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Trzy kobiety (1957)
Character: Celina
Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.
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Niech cię odleci mara (1982)
Character: Matka Witka
1950, a small town in Poland. Not the best times for shop owners like Jozef Piasecki - obstacles from authorities, restricted wholesale supplies. Moreover, he constantly argues with his son, the 17 year old Witek. Witek experiences love for the first time. This should be a time of great excitement for him, but Witek, being rather anxious about the future, becomes an example of a youth generation growing up under the long shadow of Stalin.
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Słona róża (1983)
Character: żona Hrusy
The happiness that has passed away will never return - this is exactly what a young Polish man learns when, in the immediate post-war period, he recalls how he fell in love with a charming Jewish girl before the outbreak of the war. He manages to find her, only she is already married and has a child.
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Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965)
Character: Dr. Wysocka (segment 3)
Three stories about life problems, each rooted in contemporary reality through newspaper reports and a “Polityka” magazine survey, crafted by documentarians Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski.
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Pięciu (1964)
Character: Maryjka
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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Obok prawdy (1965)
Character: Miśka
After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.
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Troje i las (1963)
Character: Hania
A gamekeeper kills the deer against hunting regulations. The witness of the incident begins to blackmail him.
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Ostatnie zdjecia (2000)
Character: Self
Andrzej Munk was one of the leading directors in Polish cinema. Friends and collaborators share their memories about this stunning artist and his premature tragic death.
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Umarłem, aby żyć (1984)
Character: Wójcik's mother
Warsaw 1941. Gestapo captures a Home Army soldier who knows the code needed to read the list of agents working in Reich. Tortured Wójcik asks the doctors for poison.
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Długa noc (1989)
Character: Katarzyna Katjanowa
The residents of an apartment complex in World War 2 Poland face a moral dilemma when they discover one of their neighbours is hiding a Jew.
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Psychoterapia (1983)
Character: Matka Anny
A psychology student believes that the knowledge and experience she has gained at university give her the right to act independently. She begins psychotherapy sessions with a group of students. Unfortunately, they end in failure.
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Wizyta (1972)
Character: Malinowski’s wife
An official falls victim to hooligans. He recognizes one of the attackers at a party organized by his director.
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Taranthriller (1993)
Character: N/A
Looking for a place to conduct research, docent Marek and his family move into an old villa where strange events take place.
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Tak tak (1993)
Character: Fanny
Set in Poland in the 1970s, the main character half-heartedly goes about his job as a censor at the state run television station, whilst conducting affairs with nurses, airline pilots, etc. Interesting scene where main character must illegally emigrate to his own country.
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Weekend z dziewczyną (1968)
Character: Sergeant Anna
During World War 2 a doctor, patiently waiting for the liberation and unwilling to engage in the struggle against the Nazis is forced at a gunpoint by a Polish Resistance soldier to attend to the members of her squad.
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Faust (1976)
Character: Marta
Old Faust, a great scholar makes a pact with Mephistopheles - in exchange for his soul, the devil offers him youth and knowledge of the meaning of existence. Faust becomes a beautiful young man. He meets a young, virtuous girl Margaret - he asks Mephistopheles for help in seducing her.
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Mniejszy szuka Dużego (1976)
Character: Mommy
The protagonists of the film are two brothers - Smaller and Big, Filomena and the dog Klops. Big has problems at school, so he decides to run away from home. His brother decides to find him.
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Maria i Piotr (1968)
Character: Maria Skłodowska-Curie
A film biography of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie.
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Po własnym pogrzebie (1992)
Character: Maria Wójcikowa, matka Leopolda
The film is a continuation of the 1984 film I died to live. Leopold Wójcik, faking his own death, returns to the underground. Unlike the previous part, the fate of the heroes is a fiction - a variant of events that could have taken place. The film had a sequel: Born for the Third Time (1989).
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Kraj świata (1994)
Character: kobieta czekająca na cud
Two writers comment on the situation of Poland in the period of political transformation.
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Aktorka (1971)
Character: Olga Siemionowna Jazykowa
A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.
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Godziny nadziei (1955)
Character: Giannina (uncredited)
In the last days of World War 2, people of various ethnic background meet in a Polish military hospital in a small German town, whereas a Nazi SS division hides in the local forests and tries to move westwards.
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Jesienią o szczęściu (1986)
Character: właścicielka pensjonatu
Anna, a young and beautiful woman, takes lonely walks along the beach, when one day she attracts the attention of Jan, a film director.
