Krystyna Janda

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Krystyna Janda (born 18 December 1952, Starachowice, Poland) is a Polish film and theater actress best known, in the West, for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). In 1982, Janda played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered only 7 years later in 1989, following the collapse of communism. Despite the film's late release, she garnered international acclaim for her performance, including winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival  and Polish Film Festival in 1990. Janda is also known for her leading role in the second episode of The Decalogue series of Krzysztof Kieślowski.

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Total trailers found: 67

An Air So Pure Trailer (1997)

03 September 1997

In the midst of WW I, a doctor and a lawyer team up to turn a ramshackle old mountain chateau into a sanatorium/health spa that caters to the afflicted from most every stratum of European society, most of whom show up with false hope in their hearts and plenty of equally false identities.

Damaged Trailer (2015)

02 October 2015

Rainer Dulsky, a professor of psychiatry from Switzerland, comes to Melania, the granddaughter of Mrs.

The Call of the Toad Trailer (2005)

22 September 2005

A Polish woman and a German man fall in love against the odds and decide to set up a cemetery for exiles.

Elles Trailer (2011)

09 September 2011

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.

Vertiges Trailer (1985)

09 April 1985

In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company.

On, ona, oni Trailer (1983)

12 December 1983

Three vignettes showing a marriage crisis and a subsequent divorce.

Pestka Trailer (1996)

19 January 1996

Agatha is reaching her 40s, but despite her many romances she has not started a family. She lives as if everything could still happen.

The Clowns Trailer (2024)

13 December 2024

Students from the Faculty of Acting find out that their graduation film will be made by the famous director Gajda.

Synthesis Trailer (1984)

11 June 1984

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.

On the Silver Globe Trailer (1989)

10 February 1989

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.

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization Trailer (1985)

28 January 1985

The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The planet is frozen and radiation kills anyone or anything that ventures outside of 'The Dome'.

Spy, Stand Up Trailer (1982)

27 January 1982

Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.

Fik-Mik Trailer (1988)

17 February 1988

Man of Iron Trailer (1981)

27 July 1981

In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests.

Interrogation Trailer (1989)

13 December 1989

In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends.

A Short Film About Killing Trailer (1988)

11 March 1988

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

Mephisto Trailer (1981)

11 February 1981

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.

Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift Trailer (1984)

30 December 1984

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.

Without Anesthesia Trailer (1978)

27 November 1978

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.

In Broad Daylight Trailer (1981)

16 March 1981

Set in 1905. The story focuses on a young and inexperienced man in a revolutionary execution squad. He does his killing job out of idealism, and for the love of a woman.

Talking Heads 2021 Trailer (2021)

23 September 2021

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980).

The Cop & the Girl Trailer (1985)

18 April 1985

A tough cop but his life in ruins. His superiors are only looking for a reason to sack him. The girl is 17 years old and lives on the street.

Kill It and Leave This Town Trailer (2020)

27 November 2020

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.

Laputa Trailer (1987)

30 July 1987

Extensive dialogue and the tight focus of a single apartment setting marks this romantic and politically symbolic drama about Malgorzata, a Polish photographer (Krystyna Janda) and her married French lover Paul (Sami Frey).

Aktorka Trailer (2015)

04 December 2015

A documentary about Elzbieta Czyzewska, one of Poland's greatest actresses, a beauty icon of the 1960s, who died in 2010.

The Conductor Trailer (1980)

27 February 1980

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor.

Man of Marble Trailer (1977)

25 February 1977

A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster Trailer (2022)

05 January 2022

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history.

Embers Trailer (1983)

01 September 1983

Francois Korb is an arms manufacturer who sold both to the Germans and the Allied forces. Korb's home life is less than ideal, since his wife is having an affair with his brother, and his young son is inseparable from a teddy bear.

Suspended Trailer (1987)

19 October 1987

Anna, a nurse, meets her wartime lover Marcel in 1951. Learning that he has been sentenced to death for his role in the Home Army, she hides him in her cellar for five years.

The War of the Worlds: Next Century Trailer (1981)

01 November 1981

Poland, Christmastime. A band of hyperintelligent, bloodthirsty Martians take over the country and enlist hapless television newscaster Iron Idem as the voice of their propaganda machine.

Przedwiośnie Trailer (2001)

02 March 2001

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.

