Eastern European Cinema
Again this category lumps a lot of countries together where the Alice collection is not large enough to warrant separate shelf-space for each country represented. Eastern European films are often categorised by a healthy black humour, an ability to look hardship in the eye and laugh - if somewhat bitterly at times. Included here are films from Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. To look for films from a specific country refer to the 'By Country' link on the left.
Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
6.5/10
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska
Starring: Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza
Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community of his cli... Read more
Nina's Journey (2005)
Director: Lena Einhorn
Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Chwalibog, Andrzej Brzeski, Pawel Iwanicki, Narrated...
Narrated by Nina Einhorn herself, this dramatized feature film tells the story of her life focusing on the years between 1937 and 1945. Her Jewish fam... Read more
No End (2006)
7.6/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Grazyna Szapolowska
It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney... Read more
No Man's Land (2001)
8/10
Director: Danis Tanovic
Starring: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Simon Callow, Katrin Cartlidge
Set at the height of the Bosnian Civil War in 1993, writer/director Danis Tanovic's Oscar-winning dark comedy boils the absurdity of warfare down to i... Read more
Police, Adjective (2009)
7/10
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Starring: Vlad Ivanov
A double prize winner at Cannes, Police, Adjective is the new whip-smart, dryly funny comedy from Romania's official entry to the 2009 Academy Awards.... Read more
Question in Details (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Zsombor Dyga
Starring: Ferenc Elek, Katya Tompos, Roland Raba
Eszti is in a park waiting for a date, where Zoli turns up to snatch a few quiet minutes for himself. It's all a misunderstanding, and the girl wants... Read more
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
8/10
Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Starring: Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the... Read more
Rembetiko (1983)
8.2/10
Director: Costas Ferris
Starring: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka
A fictionalized biopic that uniquely chronicles the story of Greece from 1917 to 1956, as it overlaps it with the tragic personal story of Marika Nino... Read more
Revanche (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Gotz Spielmann
Starring: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama, this stunning, Oscar-nominated, break-out hit from Austrian filmmaker Gotz Spielmann is set in a ragge... Read more
Roman Polanski Collection: Knife in the Water / Repulsion / Cul-de-Sac (1962)
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Ian Hendry, Jolanta Umec...
'Knife in the Water' (90 mins): An absorbing drama that grows out of the tensions created when a couple off for a sailing weekend pick up a student hi... Read more