Maria Kaniewska

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.1899

Gender

Female

Birthday

27-May-1911

Age

(115 years old)

Place of Birth

Kijów, Rosja (obecnie Ukraina)

Also Known As
  • Мария Каневская

Maria Kaniewska

Biography

Maria Kaniewska (27 May 1911 in Kiev - 11 December 2005 in Warsaw) was a Polish actress, screenplay writer, film director. In 1960 she received a bronze lion award at the Venice Film Festival.


Credits

Spotkania w mroku Spotkania w mroku (1960) Character: Hochmeier
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
Dwie godziny Dwie godziny (1957) Character: Woman at the train station (uncredited)
Follows the lives of people shortly after World War 2 as they try to adjust to their new lives. Completed in 1946, it was banned from release by the communist government of Poland until 1957 in edited form.
Trzy starty Trzy starty (1955) Character: Singing Teacher (uncredited)
Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.
Spotkania Spotkania (1957) Character: Stefania (segment 1)
Four stories showing the various facets of love.
Pięciu Pięciu (1964) Character: Gerda Buchtowa
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.
Mansarda Mansarda (1963) Character: Poor Woman (uncredited)
After returning to Poland, the painter Aleksander Gierymski encounters a lack of understanding of his works.
Jasne łany Jasne łany (1947) Character: Stacha Sarnowa
A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.
Dwa żebra Adama Dwa żebra Adama (1964) Character: Mrs. Anastasia
An engineer comes home from abroad to his waiting wife. After some time, his second wife, an Italian one, joins him. For a small town, such a triangle will turn out to be unacceptable, especially since the spouses live peacefully under one roof.
Zawsze w niedziele Zawsze w niedziele (1966) Character: Anna Bobkowa ("Third Sunday")
Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at competitions. Adam is the first to arrive in the town where the finish line of a cycling race is located. The residents celebrate his victory.
Król Maciuś I Król Maciuś I (1958) Character: Lady-in-waiting (uncredited)
A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results
Azyl Azyl (1978) Character: Kozłowska
In 1946, a former resistance fighter starts working as a forester in a small town in Masuria. The local people don't trust him, robberies are common and his old flame is married to another man.
150 na godzinę 150 na godzinę (1972) Character: Customer
Young Marcin wishes to escape his life in a village and make a career in a city.
Zaczarowane podwórko Zaczarowane podwórko (1974) Character: nie występuje w napisach
A mysterious Mania appears in Warsaw. The girl, together with the other children, experiences amazing adventures.
Śmierć w środkowym pokoju Śmierć w środkowym pokoju (1967) Character: Lipska
The Gestapo searches one of the apartments in Warsaw. It comes to a tragedy.
Pejzaż horyzontalny Pejzaż horyzontalny (1978) Character: N/A
Three construction workers live together in a tiny apartment while building a new factory. When their foreman, Kolecki, is fired for neglecting his professional duties, the trio bands together to keep the production on course.
Bicz Boży Bicz Boży (1967) Character: Arcimowiczowa
A young boy sends anonymous threats to various troublemakers around town, hoping that they will report themeselves to the police and grant his older brother, a militia officer a transfer to Warsaw.
Ostatni etap Ostatni etap (1948) Character: Rapportführerin
Poland, during World War II. Martha Weiss, a Jewish woman, arrives at the Auschwitz extermination camp with her family. She is assigned the role of interpreter, but her loved ones are much less fortunate.
Zezowate szczęście Zezowate szczęście (1960) Character: Anastazja Makulec (uncredited)
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz (1978) Character: Janitor
Tadeusz Krzakoski, the director of a failing state-owned company, is married with problems. His mistress, the daughter of a Communist party bigwig, says she's pregnant and Tadeusz knows he'll have to marry her to save his reputation and his job. But divorce is never simple and Bareja's screwball comedies are never boring.
Świadectwo urodzenia Świadectwo urodzenia (1961) Character: Neighbour Borrowing Oil
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
Granica Granica (1978) Character: akuszerka usuwająca ciążę Bogutówny
Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook. When the canicule comes to an end, Zenon packs his bags and leaves for Paris to study. Returning after a year with a doctorate in political science, he makes a fast and glamorous career. He becomes the editor-in-chief of the local newspaper and, soon after, mayor of the city. He also marries Elzbieta Biecka, but still does not break up with Justyna.
