Walerian Borowczyk Movies

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk in two parts. The first 'panel' follows the morning routine of Leon Boyer who, despite being almost 100 years old,...

Animated photographs (made with Jan Lenica) with elements of animated cartoon. A display of military drill.

Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Borowczyk relates the plight of a servant girl who killed and buried her child in the garden.

Borowczyk’s portrait of the painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis and her erotic fusions of men, women and molluscs.

A short film by Walerian Borowczyk. Ostensibly a film of a concert given by the round, unassuming Monsieur Kabal and his spiky, terrifying wife, it's...

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

To the sound of trumpets, a collection of pulverised antique bric-a-brac begins to reassemble itself, revealing a stuffed owl, a cornet, a hamper,...

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...

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

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a...

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

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.

A portrait of Serb erotic surrealist painter Ljubomir "Ljuba" Popović.

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...

A witty and eye-opening tour through Borowczyk's own collection of vintage erotica. Originally intended as part of his 'Contes immoraux', it was...

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

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...

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

Borowczyk and Lenica are at their most expressive in this crude paper miniature.

An animated advert made by Walerian Borowczyk for a French pasta company.