Acting
Elżbieta Starostecka
Born October 6, 1943 · Rogów, pow. Radomsko, Polska (age 82)
Elżbieta Starostecka (born October 6, 1943) is a Polish film and stage actress and singer. She gained audience recognition for her role as Stefania Rudecka in Jerzy Hoffman's film Trędowata, an adaptation of Helena Mniszkówna's novel Trędowata.
Known For
Cooked Doves · 1966Cooked Doves
★ 6.91966
MovieComedy
A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Ferry · 1970Ferry
★ 7.51970
MovieActionThriller
1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.
Rzeczpospolita babska · 1969Rzeczpospolita babska
★ 5.71969
MovieComedyWar
After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.
How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape · 1970How I Unleashed World War II, Part I: The Escape
★ 7.61970
MovieComedyWar
On the night of August 31, 1939, Dolas, from a platoon reinforcing a train station on the German border, falls asleep in a train car and unknowingly crosses into Germany. The moment he shoots a German, who he thinks is a saboteur, the German invasion of Poland begins, and Dolas is convinced it was his fault. He is taken to Stalag POW camp, the first destination in his odyssey around Europe.
Hell and Heaven · 1966Hell and Heaven
★ 6.51966
MovieComedyFantasy
A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
I Believe in Santa 2 · 2025I Believe in Santa 2
★ 5.02025
MovieComedyRomance
Nights and Days · 1975Nights and Days
★ 6.91975
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.
I Believe in Santa · 2023I Believe in Santa
★ 5.22023
MovieComedy
Due to a violent snowstorm, Agnieszka is cut off from the rest of the world in a charming mountain cottage, and a mysterious and handsome man in a Santa Claus suit appears on her way. Five-year-old Zosia and her mother, despite their poor financial situation, are trying to prepare a traditional family Christmas Eve, and they can be helped by Robert – a lonely policeman on Christmas duty who, out of pure need of his heart, wants to do something good for someone. This magical time is also a chance for a man to spend Christmas again with his old love - provided, of course, the woman in his life finds a moment of peace, taking care of the crazy and unpredictable residents of the "Happy End" nursing home.
Filmography
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Cooked Doves · 1966Cooked Doves
★ 6.91966
MovieComedy
A young poet is hired to boost the morale of water pump workers.
Journalist (uncredited)
A Lady from the Window · 1964A Lady from the Window
★ 7.51964
MovieRomanceDrama
Adventures of a two little girls kidnapped from their families.
Nymph (uncredited)
Tabliczka marzenia · 1968Tabliczka marzenia
★ 7.51968
MovieComedyRomance
A fifteen-year old Ludka navigates first love and frustrations related to failures of the adult world during summer holidays.
Jadzia (voice) (uncredited)
Nights and Days · 1978Nights and Days
★ 7.01978
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.
Teresa Ostrzeńska-Kociełło, siostra Barbary





