Krystyna Janda Filmography

Call of the Toad

Actors: Matthais Habich, Krystyna Janda

Superprodukcja

Actors: Rafal Krolikowski, Piotr Fronczewski, Janusz Rewinski, Anna Przybylska, Marta Lipinska

Synopsis: Polish filmmaker Juliusz Machulski helms the relentless and merciless satirical comedy Superprodukcja. The film concerns a mobster desperate to turn his ditzy, flighty girlfriend into a box-office star. He reels in a perfectionist film critic to author the script, but feels resolutely unhappy with Read More

Weiser

Actors: Marek Kondrat, Krystyna Janda, Juliane Köhler, Teresa Marczewska, Zbigniew Zamachowski

Synopsis: A man struggles to come to terms with a mystery that has haunted him throughout his adult life in this drama from Poland. In 1967, a 13-year-old boy named Dawid discovered a cache of explosives and began experimenting with them; one day, several of his friends saw Dawid wave to them shortly before Read More

Przedwiosnie

Actors: Mateusz Damiecki, Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Daniel Olbrychski

Synopsis: A young man faces a series of complicated choices about love, family, and politics in this epic drama based on the acclaimed novel by Stefan Zeromski, one of Poland's most heralded authors. Cezary Baryka (Mateusz Damiecki) is a young man coming of age in Baku in 1914. Baryka wants to study Read More

Zycie Jako Smiertelna Choroba Przenoszona Droga Plciowa

Actors: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki, Jerzy Radziwilowicz

Synopsis: The title of this film -- taken from graffiti on a wall near director Krzysztof Zanussi's home -- provides ironic commentary on its subject, which revolves around a doctor's questioning of his beliefs when he is confronted with terminal illness. Tomasz (Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) is first seen working Read More

Un Air Si Pur

Actors: Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Jacques Boudet, Edith Scob, Jean-Pierre Lorit

Synopsis: In the midst of WW I, a doctor and a lawyer team up to turn a ramshackle old mountain chateau into a sanatorium/health spa that caters to the afflicted from most every stratum of European society, most of whom show up with false hope in their hearts and plenty of equally false identities. Even the Read More

Pestka

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Tato

Actors: Boguslaw Linda, Ola Maliszewska, Dorota Segda, Teresa Lipowska, Cezary Pazura

Zwolnieni Z Zycia

Actors: Jan Frycz, Krystyna Janda, Wojciech Wysocki, Mariusz Benoit

Synopsis: In this at times illogical film, while trying to regain his memory, an amnesiac wanders around trying to avoid some thugs who seem to want to do him in. It seems that he lost his memory in the first place as a result of injuries he suffered from a beating by two ex-policemen. They thought him Read More

Stan Posiadania

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Artur Zmijewski, Maja Komorowska, Artur Barcis

Synopsis: Tomek (Arthur Zmijewski) is one of those rare people who follow their best instincts and get away with it. In this story, Tomek has made the acquaintance of Julia (Krystyna Janda), a very depressed, neurotic older woman. He invites her to stay with his devoutly Catholic mother (Maja Komorowska) Read More

The Decalogue 2

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Artur Barcis, Krystyna Bigelmajer

Synopsis: As Dorota's (Krystyna Janda) husband lies dying, she must decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy by another man. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

The Decalogue 5

Actors: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Synopsis: Jacek (Miroslaw Baka) murders a cab driver and is sentenced to die, despite the efforts of his inexperienced lawyer. This episode was released in an expanded version as A Short Film About Killing. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Na Srebrnym Globie

Actors: Andrzej Seweryn, Grazyna Dylag, Jerzy Trela, Waldemar Kownacki, Iwona Bielska

Synopsis: The labyrinthine plot deals with a group of space researchers who left the Earth to find freedom. Their spaceship crashes and they land on the dark side of the Moon. They all die except one and leave a lot of children who eventually turn to shamanism and fire worship. They call the last survivor Read More

Laputa

Actors: Sami Frey, Krystyna Janda

Synopsis: Extensive dialogue and the tight focus of a single apartment setting marks this romantic and politically symbolic drama about Malgortzata, a Polish photographer (Krystyna Janda) and her married French lover Paul (Sami Frey). The two rendezvous in West Berlin to spend some time together before Read More

W Zawieszeniu

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Slawa Kwasniewska, Andrzej Lapicki, Boguslaw Linda

Synopsis: Two lovers who meet again six years after World War II suffer at the hands of Stalinist oppression in this thrilling political drama. Anna (Krysyna Janda) hides the fugitive Marcel (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) when he receives a death sentence for his role in the Home Army. For five years, Anna hides him Read More

Kochankowie Mojej Mamy

O-Bi, O-Ba - Koniec Cywilizacji

Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Krystyna Janda, Kalina Jedrusik, Mariusz Dmochowski, Marek Walczewski

Synopsis: In a murky, sometimes confusing tale about a future dystopia in which people are waiting -- and waiting -- for a rescue ship called the Ark, there are several good one-liners, but they are outnumbered by the puzzling riddles and symbolism that permeate the story. The flotsam and jetsam of humanity Read More

