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Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1983)
Character: Helena Sikorska
A fictionalized documentary about the life of General Władysław Sikorski from the beginning of World War II until his tragic death in a plane crash. The action begins with the evacuation of the Polish government and general staff to Romania, showing their further fate in France and then in London.
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Sam pośród miasta (1965)
Character: Paweł's Wife
Because of having a one-day plane delay, Konrad has to spend 24 hours wandering around Warsaw, visiting old friends and meeting some new ones.
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Spóźnieni przechodnie (1962)
Character: Woman on a Bike (segment 4) (uncredited)
Five short stories.
(1) “Czas przybliża, czas oddala” – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Anna and, years later, writes to her sister Zofia, mistaking her for Anna.
(2) “Krąg istnienia” – A girl falls for Wacek at an ice rink; pressured by family, she marries a soap manufacturer.
(3) “Paryż 1945” – A Polish refugee soldier and an American woman share a fleeting wartime bond before she leaves at dawn.
(4) “Stary profesor” – Two men seek an old professor to fulfill a dying prisoner’s last wish; Roger impersonates a former pupil.
(5) “Nauczycielka” – Neglected wife Zofia accepts film tests, only to find the director seeks an ordinary woman.
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Przystań (1971)
Character: Żeberkiewiczowa
Settlers from various parts of Poland come to the Vistula Spit just after WWII. They are learning the difficult profession of fishing. The skipper Bosak and his wife are doing the best, but their peace is broken when their cousin Joanna comes to them, for whom the skipper loses his head .
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Nowy (1970)
Character: Barbara (uncredited)
A young man looking for work in Warsaw has to overcome many hurdles in the world of bureaucracy to finally get employed.
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Kolonel Bunker (1998)
Character: Anna's Mother
Enver Hoxha ruled Albania with an iron fist for nearly 40 years and for a long time Albania was the only Maoist regime and by far the most isolationist society in Europe - politically, psychologically and physically. Colonel Muro Neto was the man Hoxha charged with constructing the bunkers throughout the country which ostensibly protected Albania from its enemies both without and within. He became known as "Kolonel Bunker."
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Wniebowstąpienie (1969)
Character: Woman with Bukin's Message
The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.
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Podróż nad morze (1989)
Character: Care Director
Fourteen-year-old Roman Nowak, who becomes an orphan. Though his mother raised him alone, she provided him with a warm, happy home. After her death, the boy learns that he still has a father. Romek has serious shortcomings. After his mother's death, changing school and the environment, Will a strict mathematician get a little bit of forbearance and give the boy another chance?
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Skok (1969)
Character: Anna Pielak
Two teenagers who have ran away from home befriend an older man who tries to convince them to take part in a robbery.
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Pogrzeb świerszcza (1978)
Character: Broniewiczowa
Seven-year-old Marek - a lonely boy, lost, desperately seeking warmth and love. His parents are two young scientists, completely devoted to their careers. She is just finishing her doctoral thesis, he is sketching new projects to promote him. They apply rigor and ruthless discipline to the child. No bond connects them with a child. They do not try to understand his needs, have no idea about his dreams, problems. Marek falls into severe depression. In the doctor's office, Marek notices a cat. He is awakened by the overwhelming desire to have his own pet - a longed-for friend. Of course, the parents do not even want to hear about it. Marek secretly, for buying pocket money, he buys a cricket - a creature that is small enough to hide from the eyes of his parents.
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Pastorale heroica (1984)
Character: Chudzina, żona listonosza
March 1945. After crossing the Oder River, one of the Polish Army units heading for Berlin encounters resistance from German defensive formations. After a fierce exchange of fire, a doctor operates on seriously wounded soldiers. Private Józef Łopuch helps him in the field hospital and also serves as a barber. Łopuch, who despite sending over twenty letters has received no reply from his wife Sabina, composes another letter assuring his wife that although war is a nasty business, nothing can happen to him, as he was born in a forge...
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Piwo (1965)
Character: Present Day Barkeeper
The piece is an analysis of a person's attitude in the face of imminent danger, and its action takes place just after World War II. In the train station waiting room, two young men lead a beer discussion, one of whom tells the other an unpleasant incident of his own life.
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Profesor na drodze (1973)
Character: Helena Grzegorkowa
Many years after finishing their education, a colorful cast of characters decides to attend a night school to finally earn their high school diplomas.
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Hasło Korn (1968)
Character: Krystyna Kacperska
An intelligence agent's murder bring upon a national investigation into a spy organisation called Korn.
