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Samson (1961)
Character: Jakub's Mother
The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the Warsaw Uprising.
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Agnieszka 46 (1964)
Character: Inspector
A young teacher and a conservative mayor fight over influence in a village in Western Poland, all while falling in love with each other.
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Trzy kobiety (1957)
Character: Woman living in the Residence
Three women, ex-prisoners of a Nazi death camp, decide to live together after the war.
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Skąpani w ogniu (1963)
Character: Old Settler
Captain Sowiński finds himself on the Recovered Territories in 1945, right in the midst of local conflicts stemming from Poles settling there.
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Spotkania w mroku (1960)
Character: N/A
A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.
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Opowieść atlantycka (1955)
Character: Tinsmith, Aunt Gaston
The fate of a German found by the French peasants - a deserter from the Legion of Foreign Affairs fighting in Vietnam.
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Bumerang (1966)
Character: Woman in a Church
A German man and a Polish woman fall in love in the days preceding World War II.
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Ktokolwiek wie... (1966)
Character: Gierczycha
A psychological portrait of a missing girl is drawn by the people who knew her, being interviewed by a journalist helping in the search.
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Spóźnieni przechodnie (1962)
Character: Marynia (segment 2)
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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Szklana kula (1972)
Character: Irena's Grandmother
Five teenagers on the cusp of their final year in high school ponder about their futures.
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Szklana góra (1960)
Character: Dobracka
A quarry worker falls in love with a practicing doctor.
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Ostrożnie yeti (1961)
Character: Woman in a Beer Stand (uncredited)
Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with a shipment from India, which was supposed to contain a yeti, turned out to be empty. The desperate professor tries to find it. He even gets into prison, from which, however, he escapes handcuffed with the thief. Meanwhile, the "snow man" begins to be considered the perpetrator of more and more crimes. Eventually, everything becomes clear. In the telegram notifying of the shipment, a word was twisted and hence the whole misunderstanding.
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Tysiąc talarów (1960)
Character: Aniela's Grandmother (uncredited)
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dating back 100 years.
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Podhale w ogniu (1956)
Character: N/A
Podhale, 17th century – the story of an anti-nobility peasant rebellion led by Aleksander Kostka Napierski.
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Długa noc (1989)
Character: Dalecka
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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Czerwone i złote (1969)
Character: Michał's Mother
An old man escapes from a retirement home to impersonate a man who has died in his arms and told him he never went home to his new bride after the first World War.
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Rancho Texas (1959)
Character: N/A
Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they become "cowboys" on local cattle grazing. Instead of the expected romantic adventures and the male, hard life, their boredom is becoming their share. Only when Jacek gets a stallion Szaga, things take a different turn.
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Sygnały (1959)
Character: Janek and Zosia's neighbor
A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.
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Niekochana (1966)
Character: Servant Marianna
The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.
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Trudna miłość (1954)
Character: Małodworna, Janek's mother
A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.
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Kamienne niebo (1959)
Character: Old Woman (uncredited)
The Warsaw Uprising. Five people hiding in a basement under an apartment complex get buried by the rubble when it's bombed by the Germans. With no way of escape, the people gradually descend into madness.
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Droga na zachód (1961)
Character: Woman at a Train Station (uncredited)
In the last days of the war an old train driver and his young assistant carry weapons to Polish soldiers on the western front.
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Rozstanie (1961)
Character: Wiktoria Budkowa
An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.
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Zakazane piosenki (1947)
Character: Woman listening to Chopin at Tokarskis' (uncredited)
Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
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Wolne miasto (1958)
Character: Erna Pająkowa
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
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Sobótki (1966)
Character: Hans' Mother
Jadwiga and Karol, siblings leaving in Western Poland learn that the man that has raised them is not their biological father.
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Głos z tamtego świata (1962)
Character: (uncredited)
A doctor, though not having finished his studies, earns a living providing medical advice. A former nurse enters the stage, saying she hears voices from "the other world". At first, they can exploit gullible victims without problems, but soon the authorities begin showing in these quacks.
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Pętla (1958)
Character: Barkeeper in a Cafe (uncredited)
A day in the life of an alcoholic. With the help of his girlfriend Krysia, Kuba attempts to regain control of his life.
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Morderca zostawia ślad (1967)
Character: Natalia's Neighbour (uncredited)
In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.
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Kariera (1955)
Character: Hulewiczowa
Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.
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Wspólny pokój (1960)
Character: Stukonisowa
A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.
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Pożegnania (1958)
Character: Landlady
The story takes place before World War II and centers on Pawel, a member of a conservative, middle-class family, and his love for Lidka, a taxi dancer. Social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy those forces Pawel and Lidka benefit. Times change, war breaks out, leading to Pawel sent to Auschwitz while Lidka marry his cousin. Their love has survived and conventions are no longer the issue.
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Pigułki dla Aurelii (1958)
Character: Wiktor's Mother
Soldiers of the Polish underground resistance army prepare to break into a prison to release their friend imprisoned by Gestapo.
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Jak być kochaną (1963)
Character: Teacher's Wife in Cafe
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.
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Ogniomistrz Kaleń (1961)
Character: Old Woman
The movie is about the fate of Polish soldier named Kaleń who fought with UPA in 1946.The film recounts the exploits of the Polish soldier caught in the turmoil among the Polish Communist army, anti-communist underground and Ukrainian fascists.
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