Iwona Bielska

Acting

Iwona Bielska

Born

1952-09-07 (74)

Place of birth

Łódź, Poland

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Iwona Bielska-Grabowska (born September 7, 1952) is a Polish actress. She starred starred in over 40 films, including The Moth (1980), She-Wolf (1983), On the Silver Globe (1988) and The Wedding (2004), where she played mother of the bride, Eluśka. The role gained her Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as nomination for a Golden Duck Award.

Known for

Adam i Ewa poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Adam i Ewa

2000

Klara poster
6.2

The crazy girl involved in an affair with a married man? Drinking, smoking and taking pills? Partying with her friend Wronka? Talking to her cat? Arguing with her eternally dissatisfied mother? Klara who has no husband, children or dog? Klara who can’t sleep, Klara, who is many years old and has little time, Klara, who is a little afraid but has great courage to live, Klara, for whom love is more important than reason, and good sex is more important than a good name? Klara’s Great Return!”

Klara

2024

Blood for Blood poster
7.7

*Blood for Blood (2012)* follows Job, a methodical Dutch undercover cop whose life shatters when his wife is murdered. Consumed by grief and disillusioned with official justice, he goes rogue. Using his expert skills, he infiltrates Amsterdam's brutal drug underworld alone, not to enforce the law, but to hunt his wife's killers. As he descends, the line between cop and criminal vanishes in this tense thriller about the corrosive, transformative power of vengeance.

Blood for Blood

2012

The Lure poster
6.1

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

The Lure

2015

On the Silver Globe poster
7.6

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

On the Silver Globe

1989

BarON24 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

BarON24

2014

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Treasure poster
6.5

A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While she's eager to make sense of her family's past, her dad has an agenda of his own.

Treasure

2024

My Name Is Sara poster
6.5

The true life-story of Sara Góralnik, a 13 year-old Polish Jew whose entire family was killed by Nazis in September of 1942. After a grueling escape to the Ukrainian countryside, Sara steals her Christian best friend’s identity and finds refuge in a small village, where she is taken in by a farmer and his young wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers’ marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.

My Name Is Sara

2020

ÒPI poster
NR

Eighteen-year-old Trina plans to escape her toxic mother, but her plans are upended by the sudden arrival of mysterious relatives from Kashubia. Their visit unearths long-buried family secrets and forces her to confront a dark legacy, revealing unsettling rituals rooted in ancient Kashubian beliefs.

ÒPI

2027

Second Half poster
3.1

The Polish national football team manager's adult daughter is wooed by one of the team's players and a sports journalist who is critical of her father.

Second Half

2021

Synthol poster
1.0

Vlogger Eryk documents his preparations for his bodybuilding debut. He is helped by the woman of his life: his overprotective mother, Teresa. Before the competition, Eryk meets Mona. As they go out on a date, the online world clashes with reality. But it is still less painful than Eryk's debut.

Synthol

2021

Schlepper – Der Usedom-Krimi poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Schlepper – Der Usedom-Krimi

2023

Friedhof der Welpen – Der Usedom-Krimi poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Friedhof der Welpen – Der Usedom-Krimi

2023

Masz ci los! poster
5.8

At their beloved grandfather’s funeral wake, the family learns his lifelong lottery numbers just won, but the winning ticket lies in his jacket buried three meters underground. Racing against time and grief, they and his friends desperately try to exhume him one last time to reclaim the fortune.

Masz ci los!

2023

The Curse poster
5.5

Constant misfortune plagues two sisters until they discover a family curse and go on a comical mission to end it.

The Curse

2025

2010s · 14 titles

The Lure poster
6.1

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

The Lure

2015

Wałesa: Man of Hope poster
5.7

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Wałesa: Man of Hope

2013

The Plagues of Breslau poster
6.2

Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.

The Plagues of Breslau

2018

Clergy poster
6.5

The fate of three Catholic priests were linked together through tragic events a few years back. Every year, on the anniversary of the catastrophe, they gather to celebrate their survival of the tragedy. Lisowski works at a curia in a big city, building his career while dreaming of the Vatican. Standing in his way, Mordowicz, the archbishop, a luxurious church dignitary who is making use of his political connections to build the largest sanctuary in Poland. Trybus, is a parish priest and often submits to human weaknesses. Kukuła also is not doing well. Despite his passion for faith, he is losing the trust of his flock. Soon, through new tragic events, the paths of the three priests will cross again.

Clergy

2018

Mug poster
6.0

After fun-loving metalhead Jacek is disfigured in an accident at work, he becomes the first person in Poland to receive a face transplant. This leads to his status as a media spectacle and martyr, all while battling ensuing identity issues as a consequence.

Mug

2018

Entanglement poster
5.9

A member of a therapy group is found dead. A prosecutor and a police officer try to solve the mystery of his death.

Entanglement

2011

Politics poster
3.5

Portraying the events that have taken place in Polish politics in recent years.

Politics

2019

Macbeth poster
NR

A theatrical performance of the Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theatre in Krakow recorded for TVP Kultura.

Macbeth

2010

No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria poster
4.6

A timid accountant tries to earn his living as a rather unsuccessful hitman, until one stormy night he pulls a trigger for the first time and becomes a target for the vengeful mafia boss, murderous gangsters, trigger-happy cops and a gorgeous blonde from hell – and if he’s not careful his own wife might catch wind of his double life too.

No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria

2016

The Mighty Angel poster
6.2

Jerzy is a writer and a heavy drinker. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. He falls in love with a young girl and finally feels that he has got the person and the reason to live for. But soon he yields to his addiction.

