List of films made in Poland in the Interwar Period

Poland existed as a state for the first time in over a hundred years with the proclamation of the Second Polish Republic in 1919. This regime lasted until Poland was partitioned by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in the fall of 1939. During this brief period of independence a small Polish film industry developed; though it was not as productive or well remembered as contemporary German, or postwar Polish counterpart, the cinema of the interwar period does give a glimse of a neglected corner of the world on the verge of catastophe. This is especially true of the many Jewish themed films.

1910s

*"Corka Pani X" (1919)

1920s

*"The Jews in Poland" (1920)
*"Pan Twardowski" (1921) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Uroda zycia" (1921) - directed by Eugeniusz Modzelewski and William Wauer
*"Otchlan pokuty" (1922) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Strzal" (1922)
*"Tajemnica przystanku tramwajowego" (1922) - directed by Leon Trystan
*"Zazdrosc" (1922) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Bozyszcze" (1923) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Niewolnica milosci" (1923) - directed by Jan Kucharski, Stanislaw Szebego and Adam Zagórski
*"Tkies khaf" (1924) (in Yiddish) - directed by Zygmund Turkow
*"Iwonka" (1925) - directed by Emil Chaberski
*"Czerwony blazen" (1926)
*"Tredowata" (1926) - directed by Boleslaw Mierzejewski and Edvard Pukhalsky
*"Bunt krwi i zelaza" (1927) - directed by Leon Trystan
*"Kochanka Szamoty" (1927) - directed by Leon Trystan
*"Orle" (1927) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Ziemia obiecana" (1927) - directed by Zygmund Turkow and Aleksander Hertz
*"Dzikuska" (1928) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Huragan" (1928) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Kropka nad i" (1928) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Liebeshölle" (1928) - directed by Wiktor Bieganski
*"Pan Tadeusz" (1928)- directed by Ryszard Ordynski
*"Przedwiosnie" (1928) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Szalency" (1928) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Kult ciala" (1929) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Mocny czlowiek" (1929) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Nad Radem" (1929) - directed by Aleksander Ford

1930s

1930-1934

*"Gwiazdzista eskadra" (1930) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Janko Muzykant" (1930) - directed by Ryszard Ordynski
*"Mascotte" (1930) - directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Na Sybir" (1930) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Narodziny gazety" (1930) - directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Niebezpieczny romans" (1930) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Tetno Polskiego Manchestern" (1930) - directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Cham" (1931) - directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Dzis mamy bal" (1931) - directed by Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Tytoniówka" (1931) - directed by Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Uwiedziona" (1931) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Bezimienni bohaterowie" (1932) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Dziesieciu z Pawiaka" (1932) - directed by Ryszard Ordynski
*"Glos pustyni" (1932)- directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Halutzim" (1932)- directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Ksiezna Lowicka" (1932) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Legion Ulicy" (1932) - directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Morze" (1932) - directed by Wanda Jakubowska, Stanislaw Wohl and Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Reportaz nr 2" (1932) - directed by Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Sto metrow milosci" (1932) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Szyb L23" (1932) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Dzieje grzechu" (1933) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Dziesiec procent dla mnie" (1933) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Jego ekscelencja subiekt" (1933) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Kazdemu wolno kochac" (1933) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz and Janusz Warnecki
*"Noc listopadowa" (1933) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz and Janusz Warnecki
*"Prokurator Alicja Horn" (1933) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Ulan i dziewczyna" (1933) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Wyrok zycia" (1933) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Zabawka" (1933) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Szpieg w masce" (1933) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Budujemy" (1934) - directed by Wanda Jakubowska
*"Czarna perla" (1934) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna" (1934) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Córka generala Pankratowa" (1934) - directed by Mieczyslaw Znamierowski
*"Kocha, lubi, szanuje" (1934)
*"Mlody las" (1934) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Parada rezerwistow" (1934) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Piesniarz Warszawy" (1934) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Przebudzenie" (1934) - directed by Aleksander Ford, Wanda Jakubowska and Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Przybleda" (1934) - directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski and Jan Rogozinski
*"Sluby ulanskie" (1934) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Swit, dzien i noch Palestyny" (1934)
*"Co mój maz robi w nocy" (1934) - directed by Michal Waszynski

