Krystyna Janda
Birthday: 1952-12-18
Place of Birth: Starachowice, Poland
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Krystyna Janda, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Man of Marble
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Man of Iron
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A Short Film About Killing
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Mephisto
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On the Silver Globe
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Without Anesthesia
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Talking Heads 2021
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Reverse
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Polish Cuisine
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Spy, Stand Up
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Interrogation
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How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
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Sweet Rush
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Decalogue II
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Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
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The Call of the Toad
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Elles
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Golem
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Inventory
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The Border
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Tato
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The Yellow Scarf
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Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
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The War of the Worlds: Next Century
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Julius
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Weiser
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The Cop & the Girl
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The Clowns
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In Broad Daylight
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The Conductor
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Synthesis
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All About My Parents
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Suspended
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Madame Bovary, That's Me
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It's Only Rock
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Przedwiośnie
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Damaged
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Inner State
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Laputa
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Vertiges
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Dismissed From Life
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An Air So Pure
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The Green Bird
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Wałesa: Man of Hope
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Pestka
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Decalogue V
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My Mother's Lovers
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Bella Donna
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A Few People, a Little Time
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Dolce Fine Giornata
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Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
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Embers
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Matka swojej matki
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Solidarność, Solidarność...
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