Abel, twój brat Abel, twój brat (1970) Character: Boy With Bow's Mother
A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.
Kocie ślady Kocie ślady (1971) Character: Cat Lady
A young militia lieutenant goes undercover as a journalist to investigate a Zakopane smuggling ring.
Haker Haker (2002) Character: Żona profesora Brzósko-Suchackiego
Two friends make a bet. One of them - an A student and a computer genius Marcin - under the terms of the dispute must be received five days of complete submission to his clever friend Turbo - and he, in turn, guarantees him the easy money and attention to a long-legged beauty.
Walet pikowy Walet pikowy (1960) Character: Melania's mother (uncredited)
A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
Warszawska premiera Warszawska premiera (1951) Character: Moniuszko's Co-Passenger (uncredited)
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
Szatan z siódmej klasy Szatan z siódmej klasy (2007) Character: Priest's Housekeeper
A smart teenager Adam Cisowski is asked by his teacher to help him solve the mysterious case of robbed house doors in his mansion.
Kapelusz pana Anatola Kapelusz pana Anatola (1957) Character: Hostess (uncredited)
Anatol Kowalski is an old man who works in a bank and loves his old-fashioned hat. One day the hat gets lost and Anatol decides to buy a new one.
Ninas resa Ninas resa (2005) Character: Grandmother Rosa
Nina's Journey is a feature film, but with an authentic narrator. We follow Nina and her family during six dramatic years, half of them spent in the Warsaw ghetto. The film tells the story of a young girl coming of age under extreme circumstances: Nina falls in love, goes to parties, and graduates high school - all in the Warsaw ghetto. One could say that, in these horrid times, she is almost living the life of a normal teenager. If it wasn't for the fact that all those around her are vanishing, one by one. Nina's Journey is shot in Warsaw, with Polish actors. But it is narrated by the elderly Nina Einhorn herself.
Ewa chce spać Ewa chce spać (1958) Character: Helutka
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Helped by a pleasant policeman, Piotr, she tries to find a lodging in the strange town full of thieves and petty troublemakers.
C.K. Dezerterzy C.K. Dezerterzy (1986) Character: pianistka
Set in 1918, this World War I drama follows a group of Austro-Hungarian soldiers—Czechs, Jews, Italians, and others—confined in a provincial barracks under German officers. Subjected to the cruelty of a sadistic lieutenant, they rebel, humiliate him, and later attempt escape. Disguised as guards for veterinary surgeons in Budapest, the deserters are eventually recaptured and returned for court-martial, forced once more to face their tormentor.
Poszukiwany, poszukiwana Poszukiwany, poszukiwana (1973) Character: Customer
Stanisław Maria Rochowicz, a bumbling art historian, is falsely accused of stealing a painting. The alleged thief faces five years in prison. Desperate, he decides to hide in disguise as a woman until he can paint a copy of the stolen canvas. Lacking means to live, he takes jobs as a maid for a variety of colorful characters.
Zimowy zmierzch Zimowy zmierzch (1957) Character: Saleswoman
Rumsza, the elderly railwayman, leading a sedate life with his wife, misses his only remaining son (two older boys were killed in the war). Joziuk finally returns from the military in the first scene but with the pregnant Zosia, while Rumsza expected him to marry Celinka, the daughter of Krywka, his only friend and neighbour. The hero will not accept the new situation; he throws his son and Zosia out of his house. Celinka is distressed but she still harbours hope for Joziuk. The birth of the child changes the situation: Rumsza accepts his son's relationship but Celinka decides to leave.
Miasto nieujarzmione - Robinson warszawski Miasto nieujarzmione - Robinson warszawski (1950) Character: Woman in a Window (uncredited)
Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.
Mąż swojej żony Mąż swojej żony (1961) Character: Hotel Janitor
Mąż swojej żony (English: Husband of His Wife) is a Polish comedy from 1960 directed by Stanisław Bareja. The story of a newly married couple, Michał Karcz (composer) and sprinter Jadwiga Fołtasiówna-Karcz. Michał has to adjust to Jadwiga being much more famous and her fame and needs dominating their lives.



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