Krystyna Janda

Acting

Krystyna Janda

Born December 18, 1952 · Starachowice, Poland (age 73)

Krystyna Jolanta Janda (Polish: [krɨˈstɨ.na ˈjan.da]; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and …

Known For

On the Silver GlobeOn the Silver Globe · 1989
On the Silver Globe
7.71989
MovieScience FictionDrama
A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.
EllesElles · 2011
Elles
5.32011
MovieDrama
A journalist tries to balance the duties of marriage and motherhood while researching a piece on college women who work as prostitutes to pay their tuition.
How I Fell in Love with a GangsterHow I Fell in Love with a Gangster · 2022
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
6.62022
MovieCrimeAction
A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.
Decalogue VDecalogue V · 1989
Decalogue V
8.01989
MovieDramaTV Movie
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
SynthesisSynthesis · 1984
Synthesis
7.01984
MovieScience FictionFamily
In 2059 scientists manage to revive two people after 80 years of suspended animation - a boy Marek Torlewski and a dictator Muanty, who quickly becomes a serious threat to humanity. Synteza is an adaptation of a novel by Maciej Wojtyszko.
A Short Film About KillingA Short Film About Killing · 1988
A Short Film About Killing
7.61988
MovieCrimeDrama
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
MephistoMephisto · 1981
Mephisto
7.31981
MovieDrama
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Eine blassblaue FrauenschriftEine blassblaue Frauenschrift · 1984
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
6.01984
MovieDrama
In October 1936, a high official in the Austrian government receives a letter from a German Jewish woman with whom he had an affair in 1925 asking him to help place an 11-year-old, half Jewish boy in a good Austrian school. Is the child his? Should he help? And above all should he help now, at a time when Nazis are becoming powerful in Austria?

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