Der Bulle und das Mädchen

Actors: Jürgen Prochnow, Annette Von Klier, Franz Buchrieser, Stefan Meinke, Krystyna Janda

Synopsis: A street-hardened cop softens up after he gets entangled with an 18-year-old but very tough girl who hangs out with other juvenile delinquents in this violent German actioner. Their strange relationship begins when the cop meets her while trying to arrest a group of her friends. During the Read More

Vertiges

Actors: Magali Noël, Krystyna Janda, Paulo Autran, Hélène Lapiower, Henri Serre

Synopsis: In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company. The conductor for an upcoming performance of the Marriage of Figaro has his mind and heart on other Read More

Bella Donna

Actors: Friedrich Karl Praetorius, Krystyna Janda, Erland Josephson, Brigitte Horney

Synopsis: This film of a glitzy showbiz world by director Peter Keglevic in his first feature-length effort recounts the saga of a married torch singer whose numerous lovers are meant to steady her nerves and a saxophone player who loves her but cannot get his own act together. Singing and cinematography Read More

Glut

Actors: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Katharina Thalbach, Matthais Habich, Sigfrit Steiner

Synopsis: Even in war, the life of a rich family is different, according to this fictional story about Francois Korb (Armin Müller-Stahl) an arms manufacturer who sold both to the Germans and the Allied forces. Korb's home life is less than ideal, since his wife is having an affair with his brother, and his Read More

Stan Wewnetrzny

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Jan Englert, Marian Opania

Synopsis: In this drama, Eva is on her yacht celebrating her forthcoming attempt to sail around the world. The country is Poland, and the time is just prior to the military crackdown on the labor/political movement Solidarity in that country the early 1980s. Her two co-celebrants are her ex-husband and her Read More

Espion, Lève-Toi

Actors: Lino Ventura, Krystyna Janda, Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Bernard Fresson

Synopsis: Sebastien Grenier (Lino Ventura), a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich and cultivating an on-going relationship with Anna Gretz (Krystyna Janda), a German teaching at the university. Then his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French Read More

Przesluchanie

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Adam Ferency, Agnieszka Holland, Anna Romantowska

Synopsis: Originally titled Przesluchanie, the Polish The Interrogation is rough sledding for anyone looking for an "easy" film about political oppression. Cabaret entertainer Krystyna Jadna has a habit of dallying sexually with high-ranking military officers. As a result, she is imprisoned and subject to a Read More

Mephisto

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági, Karin Boyd, Rolf Hoppe

Synopsis: Based on Klaus Mann's novel, Mephisto details the rise of a Faustian character who figuratively sells his soul in exchange for greatness. Hendrik Hofgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer, offering an electric performance) is the star of a state-funded theater department who tires of his job. Like his Read More

Man of Iron

Actors: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Irene Byrska, Boguslaw Linda

Synopsis: Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's sequel to his immensely well-received Man of Marble covers some of the same ground: the relationship of labor leaders to their communist political masters and the difficulties the media encounters in covering that story. But it adds an exceptionally timely element Read More

Wojna Swiatow - Nastepne Stulecie

Actors: Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Morek Walcewski

Synopsis: This Polish sci-fier is set in the year 1999. Roman Wilhemi plays a TV reporter who witnesses the Martian invasion of Earth. He tries to spread the news, but the public considers his bulletin a mere replay of the 1938 Orson Welles hoax. The government knows the truth, but publicly derides Wilhemi Read More

W Bialy Dzien

Actors: Michal Bajor, Krystyna Janda, Gustaw Holoubek, Krzysztof Kolberger, Wladyslaw Kowalski

Synopsis: In 1905 a partitioned Poland was striving for independence from the Russians, Germans, and Austrians, and terrorist, guerrilla squads conducted selective assassinations to further the nationalist cause. A young man in one of these groups, hardly a killer by instinct or inclination, murders a Read More

Golem

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Joanna Zolkowska, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Mariusz Dmochowski

Synopsis: In this futuristic sci-fi film, based on the legends of the Golem, insane scientists have invented technology that give them total control over the half-human, half-android population of Earth. Trouble ensues when one of the creatures begins showing independent will. He must be destroyed lest he Read More

Dyrygent

Actors: John Gielgud, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn

Synopsis: Polish director Andrzej Wajda had a habit of switching gears between socially conscious films and pure box-office entertainments. The Conductor, released in Poland in 1979 as Dyrygent, falls into the latter category. John Gielgud stars as an old and venerated orchestra conductor, making his annual Read More

Bez Znieczulenia

Actors: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Krystyna Janda, Roman Wilhelmi

Synopsis: Jerzy Michalowski is a journalist who has been licensed by the Polish State to travel abroad. He researches stories and at the same time represents the country in journalistic circles. When, on a foreign broadcast, he displays a much too-thorough knowledge of the actual state of affairs inside Read More

Bestia

Man of Marble

Actors: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Tarkowski

Synopsis: The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's two "Solidarity" films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national hero in the 1950s due to his skills at his trade, Birkut has inexplicably fallen into obscurity. In Read More