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Dominika Ostałowska
Dominika Ostałowska (born 18 February 1971, Warsaw) is a Polish people, Polish film, television and theatre actress. She is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for Best Actress for her performance in a 2000 film ''Keep Away from the Window'' and for Best Supporting Actress for her role in a 2003 film ''Warsaw.'' Life and career She was born on 21 February 1971 in Warsaw to father Ryszard Ostałowski and mother Irena. She graduated from the Adam Mickiewicz High School No. 4 in Warsaw. In 1994, she graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Between 1994–2000, she worked at the Warsaw's Ateneum Theatre and between 2000–2012 at the Powszechny Theatre. Since 2012, she has been working at the Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Studio Theatre. Her most critically acclaimed roles come from Mariusz Treliński's 1995 film ''Łagodna'' based on a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Jerzy Stuhr's 1997 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Krall
Hanna Krall (born 1935), is a Polish writer with a degree in journalism from the University of Warsaw, specializing among other subjects in the history of the Holocaust in occupied Poland. Personal life Krall is of Jewish origin, the daughter of Salomon Krall and Felicia Jadwiga ''née'' Reichold. She was born in Warsaw, Poland, but her date of birth is contested between 20 May 1935 and 20 May 1937. She was four years old, living in Lublin, when the World War II began with the Nazi German invasion of Poland. Krall lost most of her close relatives in the Holocaust, including her mother and father, who were murdered in Majdanek. She survived deportations to death camps only because she was hidden from the Germans by the Polish rescuers. After the war, she stayed in her childhood home in Otwock until going to the University of Warsaw for her education from 1951-1955. She is married to reporter Jerzy Szperkowicz and together have one daughter, Katarzyna. Career Journalism After Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Cinema
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations. After World War II, the communist government built an auteur-based national cinema, trained hundreds of new directors and empowered them to make films. Filmmakers like Roman Polański, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Żuławski, Andrzej Munk, and Jerzy Skolimowski impacted the development of Polish film-making. In more recent years, the industry has been producer-led with finance being the key to a film being made, and with many independent filmmakers of all genres, Polish productions tend to be more inspired by American film. History Early history The first cinema was founded in Łódź in 1899, several years after the invention of the Cinematograph. Initially dubbed ''Living Pictures Theatre'', it gaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ojciec Mateusz
''Ojciec Mateusz'' (English: ''Father Matthew'') is a Polish television drama series, which has aired on TVP1 since November 11, 2008. It is a Polish version of the Italian detective series ''Don Matteo'' broadcast in Italy by Rai Uno. The show is set in the town of Sandomierz, although scenes in the church are recorded in Glinianka near Otwock, the vicarage in Anin in Warsaw, and the office of the bishop is filmed in the Nieborów Palace. In the fourth series, some episodes take place outside of Sandomierz, including in Kielce, Bałtów, Krzyżtopór, Busko-Zdrój and Opatów, as well as Ćmielów, Wąchock and Zalew Sielpia. Plot The series shows the adventures of a Roman Catholic priest who, after returning to Poland from a mission to Belarus, is sent to work in a small parish in Sandomierz. As a pastor, together with a friendly policeman, he solves mysteries and gives help to his parishioners, as well as all those who are in need. Each episode is a separate st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na Dobre I Na Złe
''Na dobre i na złe'' (, ''For better and for worse'') is a Polish television medical drama Television program, series, broadcast on TVP2 since 7 November 1999. It is the longest-running weekly primetime drama on Polish television and one of the longest-running medical dramas in the world. The show revolves around the lives of doctors and patients of a teaching hospital in a fictional town of Leśna Góra near Warsaw. ''Na dobre i na złe'' won the "Telekamery" award for the best TV series in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Cast members Current cast members Cast members as of November 2019. Former cast members Former members as of November 2019. Awards and nominations Characters Hospital staff Current threads * Julia Bart, born Nowak, adopted Burska (''Aleksandra Hamkało'') is an adopted daughter of former Leśna Góra doctors, Jakub Burski and Zofia Stankiewicz-Burska. She is an anaesthesiologist. Julia has a son, Tymon Bart, born in 2016, whose father is Artur Bart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Law
''True Law'' (original title: ''Prawo Agaty'') is a Polish legal drama television series directed by Maciej Migas and featuring Agnieszka Dygant as the title character, Agata Przybysz. It premiered on TVN on 4 March 2012. The plot is set in Warsaw. Plot The series tells the story of Agata Przybysz (Agnieszka Dygant), coming from Bydgoszcz an over-thirty director of law section in a big insurance company, who loses her job as effect of some unpleasant events. Now she has to build her career life and private life from the beginning. Her friend, Dorota ( Daria Widawska), offers her to launch a set of chambers together. For Agata, it is the brand new experience. The cases, people and their problems, that she faces in her new job, differ from the insurance cases she was used to. Cast * Agnieszka Dygant as Agata Przybysz * Daria Widawska as Dorota, Agata's friend * Tomasz Karolak as Wojciech, Dorota's husband * Leszek Lichota as Dębski * Małgorzata Kożuchowska as prosecutor Maria O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryminalni
''Kryminalni'' (eng. ''Crime Detectives'') was a Polish crime drama television series that aired on TVN network from 18 September 2004 until 24 May 2008. It ran for 8 seasons and 101 episodes were broadcast in total. It was created by Polish director and screenwriter Piotr Wereśniak and produced by MTL Maxfilm studio. The series followed life and work of police officers from the elite Criminal Terror and Murders Division of the Warsaw Metropolitan Police; the title refers to police officers in the crime section. The three main characters were Adam Zawada, an experienced, tough cop, his younger colleague Marek Brodecki and Barbara (Basia) Storosz, an ambitious female officer who in the first season joins the team just after graduating. Although none of the main actors had had star status before the series debuted, all three of them rose to prominence and popularity during the 5-year-long run. Many of Poland's best known actors guest starred, usually playing roles of people invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodzina Zastępcza
''Rodzina zastępcza'' (eng. ''Foster Family'') was a popular Poland, Polish primetime comedy series broadcast on Polsat from 23 February 1999 to 20 December 2009. In 2004 the title was changed to ''Rodzina zastępcza plus'' (''Foster Family plus'') and the series got longer episodes, as well as more regular characters and locations. The series told the story of the Kwiatkowski family, Anka and Jacek, their biological children Majka and Filip, as well as three children they adopted one day: Eliza, Zosia, Romek, later also Dorotka, Wojtek, Piotrek and Pawełek. Cast * †Gabriela Kownacka ''as Anna Kwiatkowska'' (1999–2008) * Piotr Fronczewski ''as Jacek Kwiatkowski'' (1999–2009) * Monika Mrozowska ''as Maja Kwiatkowska / Potulicka'' (1999–2009) * Leszek Zduń ''as Kuba Potulicki'' (2004–2009) * Sergiusz Żymełka ''as Filip Kwiatkowski'' (1999–2009) * Aleksander Ihnatowicz ''as Romek Latosz'' (1999–2007) * Aleksandra Szwed ''as Eliza'' (1999–2009) * Marcin Korcz ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
