Piotr Domalewski's "Nasza rewolucja" in Polish cinemas from 11 November 2026

"Nasza rewolucja" ("Our Revolution"), Piotr Domalewski's fifth feature film, opened in Polish cinemas on 11 November 2026. It tells the story of Grażyna (Gaja) and Jacek Kuroń, regarded as the first couple of the democratic opposition in communist Poland.

What the film is about

The story begins in the summer of 1976. The Kurońs have been married for 17 years, are under constant surveillance and are trying to get out of Warsaw. Jacek Kuroń is about to become one of the co-founders of the Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) and will be arrested again. In the background are workers' protests, repression by the authorities and martial law.

According to PAP, which reported on the screening at the 51st Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia, the couple met in the summer of 1955 at a Walter scout camp in Wolin. They married four years later. After martial law is introduced, Gaja is interned and falls seriously ill. Marek Edelman, played by Jacek Koman, tries to secure a prison pass for Kuroń.

The lead roles are played by Magdalena Popławska (Gaja Kuroń) and Arkadiusz Jakubik (Jacek Kuroń).

Love rather than a monument

In Gdynia, Domalewski stressed that this is a film about feelings. In his view, viewers are meant to look at people known from history books and ask themselves what they would have done in their place. Jakubik speaks in a similar vein. The director is almost 20 years younger than the actors and had a different perspective. The aim was to show Kuroń as an ordinary person, not a monumental hero. The actor noted that it is not meant to be a political story.

Popławska recalled that Jacek Kuroń spent 11 years in prison, so the relationship was based mainly on waiting.

Producer Robert Kijak, president of Next Film, said he hoped the film would commemorate the story of Gajka and Jacek, because they deserve it. One of the co-producers is TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.

Domalewski on Poles

To mark the premiere, Onet Kultura published an interview with the director in which he also spoke about Poles. According to the description of the interview, Domalewski says Poles are very conservative and distrustful, but are people you can truly rely on. He also reportedly talked about how history shaped Polish identity and why the story of Kuroń had to be told right now. We could not access the full interview, so we rely on its description.

The film also made headlines because of a dispute between the studio and Maciej Pisuk, the author of the first version of the screenplay. Wirtualna Polska reported on it.

What this means for you

The sources give no information about distribution of the film in the UK. For now, only the cinema premiere in Poland is known.