Polish Film School (Polish Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1955 and approximately 1963. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The group was under heavy influence of Italian neorealists. It took advantage of the liberal changes in Poland after the 1956 to portray the complexity of Polish history during World War II and German occupation. Among the most important topics were the generation of former Home Army soldiers and their role in post-war Poland and the national tragedies like the German concentration camps and the Warsaw Uprising. The political changes allowed the group to speak more openly of the recent history of Poland. However, the rule of censorship was still strong when it comes to history after 1945 and there were very few films on the contemporary events. This marked the major difference between the members of the Polish Film School and Italian neorealists. Italian neorealism is a film movement lasting from about 1943 to 1952. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... For other meanings of Home Army see: Home Army (disambiguation) The Armia Krajowa or AK (Home Army) functioned as the pre-eminent underground military organization in German-occupied Poland, which functioned in all areas of the country from September 1939 until its disbanding in January 1945. ... See also the related article on Nazi concentration camps The following is a list of German concentration camps during World War II. are marked with pink, while major concentration camps of are marked with blue. ... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a controversial armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ... Censorship is the use of group power to control speech and other forms of human expression. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Polish Film School was the first to underline the national character of Poles and one of the first artistic movements in Central Europe to openly oppose the official guidelines of Socialist realism. The members of the movement tent to underline the role of individual as opposed to collectivity. There were two different trends inside of the movement. Young directors grouped around Andrzej Wajda generally studied the idea of heroism, while other group of directors (the most notable of them being Andrzej Munk) tried to analyse the character of the Polish people by mocking and discussing with the national myths. Historical lands and provinces in Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Stalin as an Organiser of the October Revolution by Karp Trokhimenko Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. ... Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. ... Andrzej Munk (October 16, 1921–September 20, Polish film director, screenplay writer and camera operator and was one of the most influential artists of the Polish Film School. ...

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Notable people and films

• Andrzej Wajda
  • A Generation (Pokolenie 1955)
  • Kanal (Kanał 1957)
  • Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament 1958)
  • Lotna (1959)
• Andrzej Munk
  • Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze, 1956)
  • Heroism (Eroica, 1958)
  • Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście, 1959)
  • Passenger (Pasażerka, 1961, unfinished)
• Jerzy Kawalerowicz
  • Shadow (Cień, 1956)
  • The Real End of the Great War (Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny, 1957)
  • Night Train (Pociąg, 1959)
• Wojciech Has
  • Farewells (Pożegnania, 1958)
  • How To Be Loved (Jak być kochaną, 1963)
• Kazimierz Kutz
  • Cross of Valor (Krzyż walecznych, 1958)
  • Nobody's Calling (Nikt nie woła, 1960)
  • The People from the Train (Ludzie z pociągu, 1961)
• Tadeusz Konwicki
  • The Last Day of Summer (Ostatni dzień lata, 1958)
  • All Souls' Day (Zaduszki, 1961)
• Stanisław Różewicz
  • Free City (Wolne Miasto, 1958)
  • Birth Certificate (Świadectwo urodzenia, 1961)