Katarzyna Łaniewska

Acting

Katarzyna Łaniewska

Born June 20, 1933 · Łódź, Poland

Died December 7, 2020 · aged 87

No biography available.

Known For

InterrogationInterrogation · 1989
Interrogation
★ 7.11989
MovieDramaThriller
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.
The Ring with a Crowned EagleThe Ring with a Crowned Eagle · 1993
The Ring with a Crowned Eagle
★ 4.41993
MovieWarDrama
A Polish Resistance fighter who survived the Nazi years cannot accept the new Communist power.
Burial of a PotatoBurial of a Potato · 1990
Burial of a Potato
★ 8.21990
MovieDrama
Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
Egg NoggEgg Nogg · 1988
Egg Nogg
★ 7.31988
MovieComedy
Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.
Love StoriesLove Stories · 1997
Love Stories
★ 6.81997
MovieRomanceComedy
Jerzy Stuhr scripted, directed and plays four roles in this Polish comedy about four men -- an army officer, a college instructor, a priest, and a drug dealer -- and their relationships with four females. An attractive student puts the teacher in an awkward spot when she reveals her love for him. An 11-year-old informs the priest that she's his daughter. The army officer is pleased when confronted by a past lover. The drug dealer, taken prisoner, must decide whether or not to trust his wife with his hidden loot. In the wrap-up, the elderly accountant passes judgment on all four men. Stuhr acted in films by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, who had some input here by offering advice to Stuhr on this screenplay.
PrzedwiośniePrzedwiośnie · 2001
Przedwiośnie
★ 6.02001
MovieDramaHistory
Polish-born Russian subject Cezary Baryka comes of age during a tumultous period of ten years from 1914 to 1924, during which he witnesses revolution, rebirth of Poland, war with the Soviets and communist plots.
TaekwondoTaekwondo · 1998
Taekwondo
★ 7.01998
MovieDrama
South Korean Kim lives alone in Warsaw, Poland, where he teaches taekwondo. His wife and daughter live in Berlin, just six hours away by train, but he's been traveling around Europe for 10 years and hesitates to even send a birthday card to his daughter. One day, he finds the bag of a woman, Yola (Eva Gabriluk), who has been pickpocketed, and the two become close. Another chance encounter with a delinquent young man, Mihau (Pavogiu Bourcik), brings them together, and they become an important part of Kim's life. Through Yola, Kim reconnects with lost feelings of love, and the always-flirtatious and unruly Mihau reminds him of his own restless youth...
The Criminal Who Stole a CrimeThe Criminal Who Stole a Crime · 1969
The Criminal Who Stole a Crime
★ 7.01969
MovieMysteryCrime
Retired police captain Siwy recounts to a reporter how he undertook a final, private investigation into the suspicious death of Ewa Salm, known as “Princess.” Though her testimony had secured a conviction, Siwy doubted the man’s guilt and set out to uncover the real killer—risking his own life to see justice done.

Filmography

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Fik-MikFik-Mik · 1988
Fik-Mik
★ 5.01988
MovieDrama

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