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Wanda Jakubowska

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Wanda Jakubowska

Born October 10, 1907 · Warszawa, Rosja (obecnie Polska)

Died February 24, 1998 · aged 90

Wanda Jakubowska (10 November 1907 – 25 February 1998) was a Polish film director. She is best known for her work on the Holocaust. Her 1948 film "The Last Stage" was an early and influential depiction of concentration camps. It was filmed on location at Auschwitz, where Jakubowska had been interned. She was an ardent Communist whose films were often heavily politicized.

Known For

The Last StageThe Last Stage · 1948
The Last Stage
★ 7.21948
MovieDrama
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.
Matthew's DaysMatthew's Days · 1968
Matthew's Days
★ 6.31968
MovieDrama
A man who is socially inept and out of touch with the world lives with his sister in a small farmhouse. The overly sensitive man lives off his hard-working sibling, taking odd jobs as he gets them to secure his meager earnings. When he brings home a woodcutter from the forest, the sister and the newcomer fall in love. Terrified over a life without his sister, the man can't cope.
Soldier of VictorySoldier of Victory · 1953
Soldier of Victory
★ 10.01953
MovieDramaWar
Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.
The Big, Bigger, and the BiggestThe Big, Bigger, and the Biggest · 1963
The Big, Bigger, and the Biggest
★ 6.41963
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A young boy and girl travel in a strange car and encounter various objects which come alive to help them. Eventually they leave the Earth altogether and visit a strange, new planet.
A Sketch in Six PartsA Sketch in Six Parts · 1973
A Sketch in Six Parts
★ 5.51973
MovieDrama
Loosely connected scenes in the life of a young student.
The White MazurkaThe White Mazurka · 1979
The White Mazurka
★ 8.01979
MovieDrama
A film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...
The SeaThe Sea · 1933
The Sea
★ 7.01933
MovieDocumentary
The Sea [Morze] is a 1933 Polish short documentary film directed by Wanda Jakubowska. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).
There Is No Return, JohnnyThere Is No Return, Johnny · 1970
There Is No Return, Johnny
★ 5.01970
MovieWarDrama
An American officer and a North Vietnamese prisoner of war are stranded and chained together in the jungle during the Vietnam War.

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