Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available for free online

Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by michaelscott on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:03AM (#32166757)

This is incredible! Does anyone know of other sites like this for films from other countries? I've been looking to broaden my cinematic horizons a bit, as well as hunting for material to practice language comprehension.

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by ankaAr on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:27AM (#32167159)

The only one I know is from here, Argentina, but I cannot remember if I can see from outside the country.

play.cine.ar

Tell me if you can, maybe with a proxy or cheating the account registration. It is a free public platform anyway. We are paying that with taxes so don't worry.

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by sofixa on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:52AM (#32167512)

Just tested it, i can create an account with the location properly set (to France) and it lets me watch (at least the two random things i clicked on).

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by pjc50 on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:24PM (#32170047)

Large amounts of Mosfilm output was available on Youtube, although I think Russian cinema may be an unpopular choice at the moment.

A surprising amount of pre-90s film is randomly available on youtube; sometimes with odd choices about dubbing and subtitles.

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by themodelplumber on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @05:10PM (#32172378)

IDK, I run a pro-Ukraine resource page but I could still go watch films like Moscow - Cassiopeia, or Courier, any day

A lot of the creators behind the various films were pretty nuanced people, too...it shows in the way that they speak a clearly ethical filmic language based in universal ideals.

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by wazoox on Friday July 22, 2022 @04:21PM (#32196664)

On youtube there are lots of great USSR films on Mosfilms :

https://www.youtube.com/c/MosfilmRuOfficial

For instance the excellent "Irony of fate" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpmZnRIMKs

There are lots of films at Odessa film studios too: https://www.youtube.com/c/OdessAnimationStudio

but at the moment you'll mostly find news about the war in Ukraine...

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by DanSmooth on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:16PM (#32167947)

There is https://croatian.film/en/ for Croatian short films.

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by lubesGordi on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:49AM (#32167469)

There's the National Film Board of Canada:

https://www.nfb.ca/

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:21AM (#32167048)

I have been working through the book "1000 Films To See Before You Die" — finding the films on YouTube or Netflix....

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Re:Thousands of classic Polish films, etc. made available fo... by BryantD on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @11:42AM (#32167382)

If you have the budget for it, I strongly recommend Criterion Channel as another source for these.

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