"Actor: Jerzy Skolimowski"

• Day Of The Siege | DVD | (25/03/2013) from £8.61   |  Saving you £7.38 (85.71%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Historical epic based around the 1683 Battle of Vienna which is seen by many as a key event in the development of Western civilisation. The battle began on the eleventh of September and saw the advancing forces of the Ottoman Empire take on those mustered by the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in a bid to defend Vienna. Could the troops commanded by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (Piotr Adamczyk), his advisor Marco d'Aviano (F. Murray Abraham) and the Polish King Ja...

• White Nights | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko a ballet star (Mikhail Baryshnikov) who has defected from the Soviet Union to the West finds himself unexpectedly back in the Soviet Union as a result of his airplane crash-landing in Siberia. Meanwhile Raymond Greenwood (Gregory Hines) a Harlem-born and bred professional dancer disenchanted with America after his Vietnam experiences defects to the Soviet Union. The K.G.B. blackmails the American defector to spy on Baryshnikov and to persuade him to rec

• Identification Marks: None & Hands Up! | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £25.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Identification Marks: None (1965): A day in the life of student Andrzej (played by Skolimowski himsef) who, between the morning and late afternoon, gives up on his studies, breaks up with his partner, and decides to join the army. Before his departure, Andrzej tries to straighten out his life, and encounters Barbara, who he sees as the woman he has always waited for. Hands Up! (1981): The fourth of a series of semi-autobiographical films in which Skolimowski plays his alter ego Andrzej Leszczyc Hands Up! was made in 1967 but was banned for 18 years by Poland's then Communist regime. After Poland's liberation, Skolimowski was invited to revisit the film which he duly did, adding a 20 minute sequence that explains why the film was so withheld by the censors. Product Features Newly recorded audio commentaries on both films by Michel Oleszczyk Archive interview with Jerzy Skolimowski (1983) Video essay by Polish film expert Michael Brooke Illustrated booklet with new writing on the films by Ewa Mazierska Other extras TBC

• Second Run Jerzy Skolimowski Collection Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (11/12/2023) from £44.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A