Sweet Rush Trailer (2009)

23 April 2009

As an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor by chance meets a young man who makes her feel young again.

The Doll Trailer (2026)

30 September 2026

Wealthy merchant Stanislaw Wokulski falls tragically in love with beautiful yet vain Izabela Lecka. His unfulfilled love leads to many foolish decisions sealing his fate.

Wałesa: Man of Hope Trailer (2013)

23 September 2013

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Polish Cuisine Trailer (1991)

22 November 1991

A Polish lieutenant from the Royal Air Force comes home with his British wife and faces political persecution.

Reverse Trailer (2009)

12 November 2009

A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty lacks a man in her life.

Solidarność, Solidarność... Trailer (2005)

31 August 2005

A 2005 novella film created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement. It consists of 13 10-minute shorts.

Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law Trailer (1998)

28 April 1998

A handsome young chauffeur hired by a powerful and charismatic businesswoman discovers he has been made an unwitting party to fraud, but his moral outrage is complicated: the married man allowed himself to be seduced by the woman, who threatens to tell the man's wife.

The Yellow Scarf Trailer (2000)

20 December 2000

The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf.

Weiser Trailer (2001)

18 January 2001

The film is based on the well-known, translated into many languages novel of writer Pawel Huelle. It is imbued with nostalgia and the atmosphere of mystery story of a group of children, fascinated by the figure of a man named David Weiser.

Golem Trailer (1980)

18 March 1980

Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life.

Julius Trailer (2018)

14 September 2018

An organised arts teacher has only one main problem in life, which is his father – a painter always going from one party to the next.

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease Trailer (2000)

08 September 2000

Tomasz, a doctor, and atheist, is diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife offers him the money for treatment in Paris, but his lung cancer is past the operating stage.

Bella Donna Trailer (1983)

26 March 1983

This film of a glitzy showbiz world by director Peter Keglevic in his first feature-length effort recounts the saga of a married torch singer whose numerous lovers are meant to steady her nerves and a saxophone player who loves her but cannot get his own act together.

Decalogue V Trailer (1989)

06 September 1989

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.

Tato Trailer (1995)

14 December 1995

Tato is the story of a divorced father fighting for the right to raise his 7-year-old daughter. When his marriage falls apart, he decides to kidnap his daughter rather than let the court award custody to his mentally ill wife, whom he deems unfit to raise their child.

Decalogue II Trailer (1989)

16 May 1989

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

Inner State Trailer (1989)

25 August 1989

December, 1981. World-class champion Ewa Jaskólska is looking forward to a cruise around the world with her yacht.

Inventory Trailer (1989)

23 October 1989

Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother.

Pan Olbrychski Trailer (2025)

29 August 2025

Biographical documentary film presenting the silhouette and artistic path of the outstanding actor Daniel Olbrychski.

Dolce Fine Giornata Trailer (2019)

10 May 2019

In Tuscany, Maria's stable family life begins to erode as her relationship with a young immigrant develops against a backdrop of terrorism and eroding democracy.

All About My Parents Trailer (2014)

25 December 2014

The story about the friendship between two women, family problems and difficult childhood.

The Border Trailer (1978)

27 January 1978

Zenon Ziembiewicz, a young, budding journalist, comes to his parents' manor house for a vacation. Here he enters into an affair with the lovely Justyna Bogutówna, the daughter of a cook.

The Green Bird Trailer (1980)

24 February 1980

The love story between a German cancer researcher and her Polish colleague that drags on for more than ten years.

Matka swojej matki Trailer (1996)

27 September 1996

Barbara leads a stable life, is fulfilled professionally and has a loving family. Her foster daughter Alicja, who learns that she is adopted, decides to find her biological mother.

A Sketch in Six Parts Trailer (1973)

05 January 1973

Loosely connected scenes in the life of a young student.

We Film the People! Trailer (2013)

21 November 2013

The unique story of film directors who managed to critic the Communist regime while being produced by the State: this is Polish cinema's golden age, in the 1970s.

It's Only Rock Trailer (1984)

18 May 1984

After watching a concert by a fledgling rock band, renowned songwriter Marczak decides to promote only its vocalist, Sylwia.

Dismissed From Life Trailer (1992)

17 September 1992

Set in 1989, story of a man beat up by two ex-policemen and left to die in a dump. Marek survives after the brain surgery that leaves him amnesiac.