Acting
Emilia Krakowska
Born February 20, 1940 · Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland (age 86)
Emilia Krakowska (born 20 February 1940 in Poznań) is Polish entertainer, film and theater actress. She graduated from High School in Drezdenko. A graduate of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw (1963). She played in the following theaters: Powszechny in Warsaw (1964-1968), National (1968-1978), Contemporary in Warsaw (1978-1985) and Variety in Warsaw (1985-1991) and Teatr Powszechny in. Jan Kochanowsk…
Known For
Green Years · 1980Green Years
★ 8.01980
MovieFamilyWar
World War II. The Germans enter Sosnowiec, which complicates the relationship between the three friendly children.
Smak wody · 1980Smak wody
★ 4.01980
MovieDrama
Maria does not understand her husband. The woman goes to the family home where her sister lives.
Hotel klasy lux · 1979Hotel klasy lux
★ 10.01979
MovieDrama
The five participants in the meeting for the construction of a luxury hotel meet years later at its opening.
The Promised Land · 1975The Promised Land
★ 7.31975
MovieDramaHistory
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory. The movie follows their ruthless pursuit of fortune.
Brunet Will Call · 1976Brunet Will Call
★ 6.91976
MovieComedy
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Hazardziści · 1975Hazardziści
★ 7.81975
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Sunday Pranks · 1988Sunday Pranks
★ 6.01988
MovieDramaHistory
A chilling tale about kids playing in a bombed-out Warsaw courtyard on the day of Stalin's death, while their parents are away at the church or a memorial procession.
Amnesty · 1982Amnesty
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
Wrocław, 1947. A young man, a former Home Army soldier, faces political and moral dilemmas before deciding on his future path in life. The protagonist of the film, Ryszard, has not revealed himself. He first works in the militia, then as a driver for the director of a wagon factory. He becomes involved with Karolina, who is older than him, becomes the lover of Zula, his employer's wife, and develops deep feelings for the beautiful and sensitive Blanka. Ryszard cannot find his place and ends up alone. Finally, he decides to take advantage of the amnesty decree and reveal himself.
Movies
Green Years · 1980Green Years
★ 8.01980
MovieFamilyWar
World War II. The Germans enter Sosnowiec, which complicates the relationship between the three friendly children.
Smak wody · 1980Smak wody
★ 4.01980
MovieDrama
Maria does not understand her husband. The woman goes to the family home where her sister lives.
Hotel klasy lux · 1979Hotel klasy lux
★ 10.01979
MovieDrama
The five participants in the meeting for the construction of a luxury hotel meet years later at its opening.
The Promised Land · 1975The Promised Land
★ 7.31975
MovieDramaHistory
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory. The movie follows their ruthless pursuit of fortune.
Brunet Will Call · 1976Brunet Will Call
★ 6.91976
MovieComedy
Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet.
Hazardziści · 1975Hazardziści
★ 7.81975
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Sunday Pranks · 1988Sunday Pranks
★ 6.01988
MovieDramaHistory
A chilling tale about kids playing in a bombed-out Warsaw courtyard on the day of Stalin's death, while their parents are away at the church or a memorial procession.
Amnesty · 1982Amnesty
★ 7.01982
MovieDrama
Wrocław, 1947. A young man, a former Home Army soldier, faces political and moral dilemmas before deciding on his future path in life. The protagonist of the film, Ryszard, has not revealed himself. He first works in the militia, then as a driver for the director of a wagon factory. He becomes involved with Karolina, who is older than him, becomes the lover of Zula, his employer's wife, and develops deep feelings for the beautiful and sensitive Blanka. Ryszard cannot find his place and ends up alone. Finally, he decides to take advantage of the amnesty decree and reveal himself.
Kiss, Kiss! · 2023Kiss, Kiss!
★ 5.32023
MovieRomanceComedy
Convinced he can charm any woman, a tenacious flirt sets his sights on a headstrong bride-to-be engaged to the son of an ambitious politician.
Wedle wyroków twoich... · 1984Wedle wyroków twoich...