1935-1939

*"ABC milosci" (1935) (in Yiddish) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Al Chet" (1935) - directed by Alexander Marten
*"Antek policmajster" (1935) directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Dwie Joasie" (1935) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Dzien wielkiej przygody" (1935) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Jasnie pan szofer" (1935) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Jego wielka milosc" (1935) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Kochaj tylko mnie" (1935) - directed by Marta Flantz
*"Manewry milosne" (1935) - directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski and Konrad Tom
*"Nie miala baba klopotu" (1935) - directed by Michal Waszynski and Aleksander Ford
*"Panienka z poste-restante" (1935) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Pogrzeb Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego 12-V-18-V 1935" (1935) (documentary of Józef Pilsudski funeral)
*"Rapsodia Baltyku" (1935)- directed by Leonard Buczkowski, Jakub Orlowski and Aleksander Pekalski
*"Wacus" (1935)- directed by Michal Waszynski
*"30 karatów szczescia" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Ada! To nie wypada!" (1936) - directed by Konrad Tom
*"Amerykanska awantura" (1936) - directed by Ryszard Ordynski
*"Bohaterowie Sybiru" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Bolek i Lolek" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Dodek na froncie" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Droga mlodych" (1936) (in Yiddish) - directed by Aleksander Ford
*"Dwa dni w raju" (1936) - directed by Leon Trystan
*"Fredek uszczesliwia swiat" (1936) - directed by Zbigniew Ziembinski
*"Jadzia" (1936) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Milosc wszystko zwycieza" (1936)
*"Pan Twardowski" (1936) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Papa sie zeni" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Róza" (1936) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Straszny dwór" (1936) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Tajemnica panny Brinx" (1936) - directed by Bazyli Sikiewicz
*"Tredowata" (1936)- directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Wacek na Froncie" (1936) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Wierna rzeka" (1936)
*"Barbara Radziwillówna" (1936) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Bedzie lepiej" (1936) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Yidl Mitn Fidl" (1936) - directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Dorozkarz nr. 13" (1937) - directed by Marian Czauski
*"Dyplomatyczna" (1937) - directed by Carl Boese and Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Dyplomatyczna zona" (1937) - directed by Carl Boese and Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Dziewczeta z Nowolipek" (1937) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Halka" (1937) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Królowa przedmiescia" (1937) - directed by Eugeniusz Bodo
*"Ksiazatko" (1937) - directed by Stanislaw Szebego and Konrad Tom
*"Ludzie Wisly" (1937) - directed by Aleksander Ford and Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Niedorajda" (1937) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"O czym marza kobiety" (1937) - directed by Alexander Marten
*"Ordynat Michorowski" (1937) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Pan redaktor szaleje" (1937) - directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Pani minister tanczy" (1937) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Parada Warszawy" (1937) - directed by Hanka Ordonówna and Konrad Tom
*"Plomienne serca" (1937)
*"Sklamalam" (1937) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Sztandar Wolnosci" (1937)
*"Tkies Khaf" (1937) (in Yiddish) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Trójka hultajska" (1937) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Ty co w ostrej swiecisz bramie" (1937) - directed by Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Ulica Edisony" (1937) - directed by Wanda Jakubowska
*"Weseli biedacy" (1937) (in Yiddish) - directed by Leon Jeannot
*"Znachor" (1937) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Dybuk" (1937) (in Yiddish) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"The Jester" (1937) (in Yiddish) - directed by Joseph Green and Jan Nowina-Przybylski
*"Druga mlodosc" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Dziewczyna szuka milosci" (1938) - directed by Romuald Gantkovsky and Romuald Gantkowski
*"Florian" (1938) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Gehenna" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Granica" (1938) (in Yiddish) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Kobiety nad przepascia" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Kosciuszko pod Raclawicami" (1938) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Krawa rosa" (1938)
*"Mamele" (1938) - directed by Joseph Green and Konrad Tom
*"Moi rodzice rozwodza sie" (1938) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Ostatnia brygada" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Pawel i Gawel" (1938) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Profesor Wilczur" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Rena" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Robert i Bertrand" (1938) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Serce matki" (1938) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Strachy" (1938) - directed by Eugeniusz Cekalski and Karol Szolowski
*"Sygnaly" (1938) - directed by Joseph Lejtes
*"Szczesliwa 13-ka" (1938) - directed by Marian Czauski
*"Ulan ksiecia Józefa" (1938) - directed by Konrad Tom
*"Wrzos" (1938) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Za winy niepopelnione" (1938) - directed by Eugeniusz Bodo
*"Pietro wyzej" (1938) - directed by Leon Trystan
*"Zapomniana melodia" (1938) - directed by Jan Fethke and Konrad Tom
*"Bezdomni" (1939) (in Yiddish) - directed by Alexander Marten
*"Bialy Murzyn" (1939) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Czarne diamenty" (1939) - directed by Jerzy Gabryelski
*"Doktor Murek" (1939) - directed by Juliusz Gardan
*"Ja tu rzadze" (1939) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Klamstwo Krystyny" (1939) - directed by Henryk Szaro
*"Trzy serca" (1939) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"U kresu drogi" (1939) - directed by Michal Waszynski
*"Zolnierz królowej Madagaskaru" (1939) - directed by Jerzy Zarzycki
*"Zona i nie zona" (1939)
*"Wlóczegi" (1939) - directed by Michal Waszynski (in Yiddish)
*"A Brivele der Mamen" (1939) - directed by Joseph Green

Polish Films made during the Nazi occupation

*"Zlota maska" (1940) - directed by Jan Fethke
*"Sportowiec mimo woli" (1940) - directed by Mieczyslaw Krawicz
*"Testament profesora Wilczura" (1942) - directed by Leonard Buczkowski
*"Warszawa Walczy! - Przeglad nr 1-3" (1944) - directed by Jerzy Zarzycki