The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.
Film festival Off Plus Camera in Kraków, 2012
Preserved frame from Przygoda dorożkarza - cabman notices that someone replaced his horse with a donkey
Museum of cinematography in Łódź
Pola Negri, Polish femme fatale of silent cinema
Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since 1985 until 1989.
Kawalerowicz's star on the Łódź Walk of Fame