Liliana Glabczynska Movies

Within this culturally-centered tale of a Polish star-gazer obsessed with finding a new planet on the outskirts of the universe, lie allusions to the socio-political situation in Poland in the early 1980s that only a Pole at the time might fully understand. The story evolves around a tailor who is hospitalized for kidney problems and during a brief coma becomes convinced he was somehow joined to the distant stars. After he emerges from the hospital he talks the villagers into helping him build a major telescope, and his enthusiasm is contagious. For some reason, no one questions the fact that he has no training and no degree in astronomy -- until he starts getting a little static from the town elders when the Soviet Union does not like anyone outside of their space program taking unauthorized photos with a telescope (the first Sputnik was just sent up). The rude awakening will come when the tailor heads off to his first major astronomy conference, facing professionals for the first time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

A detective thriller about a serial killer, this story focuses on Capt. Zawada (Bronislaw Cieslak) and his search for a murderer. People are being shot and killed by an unseen sniper for apparently no reason at all. Zawada must find the thread that ties the cases together before he can track down the killer, yet the victims do not appear to share any traits. Meanwhile, the "mad dog" assassin is drawn to the funerals of his victims, a pattern that may one day get him in trouble. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi