Acting

Barbara Rachwalska

Born April 13, 1922 · Warsaw, Poland

Died December 23, 1993 · aged 71

No biography available.

Known For

The 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.

And the Violins Stopped Playing · 1988

And the Violins Stopped Playing

★ 7.51988

MovieWarDrama

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Woman in a Hat · 1985

Woman in a Hat

★ 6.61985

MovieDrama

A psychological portrait of Ewa, a young Polish theatre actress searching for her own way in life. She plays a minor role in Jasieński's 'The Ball of Mannequins', a complete opposite of her real personality, while aspires to star as Cordelia in Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Ewa lives on her own, occasionally visiting a famous old actress to talk about theatre, taking care of a poor neighbor, and fights her sophisticated mother rejecting the truth about her beloved father, who died an alcoholic.

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.

In 19th-century Styria, isolated Laura's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she develops an intense, homoerotic bond. As Laura's life slowly drains, themes of forbidden desire, identity, and the supernatural are explored, culminating in Laura's discovery of Carmilla's vampiric nature and a confrontation with her ancient lineage.

In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.

A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.

Ostatni strzał · 1959

Ostatni strzał

★ 6.51959

MovieDramaAction

A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars.

Filmography

Sort

The Last Stage · 1948

The Last Stage

★ 7.21948

MovieDrama

Block Leader Elza

And the Violins Stopped Playing · 1988

And the Violins Stopped Playing

★ 7.51988

MovieWarDrama

This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.

Ms. Stefa

Woman in a Hat · 1985

old woman

The struggle between poor villagers, who are eager to build a co-operative mill and a cultural centre, and the village wealthy men - the miller and the kulaks - who are desperate to stop the farmers.

Magda

Madame Perrodon

Płoszkowa (uncredited)

A young teacher educates the peasants and electrifies the village, which the local miller does not like.

Maria Ruczajowa

Ostatni strzał · 1959

Ostatni strzał

★ 6.51959

MovieDramaAction

A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars.

Woman in Line (uncredited)

Teenaged Beata, disgusted with hypocrisy around her, runs away from home.

Doctor

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.

Woman at the train station (uncredited)

Interrupted Flight · 1964

Interrupted Flight

★ 9.01964

MovieDrama

The reminiscences of a Russian pilot, shot down over Poland during the war, of his first great love there.

Piotrowska

Based on the diaries he has obtained, a young journalist tries to recreate the struggle of sixteen-year-old Hania with the German occupier.

Maria Fernikowa, babcia Anny

Kapelusz pana Anatola · 1957

Kapelusz pana Anatola

★ 7.01957

MovieComedyCrime

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.

Bribed Woman (uncredited)

Soldier 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.

Diana's Wetnurse (uncredited)

Nights and Days · 1975

Nights and Days

★ 7.11975

MovieDramaHistory

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.

Jadwiga Ostrzeńska

The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.

Barcikowska

Old couple dreams about a cruise.

Jadwiga

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three · 1968

Four Tankmen and a Dog Part Three

1968

MovieWarDrama

The third of four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, including episodes 5 and 6.

Mrs Helenka ("The Bridge")

Controlled Conversations · 1991

Controlled Conversations

★ 6.71991

MovieComedy

Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.

Jarząbek's Aunt

When Love Was a Crime · 1968

When Love Was a Crime

★ 10.01968

MovieDramaWar

A war drama showing the functioning of Hitler’s “racial purity” law, forbidding foreign workers from any contact with Germany. Foreigners on forced labor in Nazi Germany.

Commission Member

Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany · 1974

Święty Mikołaj pilnie poszukiwany

★ 9.01974

MovieComedyTV Movie

Following a successful robbery on Christmas Eve, two thieves go hiding into a children's home, where every child is expecting Santa Claus to come soon.

Ewa Wants to Sleep · 1958

Ewa Wants to Sleep

★ 6.81958

MovieComedy

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.

Workers' Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Stonemasons take part in the restoration of a historic tomb.

The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.

Maria Talar, matka Andrzeja, Bronka i Leszka

More Than Life At Stake · 1968

More Than Life At Stake

★ 8.01968

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

A series about the adventures of a Polish secret agent, Hans Kloss, who acts as a double agent in the Abwehr during Second World War in occupied Poland.

gospodyni Berta

Doctor Ewa Lipska, an attractive young woman just after graduation, with interesting professional prospects for the future, chooses the job of a village doctor. Brought up in a big city, she settles in the small town of Międzybórz in the Łódź Province. She is forced not only to overcome the daily difficulties resulting from medical practice in a rural health center, but also to learn to talk to people of a different mentality and gain the trust of her patients.

Pierzchałowa

Janosik · 1974

Janosik

★ 7.21974

SeriesAction & Adventure

Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.

4 Alternative Street · 1986

4 Alternative Street

★ 8.41986

SeriesComedy

4 Alternative Street was a Polish comedy TV show that was finished in 1983 and aired in 1986 due to censorship. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in the mini series was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland. The series was a satire to the communist rule in Poland, spoken in a way that it passed through communist censorship office.

Tekla Wagnerówna

Nights and Days · 1978

Nights and Days

★ 8.01978

SeriesDrama

Set in the Kalisz Region in the second half of the 19th century after the failure of the January Uprising in 1863, the miniseries presents a unique portrait of an oppressed society as told through the life of the Niechcic family.

Julka, służąca

Szaleństwa panny Ewy · 1985

Szaleństwa panny Ewy

1985

Series

"ciocia" Aniela Halicka, gospodyni Tyszowskich