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Bezkresne łąki (1976)
Character: Marta, żona Henryka
A lyrical comedy; an escape to nature for a civil servant tired of everyday life and the monotony of life becomes an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of existence; it helps to regain mental balance. Henry, an exemplary husband and civil servant, returns to the places of his childhood, wants to find the treasure buried decades ago by Tereska, who fell in love with him. Along the way, he picks up two boys and two girls, who begin to compete for him. One of the boys assaults him when Henry digs up a bottle containing, it turns out, Tereska's love letter. The youngsters notify Henryk's wife of his whereabouts.
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Ostatni prom (1989)
Character: Marecka
One of the passengers on a ship carrying Poles on a cruise in December 1981 is a dissident high school teacher sent abroad by Solidarity. He is under surveillance of the secret police, anxious to get their hands on the info that he is carrying. When the ship is in the middle of the Baltic sea, martial law is declared and the ship is militarized. The captain announces he will turn and return the home port. Many anguished passengers put the life vests on and jump into the sea, where they are picked up by two German ships. The teacher, however, decides to return to Poland and continue the struggle for freedom.
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Pozwolenie na odstrzał (1972)
Character: Celina
Chief Forester Szymon from the observation tower sees a professor in the forest, walking through his district. Szymon and his wife Celina later engage in a disagreement due to his indifference and refusal to react on the professor’s illegal hunting. Celina would like to see Szymon as he used to be - rebellious, but Szymon prefers not to lean out. He is aware that everyone is responsible for the evil that permeates the country - some by their actions, others by their conformism.
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Koniec gry (1992)
Character: matka Janusza
Janusz starts working as an inspector in a department store. One day he notices on the monitor a woman who is stealing a bottle of perfume. He resolves to let her go. Intrigued by the woman, Janek finds out that she is Monika Małecka, a leader of an influential political party, who is going to run as a party candidate in the parliamentary elections. The two develop a difficult relationship in which lack of trust together with neglect lead inevitably to its end.
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Matka Joanna od Aniołów (1961)
Character: Sister Małgorzata
A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
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Pasażerka (1963)
Character: Marta
A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
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Paragon gola (1970)
Character: Paragon's Mother
A funny story about a young soccer player nicknamed Paragon.
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Tańczący jastrząb (1978)
Character: sekretarka Basia
A peasant’s son rises through the ranks of post-war Polish society like none of his ancestors ever could. Moving to the city, he becomes part of a new socialist order. But in leaving his rural roots behind, does he also abandon his soul?
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Koniec nocy (1957)
Character: Danusia
A group of young Łódź hoodlums spends their time shoplifting, partying and drinking heavily, until they are faced with serious consequences of their reckless behaviour.
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Orzeł i reszka (1975)
Character: Teresa
In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal
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Beata (1965)
Character: Captain Karska
Teenaged Beata, disgusted with hypocrisy around her, runs away from home.
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Nóż w wodzie (1962)
Character: Krystyna (voice)
On their way to an afternoon on the lake, husband and wife Andrzej and Krystyna nearly run over a young hitchhiker. Inviting the young man onto the boat with them, Andrzej begins to subtly torment him; the hitchhiker responds by making overtures toward Krystyna. When the hitchhiker is accidentally knocked overboard, the husband's panic results in unexpected consequences.
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Ćma (1980)
Character: (voice)
This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan is the host of a nightly talk show in which he counsels people who call in with their problems. He is dedicated to helping these lonely souls but becomes increasingly disturbed when his co-workers and supervisors at the radio station do not appreciate his program; they seem unable to grasp the importance of what he is doing. Aside from that, Jan's private life is frayed around the edges. His wife is a heavy drinker and his mistress has no comprehension about who he is or what he is doing. Jan's frustration over this lack of recognition builds to an explosive level, threatening to upset the balance of his daily life.
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Novembre (1992)
Character: Matka Sary
Medical student Sara has visions; she notices telekinesis abilities in herself. She is afraid to admit to anyone that after each loss of consciousness she finds traces of the murders and mutilations she has committed....
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Marysia i Napoleon (1966)
Character: Walewska's Maid / Marta
In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.
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Zwolnieni z życia (1992)
Character: Sąsiadka Wysockich
Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac. He wanders through the city, sought by his assilant, who fear he will testify against them. Marek finds shelter with a girlfriend/bagwoman who supposedly was once queen of Paris boulevards. Marek regains his memory just as the villains are to get him. He eventually returns to his house only to find out that his mother died and his brother left for Australia.
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