Elżbieta Okupska
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Elżbieta Okupska.
Born: January 1, 1953
Place of Birth: Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Polska
Known For
Papusza
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
1670
A zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland.
Planet Single. Eight stories
In these eight tales set across Europe, singles navigate love's complexities via an online dating site, from marital games to elderly romance.
Be Somebody
Together with his family, Wiktor moves into a recently bought flat, which turns out to have belonged to Lech Wałęsa, a symbol of freedom and a legend as a simple electrician who became Poland’s president many years ago.
The World Is Waiting for Us
The film shows the gray reality of a Polish unemployed slacker still living (despite 30 on the neck) "on mommy's pot". Just what to do when one day she runs out? Where to get money for living?
I'm a Killer
Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
I Am
A story of Kundel, a boy searching for his place in life, his identity. After running away from an orphanage where he is treated as an outcast among outcasts by both his peers and the adults in charge, and being rejected a second time by his alcoholic mother, who had earlier abandoned him, the resolute 11-year-old finds a "home" on a deserted old barge on the outskirts of his hometown. He is still an outcast, but he is an outcast on his own terms, rejecting both patronizing charitable gestures and coercion by local thugs. In the process he makes one true friend, a girl from an affluent family who is also an outcast, despite living in material comfort.
Wojaczek
Polish rebel Rafal Wojaczek writes poetry and lives life on the edge before his suicide in 1971.
Women's Day
Helina, a modest checkout assistant at the Butterfly retail chain, dreams about getting a better life for herself and her daughter. An opportunity presents itself when Helina becomes a store manager. However, she soon discovers that the price for better wages and an improved standard of living is dishonesty, employee exploitation, and fraud.
Benek
The miner leaves the mine and tries to start a new life.
Filmography
as Saleswoman Wanda
as Cook
as Stasia
as Joasia
as pani Lewińska
as Zofia Kaczor
as Róża
as Śliwowa
as Fat Peasant Woman
as Sąsiadka Haliny
as matka Muraw
as Irusia
as Czarek's mother
as Flower Seller Stenia
as Cashier
as Barbara
as Kucharka
as kobieta na zebraniu
as Kowalowa
as Jadzka
as Hornacka