''Nina's Journey'' ( sv, Ninas resa, pl, Podróż Niny) is a 2005 Polish-Swedish
drama film
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written and directed by
Lena Einhorn
Lena Einhorn (born 19 May 1954) is a Swedish director and writer and former physician.
Early life and family
Einhorn was born on 19 May 1954 in Spånga, Sweden. Her mother, Nina, escaped the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and settled in Swe ...
. The film won the
Guldbagge Award for Best Film
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Winners and nominees
Each Guldba ...
and
Best Screenplay
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* Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain
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at the 41st
Guldbagge Awards
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.
Story
The film is based on the real-life story of writer-director Lena Einhorn’s mother, Nina Rajmic. When war broke out and the Nazis invaded, the family was moved to an apartment in the Warsaw ghetto. Interviews are interspersed with dramatised segments showing her life as a young girl.
Cast
*
Agnieszka Grochowska
Agnieszka Grochowska (born 31 December 1979) is a Polish film and theatre actress.
Life
She was born on 31 December 1979 in Warsaw. She graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, National Academy of Dr ...
as Nina Rajmic
*
Maria Chwalibóg
Maria Teresa Chwalibóg-Kopiczyńska (4 February 1933 – 15 March 2024) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 30 films from 1956. Chwalibóg died on 15 March 2024, at the age of 91.Andrzej Brzeski as Artur Rajmic
* Pawel Iwanicki as Rudek Rajmic