Grażyna Szapołowska
Acting
Biography
Grażyna Szapołowska (Polish pronunciation: [ɡraˈʐɨna ʂapɔˈwɔfska]; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from The Theatre Art School in Warsaw. From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the National Theatre, Warsaw. She is best known for starring in A Short Film About Love (1988) by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of Dekalog. It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version. She had previously starred in another Kieslowski film, Bez końca.
Born: September 19, 1953
Place of Birth: Bydgoszcz, Poland
Known For
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslowski's happy beginnings at the Lodz film school and how his dissatisfaction with some of his early documentaries prompted the dramatic work and stylistic experimentation that led to his monumental series of films The Decalogue (1989). Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, and Juliette Binoche are among the many admirers weighing in on his hard-driving work methods and preoccupation with the ephemeral. In Polish, French, and German with subtitles.
Dekalog
Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔk]) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human.
Con Artist Parade
A gripping cycle of Polish crime thrillers featuring a stellar cast. Each episode presents a sophisticated story of con artists from different parts of the world. The series is known for its suspenseful action and unexpected endings.
Zdrada
Pan Mama
Decalogue VI
A teenage postal worker, Tomek, routinely spies on his older neighbor Magda, a sexually liberated artist who lives in the apartment across the courtyard from his. As their private worlds merge, fascination turns to obsession, and the line between love and curiosity becomes violently blurred.
A Short Film About Love
19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...
Three Colors: White
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.
Calling 07
The series centres around the investigations of Police Lieutenant Sławomir Borewicz. Each episode features a different case being solved by Borewicz.
The Green Glove Gang
When their latest heist goes wrong, three older female burglars evade officials by hiding out in a nursing home — where they uncover a sinister secret.
Filmography
as Znana aktorka
as Self
as Self
as Beata Karolczak
as Gabriela Soplica
as Ilona Dobrowolska
as Self
as prosecutor Majewska
as Klara Biel
as Duchess Eufemia of Masovia
as Walentyna
as Pani Mąka
as Ewa Staniak
as Ms. Zofia
as Korwin-Piotrowska
as Róża Jackowska
as Irena Blaszczykowski
as "Beba"
as Roma Żarska
as ekspertka Markiewiczowa
as Marcin's Mother
as Matka Krysi
as Babcia
as Brigitte Frank
as damski głos Pawła
as Jola
as właścicielka samochodu
as Telimena
as Matka
as Helena Modrzejewska
as Woman at the Funeral (uncredited)
as Nieznajoma
as Francesca
as Karin
as pani Grażyna
as Monica
as Mona
as Magda
as Guardian Angel / Archangel
as Magda
as Marisca, żona Hanza Heinricha, potem Bolka
as Milka's Mother
as Magda
as Valery de la Meer
as Marisca von Teuss
as Michał's Mother
as Wanda
as Nicoletta
as Anna
as Marie Grafenstein
as Teacher Luiza
as Urszula Zyro
as Grażyna / Script Girl
as Mária, Majláth felesége
as Wife
as Ewa
as Liza
as Żona "Wielkiego Szu"
as Livia Horváth
as Prostitute
as Wojtan's Friend
as Jagoda
as prostytutka Lidia Dorecka, wspólniczka Ławreckich