★ 7.01984
MovieWarDrama
As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.
The Pier · 1969The Pier
★ 6.01969
MovieDrama
After completing a project, a shipbuilder grows restless and travels the country on his motorcycle. He leaves his wife as he engages in a series of drunken escapades.
Seksolatki · 1972Seksolatki
★ 4.71972
Movie
Two teenagers try to live together as adults, but new responsibilities overwhelm them.
The Birch Wood · 1970The Birch Wood
★ 6.61970
MovieDrama
A man suffering from tuberculosis returns from abroad to stay at his brother's farm, hoping to make amends, while also beginning a love affair with a farm girl.
The Shadow-Line · 1976The Shadow-Line
★ 6.41976
MovieDrama
Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.
Najlepsze w świecie · 1977Najlepsze w świecie
★ 6.01977
Movie
Ten-year-old Kajetan is fascinated by the young MO lieutenant Wandalin. He would like to meet him, so he is delighted when he learns that the man will become his stepfather. A wonderful bond develops between them. Kajetan's mother dies; the boy is afraid that he will be a stranger to his stepfather. He decides to win his approval. He tries several feats, but to no avail.
The Frozen Heart · 1979The Frozen Heart
★ 5.21979
Movie
A tramp tries to trick the community into paying for the funeral of his fellow tramp who was found frozen to death.
The Wedding · 1973The Wedding
★ 7.31973
MovieDramaFantasy
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past.
Without Anesthesia · 1978Without Anesthesia
★ 6.81978
MovieDrama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. His enemies take away his privileges when he is away. The shock of being "unwanted" parallels a deeper disappointment in his private life: his wife has an affair with a jealous young rival, and after 15 years of marriage and two daughters wants a divorce. She offers no explanations as he tries to untie these problems himself. All the moves he makes are the wrong ones. He takes on drinking heavily with students eager to attend his seminar after discovering the class has been canceled. The journalist, once suave and commanding, is reduced to silence.
The Peasants · 1973The Peasants
★ 5.81973
MovieDrama
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.
E=mc² · 2002E=mc²
★ 6.22002
MovieActionComedy
The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong, merciless bully and Stella, Ramzes girlfriend.
W te dni przedwiosenne · 1975W te dni przedwiosenne
★ 7.01975
MovieWarDrama
The final months of World War II. The fate of a young girl, Second Lieutenant Horak, and an experienced frontline officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kaszyba.
Christmas Eve · 1966Christmas Eve
★ 6.41966
MovieDrama
A man's surreal search for a woman named Eva on Christmas Eve.
Cudzoziemcy w Powstaniu Warszawskim · 2018Cudzoziemcy w Powstaniu Warszawskim
2018
MovieDramaHistory
Penguin · 1965Penguin
★ 6.31965
MovieDrama
A shy Warsaw university student is in love with a girl who pays no attention to him. Change comes after her intimate love letters are read publicly at a party.
TV Shows
On the Edge · 2013On the Edge
★ 8.52013
SeriesCrime
Dom · 1980Dom
★ 7.31980
SeriesDrama
The story of the residents of a tenement house on Złota Street in Warsaw from 1945 to 1980.
Droga · 1975Droga
★ 7.51975
SeriesDrama
Marianek is an unlucky man and not successful in his affairs. At the same time, he is a dove-hearted man, sensitive to other people’s misfortunes and harm, willing to help, even at his own expense. He is always ready to solve the problems of others, although he is usually not very good at it. His favorite saying is “absolutely”.
Ziemia obiecana · 1978Ziemia obiecana
★ 8.01978
Series
The Recipe · 2021The Recipe
★ 7.52021
SeriesDrama
The Peasants · 1972The Peasants
★ 7.31972
SeriesDrama
A TV adaptation of Władysław Stanisław Reymont's most famous novel, realistically depicting Polish rural life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Against the broad backdrop of rural community life, inextricably linked to the rhythm of nature throughout the four seasons, the complicated and often dramatic story of the Boryna family unfolds.