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Przeprawa (1988)
Character: żona lubelskiego współpracownika "Karola"
WWII. Joined forces of Polish and Russian partisans (despite they are in conflict) stand against German Sturmwind I & II actions.
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Kraj świata (1994)
Character: kobieta w kolejce po paszport
Two writers comment on the situation of Poland in the period of political transformation.
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Czarny wąwóz (1989)
Character: Ludwik's Housekeeper (voice)
In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is caught with stolen funds and a weapon, the police commissioner spares him from prison on the condition that he work as an informant. Trapped by fear and betrayal, Ludvík is forced down a path that leads inexorably toward his own destruction.
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Bułeczka (1973)
Character: Karol's Mother
A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city.
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Za niebieskimi drzwiami (2016)
Character: Jadwiga Cybulska
After a serious car accident, Łukasz discovers that the blue door in his new room leads to an alternate reality.
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Noce i dnie (1975)
Character: Stacha Łuczakówna
A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
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Placówka (1979)
Character: Jagna Ślimakowa
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
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Złote koło (1971)
Character: Lieutenant Zaleska
An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
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Alabama (1985)
Character: Bozena's mother
Peter and Bozena are studying medicine, they love each other and want to be together. The girl, after a dramatic experience, breaks off contact with her parents and moves out. With the help of a friend, the young couple manages to rent a small apartment. However, their life is not going well. Peter begins to cheat on Bozena. Accidentally met Joe slips the girl a drug. One time was enough for Bozena to go in search of an illusory land of happiness - Alabama, which does not exist. However, the girl finds out too late.
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Uwierz w Mikołaja (2023)
Character: Helenka
Due to a violent snowstorm, Agnieszka is cut off from the rest of the world in a charming mountain cottage, and a mysterious and handsome man in a Santa Claus suit appears on her way. Five-year-old Zosia and her mother, despite their poor financial situation, are trying to prepare a traditional family Christmas Eve, and they can be helped by Robert – a lonely policeman on Christmas duty who, out of pure need of his heart, wants to do something good for someone. This magical time is also a chance for a man to spend Christmas again with his old love - provided, of course, the woman in his life finds a moment of peace, taking care of the crazy and unpredictable residents of the "Happy End" nursing home.
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Rzeczpospolita babska (1969)
Character: Sgt. Danuta Pawlak
After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.
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Sublokator (1967)
Character: Policewoman Fredzia Kwaśniewska
A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women.
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Nikodem Dyzma (1956)
Character: Woman with the Thief (uncredited)
Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.
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Kuchnia polska (1991)
Character: school director
A Polish lieutenant from the Royal Air Force comes home with his British wife and faces political persecution.
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Dziewczyna i „Akwarius” (1976)
Character: Bożena's mother
Teenager Bożena decides to run away from home in search of freedom. Agnieszka Holland's film is a study of generational conflict. The paralysis of communication between young people and adults is a metaphor for the throes of social bonds.
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Uczennica (1982)
Character: Jadwiga Hinelowa, matka Anny
Based on the diaries he has obtained, a young journalist tries to recreate the struggle of sixteen-year-old Hania with the German occupier.
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Sara (1997)
Character: Saleslady
Sixteen-year-old Sara's father is a wealthy gangster and has a lot of enemies. Her father makes clear that whoever touches Sara will die and he looks for the right bodyguard to protect her.
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Hazardziści (1975)
Character: Żona Badziaka
The screenplay is based on an authentic story of a robbery of a branch of the National Bank of Poland in Wolow. The thing took place in 1962, 12 million zlotys were stolen. For some time the perpetrators remained at large. Soon, however, the police came across their trail and the criminals were soon captured. And then the real bomb went off. It turned out that the thieves were not people listed in the police annals or even in contact with the criminal world. All the robbers had a reputation as "respectable citizens", by no means suffering from a lack of cash.
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Wśród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Character: Helena, Waniek's Wife
In 1920s Poland, a police commissioner leads the investigation into a series of brutal murders of young boys as the case grows increasingly unsettling and personal.
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Tato (1995)
Character: Mother-in-Law Jadwiga Fornalczyk
Tato is the story of a divorced father fighting for the right to raise his 7-year-old daughter. When his marriage falls apart, he decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife, whom he deems unfit to raise their child. But as he quickly finds out, it’s easier to be a real man than it is to be a real father.
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Pierwszy start (1951)
Character: Young Girl (uncredited)
A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
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