Acting
Kalina Jędrusik
Born February 5, 1931 · Gnaszyn (obecnie Częstochowa), śląskie, Polska
Died August 7, 1991 · aged 60
Kalina Jędrusik was a Polish singer and actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1953 to 1991. She was considered to be the polish Marilyn Monroe or Brigitte Bardot, and a sex symbol of PRL (Communist Poland of the 1940s - 1980s). Jędrusik was married to writer Stanisław Dygat.
Known For
The Double Life of Véronique · 1991The Double Life of Véronique
★ 7.51991
MovieDramaFantasy
Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.
The Promised Land · 1975The Promised Land
★ 7.41975
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.
Innocent Sorcerers · 1960Innocent Sorcerers
★ 7.01960
MovieRomanceComedy
A young doctor is tired of being sought by women. One night he meets a young girl who all but forces herself into his room where they talk of morals and love.
A Cure for Love · 1966A Cure for Love
★ 7.41966
MovieComedyCrime
An architect Joanna tells her friend Halina on the telephone about her love troubles and suddenly hears a nice man's voice: "The best cure for love is another love." Then she becomes a forgers dispatcher mistaken for Honorata by telephone and decides to work out a forgers secret and the secret of her new love Andrzej.
Hanussen · 1988Hanussen
★ 6.51988
MovieScience FictionHistory
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?
30 Door Key · 199130 Door Key
★ 6.21991
MovieDramaComedy
A young writer in 1939 Warsaw faces the conflict of acting his age or relapsing into childhood during the brink of World War II. Based on the famous novel Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.
Behind the Curtain · 1973Behind the Curtain
1973
MovieCrimeTV Movie
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization · 1985O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
★ 6.91985
MovieDramaScience Fiction
The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'. Soft is a shepherd for the last remnants of humanity who have gathered together as they await rescue from a mysterious craft known only as 'The Ark.' He wanders among the masses, performing his regular daily tasks; keeping morale from plummeting, wooing prostitutes, squashing rebellions, and sometimes feeding the hungry. But as the true and sinister nature of 'The Dome' comes to light, Soft must ask himself if humanity is worth saving...
Filmography
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Free City · 1958Free City
★ 7.21958
MovieWarDrama
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
Waitress (uncredited)
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.
Baśka Oraczewska (voice) (uncredited)
How to Be Loved · 1963How to Be Loved
★ 7.41963
MovieDrama
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.
Girl Listening to Rawicz in a Cafe












