

A young couple goes for a car ride. As a result of careless driving, an accident occurs.

A lonely, middle-aged man enjoys the “Życie Warszawy” newspaper with a cup of coffee. His thoughts fly out of the room, move over...

The film shows the tedious process of inspection and maintenance of passenger cars. To the accompaniment of jazz music, we get to know the hardships...

Krzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for Rosemary's Baby (1968) by Roman Polanski, Komeda...

Allegorical animated short about the power of creation and destruction. An unknown man carries a wicker basket filled with elements resembling human...