Wanda Jakubińska
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Wanda Jakubińska.
Born: July 6, 1903
Place of Birth: Radom, Poland, Russian Empire [now Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Known For
First Start
A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.
Hospital
Confined to a hospital room, a seemingly healthy man endures a surreal night as his space is invaded by a procession of bizarre, dreamlike visitors—many linked to the imagery of railroads. Blurring reality with hallucination, the film transforms the ward into a stage for nightmarish encounters.
Forbidden Songs
Set during the German occupation of Warsaw during WWII, this musical tells the story of several inhabitants of the same tenement house.
Birth Certificate
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
Profesor Wilczur
Profesor Wilczur is a 1938 Polish romantic drama film directed by Michał Waszyński. It is based on the novel by Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz.
Treasure
Witek and Krysia, a married couple, move to Warsaw and have nowhere to stay. They rent a room in a house with many other lodgers. Witek dreams of their own house and draws a sketch of their future home, marking the place where his wife will sleep with the word "treasure". The other lodgers find the draft and a frantic search for the treasure begins.
The Ashes
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
Maria and Napoleon
In 1807, Napoleon meets and falls in love with 22-year-old Polish countess Marie Walewska, who is unhappily married to a much older man. Enchanted by the blonde, blue-eyed countess, the emperor enters into an affair with Marie, who uses the relationship to induce Napoleon to treat Poland fairly.
Ostatni strzał
A former resistance fighter returns to his hometown after being imprisoned, bent on enacting revenge on the man that sent him behind bars.
Hell and Heaven
A bus crashes and its passengers find themeselves in the afterlife, which they find has the not only the same set of rules as Earth, but also the same bureaucratic chaos.
Filmography
as Julek's Grandmother (segment "Allegro")
as Teresa's Neighbour
as Lady (uncredited)
as Ignacy's Grandmother
as Grandmother
as Citizen
as Janitor
as Babina (uncredited)
as Woman in Line (uncredited)
as Woman - apostle at Hyde Park
as Housekeeper
as Peasant (uncredited)
as Jadwiga Łopaczewska
as Nalepa's Wife
as Kowalska
as Devotee (uncredited)
as Hania's Mother
as Borowicz's housewife
as Anna's Mother's Friend
as Bronia Kowalska
as Woman in a Refugee Camp (uncredited)
as matka Ani
as Sick Boy's Mother