Synopsis:
A young scientist looking for a peaceful place to live rents a room in a house inhabited only by women. Soon he discovers their unusual passions and obsessions.

Awards:
Chicago International Film Festival (1967) – Best Feature Nominee, Best Actress Winner
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1966) – FIPRESCI Prize Winner

2.58GB | 1h 29m | 1920×1080 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/BD6033CF570619C/Sublokator.1966.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-NiTK.mkv

Language:Polish
Subtitles:English,Polish

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In this sequel to the hit comedy Vabank, Poland’s most popular screen actor (Jan Machulski) returns as legendary bandit Kwinto. When the suave thief’s long-time enemy Kramer escapes from prison to get even, Kwinto calls upon his old gang to meet the threat. Set in the 1930s, the sequel features Kwinto and the gang matching wits against everyone from crooked bank managers to Nazi border guards.

2.25GB | 1h 41mn | 1024×554 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/22BA2C96DC12434/Vabank_II_(1985)_–_Juliusz_Machulski.mkv

Language:Polish
Subtitles:English, Polish (muxed)

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Set in Warsaw in 1930’s. After six years in jail, framed for bank robbery by an accomplice, the legendary Kwinto has only revenge on his mind. He is a safecracker in the old style, a thief with a sense of pride and loyalty. Upon leaving the jail he learns that his friend with whom he played in the jazz band has been murdered by the same guy – now a bank president – who sent him to prison. Kramer hopes to keep Kwinto’s mouth shut by paying him off, but at the same time he hires a paid gun to kill him. Meanwhile, some young, petty crooks hearing that Kwinto is free want to join forces with him for a job. Kwinto, employing a retired professional and two young admirers, pulls his last job to get even with Kramer…

2.42GB | 1h 49mn | 1024×554 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/BC49478E08EA35D/Vabank_(1981)_–_Juliusz_Machulski.mkv

Language:Polish
Subtitles:English, Polish (muxed)

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Quote:
There is something vaguely mythical to the manner in which Konwicki introduces his characters, both to us and to each other, lapped as much by the ethereal eeriness of the score as by the seaside winds that send their hair aflutter. When they tend to speak to each other in whispers, it seems almost out of respect for the otherworldly aura of their locale, as though it is to their eyes as improbably beautiful as Konwicki’s camera renders it to us. They—referred to in the credits only as “He” and “She”, mysterious and mythical in themselves—do not whisper much; there’s a clear silent heritage at work here, conferring meaning to the motion of faces and the movement of the camera along this spectral shore.

A literal landscape this certainly is not; as much as the spiritual sensibility of the piece, Konwicki’s framing foregrounds an allegorical interpretation of all we see. “This is the place for wearied people,” says He with a certain resignation that’s sure to set him among them, “people who don’t want to win or lose.” Like the clouds that accrue above, Poland’s terrible wartime fare casts a foreboding shadow that’s impossible to ignore, especially given the distant drone of planes overhead heard at the beginning and end of the film. Explicit references are avoided, much as they might be inferred; while the war offers an easy answer to the sense of malaise on which the movie’s mood is predicated, it’s as effective an embodiment of any kind of terrible, lingering trauma.

https://nitro.download/view/47EEFA4802C0FAC/Tadeusz_Konwicki_-_(1958)_The_Last_Day_of_Summer.mkv

Language(s):Polish
Subtitles:English, French

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