Walerian Borowczyk Movies

A man seeks for satisfaction from a prostitute working in a revue. He pays for the whole night and discovers a saddening truth about her.

Animated short. Abstract forms in a setting evocative of a concentration camp created by the universe. Based on a series of paintings by the Polish...

Julie, my cousin, was sixteen, I was twenty, and this small age difference made her docile to my commands.

The chance encounter between a rebel devil and a nubile angel.

Two bored dwarves fight over a cushion.

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. This first volume looks at the first three letters in Grandma's encyclopaedia: A for 'Automobile', B for...

Semi-documentary exposé of scandalous hunting practices in the Sologne, a wooded area south of Orléans where he shared a house at the...

During the French Revolution, a young aristocrat finds an almanac in a book store which contains the prettiest and strangest prostitutes living in...

A short news reel documentary about poster art.

About the work of the naive painter J. Plaskocinski. A playful tale about the requited love of a shy young man.

Kamar, who just arrived at Bassra, falls in love with the young wife of the old Obeid. But, until now, nobody has survived to be able to praise...

"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of...

An old phonograph assembles itself, plays songs on wax drums before self destructing. In many ways The Phonograph is a companion piece to...

A light-hearted animated romp through the alphabet, with each letter identified by both a word and a visual interpretation of that word, by the...

From Boccaccio's "La précaution inutile". Jean, a rich old merchant, is blessed with a young and beautiful wife. Although Bianca is absolutely...

Three youths are abandoned on a road by their crazy mother. Suddenly appears a strange woman carrying a placard saying she's a guide. The guide...

An animated film made by Walerian Borowczyk for W.D. & H.O. Wills. A very pompous cigar smoker reminisces about the good old days when the lower...

Ximen Qing, a rich mandarin, deserts his wives to play with the courtesans. One of his young spouses, tired of languishing, consoles herself with a...

An oddball pair try to find their identity and place in an abstract world.

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film...