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Agnieszka Krukówna
Agnieszka Krukówna (born 20 March 1971, Chorzów) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress. She is a laureate of the Polish Film Award for Best Actress for her role a 1998 film ''Farba''. Life and career She was born on 20 March 1971 in Chorzów. In 1983, at the age of 12, she made her film debut by appearing in Wojciech Sawa's film ''Panny.'' In 1995, she graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. During her studies she starred in such films as Steven Spielberg's 1993 historical drama ''Schindler's List'', Jerzy Antczak's 1994 film ''Dama kameliowa'' and Radosław Piwowarski's film ''Kolejność uczuć.'' She worked at the Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw. In 1999, she was awarded the Polish Film Award for best actress for her role in Michał Rosa's film ''Farba.'' She also gained great popularity by playing the main protagonist of a teen drama TV series ''Janka.'' Filmography *1984: ''Panny'' as Iwonka *1985: ''Urwisy z Doliny Młynów'' as jako Asia ...
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Chorzów
Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (a tributary of the Vistula River, Vistula). Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939), Silesian Voivodeship. Chorzów is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – the Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area with a population of about 5,294,000 people. The population within the city limits is 105,628 as of December 2021. Chorzów is particularly known as the location of the Silesian Stadium, one of the largest and historically most important stadiums in Poland. Ruch Chorzów, one of the most accomplished Polish football clubs, is based in the city. History City name The ...
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Na Dobre I Na Złe
''Na dobre i na złe'' (, ''For better and for worse'') is a Polish television medical drama 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 Current cast members as of March 2024. Former cast members Former members as of November 2019. Awards and nominations Characters Hospital staff Current threads * Julia Bart, born Nowak, adopted Burska ('' Sara Müldner'', '' Aleksandra Hamkało'') is an anaesthiologist who workes at Leśna Góra hospital since 2016. She is a daughter of Ryszard Grec and his then lover, Mrs. Nowak. She was born as a legal daughter of Mr. Nowak and ...
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Polish Actresses
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters * Kevin Polish, an American Paralympian archer Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polishchuk (surname) * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (, ''Heroic Polonaise''; ) * Polon ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured 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 televis ...
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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. 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 gained much popularity and by the end of the next decade there were cinemas in almost every major town in Poland. ...
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25 Years Of Innocence
''25 Years of Innocence'' () is a 2020 Polish drama film written by Andrzej Golda and directed by Jan Holoubek. It is based on true story of Tomasz Komenda, a young man who was wrongly accused of brutal murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. The film stars Piotr Trojan as Tomasz, and Agata Kulesza as his mother, Teresa Klemańska. ''25 Years of Innocence'' received critical acclaim and saw commercial success grossing $4,027,477 in box office. At the 2021 Polish Film Awards, ''25 Years of Innocence'' received record 15 nominations, winning seven awards include for, Best Director, Best Actor (Trojan), Best Actress (Kulesza) and Best Supporting Actor (Frycz). It also received two Awards at the Gdynia Film Festival. Plot The film centers on a young man who was falsely accused for rape and was imprisoned for 25 years. Cast * Piotr Trojan as Tomasz Komenda * Agata Kulesza as Teresa Klemańska * Jan Frycz as 'Stary' * Andrzej Konopka as Tołopka * Bartosz Bielenia as K ...
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Na Wspólnej
''Na Wspólnej'' (, "On Wspólna Street") is a Polish television soap opera. It has been running since 2003 on the TVN channel as its flagship primetime weekday soap opera. It is loosely based on the German production '' Unter uns'' and it follows the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment block in Wspólna Street, Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at .... Episodes tend to last around 20 minutes (without commercials). It is a Polish version of the Hungarian '' Barátok közt''. After about 100 episodes production started to create own storylines. The series is shot almost entirely in Warsaw and produced by the Polish branch of Fremantle Media. ''Na Wspólnej'' is the second Polish television soap opera ever to exceed the number of 4,000 episodes. Cast and ch ...
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With Fire And Sword (film)
''With Fire and Sword'' (; ) is a 1999 Polish historical drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on the novel '' With Fire and Sword'', the first part in The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz. At the time of its filming it was the most expensive Polish film ever made. Plot The story is set in Ukrainian lands of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland during the Khmelnytsky Uprising of the mid-17th century. A Polish noble, Skrzetuski, and a Cossack otaman Bohun, both fall in love with the same woman, Helena. Their rivalry unfolds against the backdrop of a Cossack uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, aimed at reclaiming control of the land from the hands of the Polish nobles. Historic events form a framework for an action and character driven plot, and fictional characters mingle with historic ones. The movie, as the book, culminates with the savage siege of Zbarazh. Cast * Izabella Scorupco as Helena Kurcewiczówna * Michał Żebrowski as Jan Skrzetuski * Aleksandr D ...
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Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million near the end of its existence, it was the second most-populous communist government, communist and Eastern Bloc country in Europe. It was also where the Warsaw Pact was founded. The largest city and capital was Warsaw, followed by the industrial city of Łódź and cultural city of Kraków. The country was bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north, the Soviet Union to the east, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia to the south, and East Germany to the west. The Polish People's Republic was a unitary state with a Marxist–Leninist government established in the country after the Red Army's takeover of Polish territory from Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German occupation in ...
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Boża Podszewka
' ("God's Lining") and ' ("God's Lining. Part Two") are Polish TV series based on the novel with the same title by about the life of petty szlachta in the backwaters of the Vilnius Region. The first part was aired in 15 episodes during 1997–1998 and covered the time period 1900-1945. The second part was aired in 16 episodes during 2005-2006 and covered the time period 1945-1948. It was the debut work of Izabella Cywińska as film director. When the airing started, the series caused a considerable controversy across the whole Poland among the people originating from the Kresy Eastern Borderlands (), often simply Borderlands (, ) was a historical region of the eastern part of the Second Polish Republic. The term was coined during the interwar period (1918–1939). Largely agricultural and extensively multi-ethnic with ... region, which the Vilnius Region was part of. They claimed that the series created a distorted, unflattering image of the people from the Vilnius region. ...
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Radosław Piwowarski
Radosław Piwowarski (born 20 February 1948, Bielsko-Biała) is a Polish people, Polish film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career He was born on 20 February 1948 in Olszówka Dolna, a district of Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland. In 1971, he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. Between 1972 and 1981, he was a member of the Zespół Filmowy „X” film studio headed by renowned filmmaker Andrzej Wajda. Since 1998 until 2003, he served as director of the TVP1 Channel. He is a member of the Polish Film Academy. His 1985 film ''Yesterday (1985 film), Yesterday'' was awarded the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Golden Tulip at the International Istanbul Film Festival and was selected as the Polish entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 1993, his film ''Kolejność uczuć'' won Golden Lions at the 18th Gdynia Film ...
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