Barbara Lass
Birthday: 1940-06-01
Place of Birth: Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)
Biography: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish stage and screen actress. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's comedy "Ewa chce spać" (1957) she gained wider popularity in Poland. In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" ,with Jean-Louis Trintignant, and "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.
Movies
Effi Briest
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated...
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Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli
A former U-boat commander becomes a pastor to ease the suffering of young Hamburg women in trouble....
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Obrazki z podróży
A small cardboard train embarks on a long journey full of strange events....
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Tysiąc talarów
An average notary finds a small fortune of coins hidden in his fireplace alongside a manuscript dati...
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Spóźnieni przechodnie
Five short stories. (1) “Czas przybliża, czas oddala” – Edward recalls his unfulfilled love for Ann...
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Ewa Wants to Sleep
Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to s...
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Słoń
A short film based on a story by Sławomir Mrożek of the same title. The need to have an elephant in ...
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When Angels Fall
The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence ...
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The Joy of Living
Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. He drops the o...
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How It's Done
Two ambitious men - one a self-described director, another a self-described writer, meet on a train ...
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Ostrożnie yeti
Absurd gag comedy about a grotesque pursuit of a "snow man" allegedly imported to Poland. A box with...
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Rififi in Tokyo
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuab...
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Jowita
Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he m...
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Sting in the Flesh
Ines and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children, the gr...
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Serenade for Two Spies
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a Ger...
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Hauser's Memory
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleag...
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Eine Wahnsinnsehe
A trusting, naive police officer is prepared to follow the ever new ideas and quirks of his spirited...
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Two Men and a Wardrobe
The film features two men who emerge from the sea carrying a large wardrobe, which they proceed to c...
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Rosa Luxemburg
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 2...
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Blaubart
An internist is accused of murdering the sixth of his seven wives. During the court hearing, numerou...
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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
An interview with film director Roman Polanski conducted during his period of house arrest, discussi...
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Pan Anatol szuka miliona
Mister Anatol investigates a gang of thieves looking after a young woman who has just won a lottery....
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Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
The new science teacher Dr. Julian Olcott with a mysterious past arrives in an institutional boardin...
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Bad Luck
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one...
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Love at Twenty
Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspe...
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Cracow by Polanski
Roman Polanski lived in Cracow/Krakow during 1936-1955 - almost 20 years of his life. These years fo...
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Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru
A shy lawyer tries to win the hand of a beautiful girl and hilarities ensue....
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Vice and Virtue
1944 : Occupied France. Juliette (Vice) is Wehrmacht General Bamberg's mistress and enjoys a privile...
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