The Mighty Angel

2014

Disco Polo poster
5.1

Young wannabe musicians from the province decide to write hit song and gain the top of the charts in order to become legends of disco polo

Disco Polo

2015

A Grain of Truth poster
6.3

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to “start a new life” in picturesque town in south­east Poland ­ Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti­Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish­Jewish relations and real findings of his work ­ that roots of some legends arefantasy, not a grain of truth…

A Grain of Truth

2015

Breakfast in Bed poster
5.8

Piotr's life is not working out for him until he unexpectedly hits the cover of a popular magazine.

Breakfast in Bed

2010

The Christening poster
6.4

Michal has what he always dreamed of: a beautiful wife named Magda, a newborn son, his own firm. He chooses an old friend, Janek, to be the godfather of his child. This is just the beginning of Michal's plan, who asks his friend to take an interest in his wife... At the beginning the plan works out, but it becomes increasingly difficult for Michal to come to terms with it. Michal knows his deeply hidden past will inevitably come back to him, and Janek will have to make a decision, of which he will never forget the consequences.

The Christening

2010

2000s · 6 titles

The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos poster
6.4

During the German occupation of a small Polish town, Franciszek Kłos, a lowly local policeman, will stop at nothing to become a Volksdeutsche. Eager to prove his loyalty, he zealously carries out the occupiers' orders. What begins as administrative compliance soon escalates when he commits his first murder of a fellow Pole. Condemned to death by the Polish underground, Kłos outwardly shrugs off the sentence while quietly drowning his growing fear in alcohol. As his inhibitions crumble, he descends deeper into violence—participating in the roundup and execution of hidden Jews, and earning a reputation for brutality even among the SS.

The Judgement Of Franciszek Kłos

2000

Bajland poster
5.0

As Poland prepares for a presidential election, the country is consumed by political campaigning and media spectacle. Among the candidates is Jan Rydel, an outspoken and unconventional man who openly mocks the political establishment and refuses to play by its rules. As the campaign progresses, Rydel makes an unexpected decision that turns the election on its head. Determined to put his principles into practice, he sets out to give away what he has accumulated, only to discover that helping people is far more complicated than he imagined. His attempt to distribute his wealth brings a succession of eccentric characters into his life and forces him to confront the contradictions of a society driven by bureaucracy, ambition and self-interest.

Bajland

2000

The Wedding poster
7.2

Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a gangster, who immediately demands the promised money and the deed to land from Kasia's grandfather. Unfortunately grandpa is unwilling to let go of the land. Meanwhile each of the workers at the reception demand to be paid, so Wojnar, who is very reluctant to part with his money, tries to haggle and bribe his way out of all the situations.

The Wedding

2004

4 w 1 poster
5.0

The friendship of four men is put to the test after they make a movie together.

4 w 1

2000

Attractive Seeks Woman poster
5.3

Stasio Tuchala, old bachelor, resident of Sucha Wolka, after his sister left for America, lives alone. Because he can not cope with the farmwork, his friends decide to get him married. Stasio already attracted two girls from his village and Ukrainian Vera, but he dreams of Miss from colorful magazines. Matrimonial ad that Stasio, Albert and Henry put in the press, has nothing to do with reality, Stasio is NOT a handsome, dark haired, and wealthy. Meanwhile, the mayor Sucha Wolka seriously offended gang leaders from the neighboring village Mokra Wolka and on Sunday the village is expecting a retaliation ...

Attractive Seeks Woman

2004

No artwork available
NR

Darkness hides secrets - twelve-year-old Marta finds out about it in the last days of summer vacation. During one of his lonely night escapades in the countryside, he witnesses a brutal rape. The resolute girl does not dare to tell her mother about the event, who is also hiding an important secret.

The End of the Holidays

2003

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 7 titles

On the Silver Globe poster
7.6

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

On the Silver Globe

1989

Childhood Sins poster
7.5

An adaptation of B. Prus's novella. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in a manor house falling into ruin. The protagonists are children: the steward's son, the countess's daughter, and a peasant child. The 1970s. The story of a twelve-year-old boy, Kazio, who is unruly but has a good heart. He stands up for the weak and oppressed and experiences romantic love for Countess Loni. However, this love forces him to reject friendship. Kazio is deeply affected by this and falls seriously ill.

Childhood Sins

1980

The Window poster
NR

Krzysztof, a 30-something writer has been on a downward spiral ever since the success of his first novel. Struggling to compete his new work, the "Book of All Books" he retreats into alcoholism when he meets Basia, with whom he begins a volatile relationship.

The Window

1983

No artwork available
NR

Dr Raduski returns from abroad to his hometown. He starts a profitable business there and revives the town's cultural life. However, the tsarist government and local nobles don't take kindly to his presence and try to sabotage him.

Ray

1984

She-Wolf poster
5.6

In 1848 Poland, Kacper Wosinski is cursed by his wife Maryna on her deathbed. Her evil spirit then haunts him in the form of a she-wolf.

She-Wolf

1983

The Moth poster
6.3

This is psychological drama by Tomasz Zygadlo begins as a straightforward story. Jan is the host of a nightly talk show in which he counsels people who call in with their problems. He is dedicated to helping these lonely souls but becomes increasingly disturbed when his co-workers and supervisors at the radio station do not appreciate his program; they seem unable to grasp the importance of what he is doing. Aside from that, Jan's private life is frayed around the edges. His wife is a heavy drinker and his mistress has no comprehension about who he is or what he is doing. Jan's frustration over this lack of recognition builds to an explosive level, threatening to upset the balance of his daily life.

The Moth

1980

No artwork available
NR

After being transferred to a new position, the young doctor becomes the target of harassment by her colleagues.

The Ambulance Will Come

1983

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