Film wojenny w perspektywie genologicznej

War film in genological perspective This article aims to present basic problems, that are related to war film as a film genre. The author examines popular theories on the extent and distribution of the war film category. For this purpose he reaches to the works of Jeanine Basinger, Łukasz Plesnar and Steve Neale. The article points out the controversies caused by narrow definition of the discussed notion. Key words: film; war; genre;